The Off Topic Topic

[Sheilbh]

Map of statistics in England
http://luminocity3d.org/Society.html#adult_age_groups_2011/8/52.277/-0.456

My favourite so far is the adult age groups.

[derspiess]

[Maximus]

Map of statistics in England
http://luminocity3d.org/Society.html#adult_age_groups_2011/8/52.277/-0.456

My favourite so far is the adult age groups.

This is awesome

[Josquius]

Is this restricted to those crafts you can make with hair taken from a live cat? 

Doing it with a dead cat would just be creepy.

[Josquius]

History bitches

[Ideologue]

Those diggers really need to pick up their pace.

[Ed Anger]

I laughed

[Liep]

The Danish debate about the Swedish decision to censor Pippi Longstocking's use of the title Negro King for her father is hilarious.

"They may remove the word Negro, but it doesn't change that her father is a king of the Negroes, and thus a Negro King. And a Negro King is a Negro King is a Negro King."

[Savonarola]

The Danish debate about the Swedish decision to censor Pippi Longstocking's use of the title Negro King for her father is hilarious.

"They may remove the word Negro, but it doesn't change that her father is a king of the Negroes, and thus a Negro King. And a Negro King is a Negro King is a Negro King."

Is the debate being led by Gertrude Stein? 

[Liep]

The Danish debate about the Swedish decision to censor Pippi Longstocking's use of the title Negro King for her father is hilarious.

"They may remove the word Negro, but it doesn't change that her father is a king of the Negroes, and thus a Negro King. And a Negro King is a Negro King is a Negro King."

Is the debate being led by Gertrude Stein? 

No, but that quote was from an author. An author who really liked saying Negro, I think she got pass the 20+ mentions mark.

[Savonarola]

The Danish debate about the Swedish decision to censor Pippi Longstocking's use of the title Negro King for her father is hilarious.

"They may remove the word Negro, but it doesn't change that her father is a king of the Negroes, and thus a Negro King. And a Negro King is a Negro King is a Negro King."

Is the debate being led by Gertrude Stein? 

No, but that quote was from an author.

Hey!  Gertrude Stein was an author.   

Just not a very good one.   

An author who really liked saying Negro, I think she got pass the 20+ mentions mark.

Gertrude Stein wrote a poem called "Sacred Emily" which begins "Rose is a rose is a rose."  It's often misquoted as "A rose is a rose is a rose."  I think your Danish author was trying to allude to that.

Is "Negro" an offensive term in Swedish?

[Syt]

For the last few years, Austria has had a unified curriculum for the final school exams. This curriculum is now getting reformed.

There's a bit of an outcry about the changes for the subject of German. In the past it was a mix of grammar, literature and "functional texts" (newspaper articles, manuals, advertising texts etc.).

Literature has now been excised from the curriculum. Teachers can still teach literature in class, but this is expected to decrease a lot in order to prepare for the final exams.

It feels weird, because during my school time in Germany (which is twenty years ago, granted), the last two years was almost exclusively spent on literature, and we covered over a dozen different works between Aeschylus and Günter Grass.

[Ideologue]

For the last few years, Austria has had a unified curriculum for the final school exams. This curriculum is now getting reformed.

There's a bit of an outcry about the changes for the subject of German. In the past it was a mix of grammar, literature and "functional texts" (newspaper articles, manuals, advertising texts etc.).

Literature has now been excised from the curriculum. Teachers can still teach literature in class, but this is expected to decrease a lot in order to prepare for the final exams.

It feels weird, because during my school time in Germany (which is twenty years ago, granted), the last two years was almost exclusively spent on literature, and we covered over a dozen different works between Aeschylus and Günter Grass.

Sounds good to me.  They should also teach how to read and manipulate spreadsheets, databases, and advanced text editors.

[jimmy olsen]

Absolutely barbaric.

[Maladict]

Literature has now been excised from the curriculum.

What is it being replaced with?