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blamebrampton ([personal profile] blamebrampton) wrote2009-09-03 08:55 am

Oh American darlings …

I do feel for you. I have met so many smart, serious and intellectually curious citizens of the United States, and yet your political climate is so filled with people just like this one:



Suddenly the abject lunacy that surrounds health and science debates in your country has a whole new layer of horror attached. And thanks to Jeph Jacques of Questionable Content for the URL.

I'm off to see whether having a sore knee is a good enough excuse for wagging work now that hideous deadline has passed. A few laps of the hall ought to settle my conscience one way or the other.

[identity profile] blamebrampton.livejournal.com 2009-09-03 07:59 am (UTC)(link)
I didn't want to mention it, he had a glint in his eye. Still wondering why he chose to target me. He opened by asking what country I was originally from, I can only surmise it was the fact I was reading Margaret Drabble.

[identity profile] shiv5468.livejournal.com 2009-09-03 08:07 am (UTC)(link)
He should have known you were the type to be ruiining Oz from that alone.

[identity profile] blamebrampton.livejournal.com 2009-09-03 08:15 am (UTC)(link)
In my defence, it was The Garrick Year. And there were no public readings.