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Given this article, I really don't think that they deserve their self appointed strapline; 'Academic rigour, journalistic flair'. From the crude and inaccurate
by inflatableDodo 8y ago
Given this article, I really don't think that they deserve their self appointed strapline; 'Academic rigour, journalistic flair'.
From the crude and inaccurate broad brush descriptions of modern attitudes to blasphemy, through to presenting the song 'Always look on the bright side of life' as an example of nihilism, this reads like a poorly researched high school essay, with a Kant quote thrown in at the end to try and make it sound clever.
- senectus1 8y agolol, welcome to "The Conversation"
- inflatableDodo 8y agoJust noticed that that the author is Emeritus Professor in the History of Religious Thought from The University of Queensland. I might drop him an email to enquire how that could have possibly occurred and if anybody has yet noticed their mistake.
- marcus_holmes 8y agoreferencing the Philosophy Department at the University of Woolloomooloo perhaps? *https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruces_sketch https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruces_sketch
- inflatableDodo 8y agoGood idea, he isn't even called Bruce.
- BLKNSLVR 8y agoIt's a confusingly desert-dry article about an oceanically-wet piece of classic cinema. It's almost worth reading the article to see how someone can turn a hugely fun and enjoyable film into such a bland review. I expected wolf-nipple-tips but was delivered stale bread.