Comments for Postmodernist http://postmodernist.wordpress.com postmodernist.wordpress.com Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:29:42 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Insomnia by natalieam http://postmodernist.wordpress.com/2008/04/11/insomnia/#comment-27 natalieam Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:29:42 +0000 http://postmodernist.wordpress.com/?p=6#comment-27 haha! oh how we all hate you sleep deprivation! ...at least it gives us something to talk about. haha!
oh how we all hate you sleep deprivation! …at least it gives us something to talk about.

]]> Comment on DIY euthanasia by Mortice http://postmodernist.wordpress.com/2008/04/15/diy-euthanasia/#comment-26 Mortice Fri, 20 Jun 2008 22:07:03 +0000 http://postmodernist.wordpress.com/?p=23#comment-26 Somehow i missed the point. Probably lost in translation :) Anyway ... nice blog to visit. cheers, Mortice! Somehow i missed the point. Probably lost in translation :) Anyway … nice blog to visit.

cheers, Mortice!

]]> Comment on DIY euthanasia by natalieam http://postmodernist.wordpress.com/2008/04/15/diy-euthanasia/#comment-20 natalieam Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:30:59 +0000 http://postmodernist.wordpress.com/?p=23#comment-20 Hi! I'd definitely be interested to find out more about it. I have a question - should the pill be available to emotionally unstable individuals (as we've established, some are depressed), when euthanasia can be performed by doctors upon request using a peaceful, painless overdose of morphine? In this cirsumstance at least such a decision cannot be spontaneously acted upon by the individual. And thanks for the insightful reply! Hi!
I’d definitely be interested to find out more about it.
I have a question – should the pill be available to emotionally unstable individuals (as we’ve established, some are depressed), when euthanasia can be performed by doctors upon request using a peaceful, painless overdose of morphine?
In this cirsumstance at least such a decision cannot be spontaneously acted upon by the individual.
And thanks for the insightful reply!

]]> Comment on DIY euthanasia by Yo http://postmodernist.wordpress.com/2008/04/15/diy-euthanasia/#comment-16 Yo Sun, 20 Apr 2008 05:42:55 +0000 http://postmodernist.wordpress.com/?p=23#comment-16 hi Natalie I know a LOT about the topic because I'm a passionate supporter of VE and I can tell you that you won't really get the right idea with only a "pathetic amount of research". Sorry! But I can say - suicide of elderly people has been happening for decades - at the moment it's about 2 a week (I haven't read the link but this is what I think it is). They have all been doing it without access to any pill. They just go and hang themselves (this is the most common form, unfortunately). - The making of the pill is a very long & time consuming project. Not to mention the time & effort needed to get all the equipment. If someone was just depressed they wouldn't go to all this trouble. Definately NOT. What VE does is actually help people LIVE LONGER. Studies have shown this - people live longer because they have peace of mind knowing they won't suffer. Less stress so longer life. There are a lot of other facts and studies etc. Makes sense. So why won't politicians listen? Because it's only the wrinkled old tired and quiet senior citizens which are doing anything about it. or the other ones who are younger but sick and housebound, like me. What society needs is people like YOU to mix with others and try to get change started. Are you interested in doing anything along this area? I'm in Sydney not far from Macquarie Uni so you can email me if you're interested. If there are others at Macquarie Uni reading this blog who and are interested in helping change things, post something as a reply. It is widely acknowledged that the medical profession cannot give complete relief from suffering to some people. Why not allow people to have control over their end of life if they so wish? hi Natalie

I know a LOT about the topic because I’m a passionate supporter of VE and I can tell you that you won’t really get the right idea with only a “pathetic amount of research”. Sorry! But I can say

- suicide of elderly people has been happening for decades – at the moment it’s about 2 a week (I haven’t read the link but this is what I think it is). They have all been doing it without access to any pill. They just go and hang themselves (this is the most common form, unfortunately).

- The making of the pill is a very long & time consuming project. Not to mention the time & effort needed to get all the equipment. If someone was just depressed they wouldn’t go to all this trouble. Definately NOT.

What VE does is actually help people LIVE LONGER. Studies have shown this – people live longer because they have peace of mind knowing they won’t suffer. Less stress so longer life. There are a lot of other facts and studies etc.

Makes sense.

So why won’t politicians listen? Because it’s only the wrinkled old tired and quiet senior citizens which are doing anything about it. or the other ones who are younger but sick and housebound, like me.

What society needs is people like YOU to mix with others and try to get change started.

Are you interested in doing anything along this area?

I’m in Sydney not far from Macquarie Uni so you can email me if you’re interested.

If there are others at Macquarie Uni reading this blog who and are interested in helping change things, post something as a reply.

It is widely acknowledged that the medical profession cannot give complete relief from suffering to some people. Why not allow people to have control over their end of life if they so wish?

]]> Comment on A Clockwork Orange by ordinaryswoon http://postmodernist.wordpress.com/2008/04/14/a-clockwork-orange/#comment-15 ordinaryswoon Wed, 16 Apr 2008 21:11:16 +0000 http://postmodernist.wordpress.com/?p=19#comment-15 Believe it or not, the book is actually more brutal than the film. I think the reason either (novel or film) are popular is really sort of shallow; I think audiences are reacting to the author/filmmaker's creating an unusual and believable fantasy society. The dialect that the main characters speak in the movie comes straight from the novel; the main group of guys all speak an odd sort of cockney-slang thing. The novelist uses tricks like that to make one feel that there's a fully-formed background to the story, and I think it works. Is that enough to justify the grotesquery? I don't think so. But it may explain why it's become a "classic". Believe it or not, the book is actually more brutal than the film. I think the reason either (novel or film) are popular is really sort of shallow; I think audiences are reacting to the author/filmmaker’s creating an unusual and believable fantasy society. The dialect that the main characters speak in the movie comes straight from the novel; the main group of guys all speak an odd sort of cockney-slang thing. The novelist uses tricks like that to make one feel that there’s a fully-formed background to the story, and I think it works.
Is that enough to justify the grotesquery? I don’t think so. But it may explain why it’s become a “classic”.

]]> Comment on Insomnia by sphorx http://postmodernist.wordpress.com/2008/04/11/insomnia/#comment-13 sphorx Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:58:01 +0000 http://postmodernist.wordpress.com/?p=6#comment-13 Unfortunately, I suffer from situation #2. I didn't breathe for 40 seconds the other night, before I snorted really loud; and went back to my deafening snore. Yep. I'm going to die. Unfortunately, I suffer from situation #2. I didn’t breathe for 40 seconds the other night, before I snorted really loud; and went back to my deafening snore.

Yep. I’m going to die.

]]> Comment on A Clockwork Orange by natalieam http://postmodernist.wordpress.com/2008/04/14/a-clockwork-orange/#comment-12 natalieam Mon, 14 Apr 2008 04:39:21 +0000 http://postmodernist.wordpress.com/?p=19#comment-12 I didn't know that (re: wife's attack) and I guess this would have made viewing easier for me, but films are generally watched without such background knowledge - hence it coming across as blatant violence. I agree with the increasingly violent society, but is it really necessary to have that much rape in a film? It felt like cheap thrills to me. I didn’t know that (re: wife’s attack) and I guess this would have made viewing easier for me, but films are generally watched without such background knowledge – hence it coming across as blatant violence.
I agree with the increasingly violent society, but is it really necessary to have that much rape in a film? It felt like cheap thrills to me.

]]> Comment on A Clockwork Orange by Cliff Burns http://postmodernist.wordpress.com/2008/04/14/a-clockwork-orange/#comment-11 Cliff Burns Mon, 14 Apr 2008 04:14:19 +0000 http://postmodernist.wordpress.com/?p=19#comment-11 It's not an easy viewing, for sure, but I argue for the intrinsic the value of the film and the book it was based on. Anthony Burgess, the author, wrote A CLOCKWORK ORANGE after his wife was brutally attacked. It was a shout of anger and catharsis... not a moment of it excessive. Burgess and Kubrick refuse to avert their eyes from an increasingly violent society, thugs and corrupt law enforcement professionals, a world literally gone mad. It’s not an easy viewing, for sure, but I argue for the intrinsic the value of the film and the book it was based on. Anthony Burgess, the author, wrote A CLOCKWORK ORANGE after his wife was brutally attacked. It was a shout of anger and catharsis…
not a moment of it excessive. Burgess and Kubrick refuse to avert their eyes from an increasingly violent society, thugs and corrupt law enforcement professionals, a world literally gone mad.

]]> Comment on Insomnia by natalieam http://postmodernist.wordpress.com/2008/04/11/insomnia/#comment-10 natalieam Mon, 14 Apr 2008 04:13:22 +0000 http://postmodernist.wordpress.com/?p=6#comment-10 The rationale behind my post was not to scare fellow insomniacs into even less sleep but to shed some light on the issue... I'm sure you won't start corpulmonalating!! Re: schedules. Routines work for me only sometimes. As a general rule, I have no control over the situation. A glass of red wine before bed is a routine that works more often than not ;) The rationale behind my post was not to scare fellow insomniacs into even less sleep but to shed some light on the issue… I’m sure you won’t start corpulmonalating!!

Re: schedules. Routines work for me only sometimes. As a general rule, I have no control over the situation.
A glass of red wine before bed is a routine that works more often than not ;)

]]> Comment on Lysistrata by vintagefan http://postmodernist.wordpress.com/2008/04/10/lysistrata/#comment-9 vintagefan Sun, 13 Apr 2008 11:07:23 +0000 http://postmodernist.wordpress.com/?p=4#comment-9 "So I use the same techniques that were pseudo-employed by women in the 17th C play, Lysistrata. .." Having/refusing sex should be a choice, that goes without saying. If i interpreted this correctly, denying or using sex can be construed as an act of using one's powers to one's own end, taking advantage of the male gaze/male weakness to get ahead, they're the idtiots etc. In today's context I don't particularly admire that because back then, women had little choice. It is better now, and women do have more choices...but--- "And I live in the 21st C. So… is there really any sexual and gender inequality NOW??" Ofcourse there is. Think of a man denying a woman sex if she's begging for it or trying to 'tempt' him into it---if he refuses he's being sensible by not giving in to a woman's wiles/desperation. Think of a woman denying a man sex---she being a woman in itself can qualify her as a tease or she is using her sexual powers by denying sex to make the guy feel bad OR get something from him, or she can be persuaded/forced into it. The inequality lies in how the act of denial is perceived. “So I use the same techniques that were pseudo-employed by women in the 17th C play, Lysistrata. ..”
Having/refusing sex should be a choice, that goes without saying. If i interpreted this correctly, denying or using sex can be construed as an act of using one’s powers to one’s own end, taking advantage of the male gaze/male weakness to get ahead, they’re the idtiots etc. In today’s context I don’t particularly admire that because back then, women had little choice. It is better now, and women do have more choices…but—
“And I live in the 21st C. So… is there really any sexual and gender inequality NOW??”
Ofcourse there is. Think of a man denying a woman sex if she’s begging for it or trying to ‘tempt’ him into it—if he refuses he’s being sensible by not giving in to a woman’s wiles/desperation. Think of a woman denying a man sex—she being a woman in itself can qualify her as a tease or she is using her sexual powers by denying sex to make the guy feel bad OR get something from him, or she can be persuaded/forced into it. The inequality lies in how the act of denial is perceived.

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