Re: Ricky Gervais as Master of Ceremonies, Not Civility
Johne Cook <[email protected]>
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Elite can mean 'extreme excellence at something,' and it can mean 'class snobbery.' Context is key. Johne Cook | http://raygunrevival.com | http://authorculture.blogspot.com | On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 3:13 PM, Lance McLain <lance-X3DuywwxauBWk0Htik3J/[email protected]> wrote: > I jerked too. I have no problem with elite being "the best" however too > often these days the baggage that comes with elite is that it has come at > the expense of exploiting the non-elite. > > regards, > -Lance > > > On Jan 17, 2011, at 1:02 PM, Karl wrote: > > Its mostly just me I think. The word elite has been used fairly >> negatively >> recently, so I think this was just my jerking knee. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >> Behalf >> Of Peter T. Chattaway >> Sent: Monday, January 17, 2011 10:18 AM >> To: DADL (off topic) >> Subject: Re: [DADL-OT] Ricky Gervais as Master of Ceremonies, Not Civility >> >> On Mon, 17 Jan 2011, Karl wrote: >> >> Aaron Sorkin alluded to the culture wars, thanking the women in the >>>>>> room for proving to his daughter that elite is not a bad word, >>>>>> it s an aspirational one. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Honestly I am not even sure what that means is it apparently now ok >>>>> to be an elitist? >>>>> >>>> >>>> "Elite" is good. "Elitist", maybe not so much. >>>> Kind of like the distinction between "Islam" and "Islamist". >>>> >>> >>> **either sounds a bit arrogant. >>> >> >> Whatever. I want to watch movies made by the *best* filmmakers, not just >> average filmmakers. And I want my country to be led by the *best* >> politicians, >> not just average politicians. Etc., etc., etc. >> >> What's so bad about *that*? >> >> -- >> dadl-ot mailing list >> http://mail.thehood.us/mailman/listinfo/dadl-ot_thehood.us >> http://news.gmane.org/gmane.music.dadl.ot >> >> >> >> -- >> dadl-ot mailing list >> http://mail.thehood.us/mailman/listinfo/dadl-ot_thehood.us >> http://news.gmane.org/gmane.music.dadl.ot >> > > > -- > dadl-ot mailing list > http://mail.thehood.us/mailman/listinfo/dadl-ot_thehood.us > http://news.gmane.org/gmane.music.dadl.ot > -- dadl-ot mailing list http://mail.thehood.us/mailman/listinfo/dadl-ot_thehood.us http://news.gmane.org/gmane.music.dadl.ot