Re: Ricky Gervais as Master of Ceremonies, Not Civility
"Karl" <[email protected]>
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Here we go again….. ;) From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Johne Cook Sent: Monday, January 17, 2011 1:19 PM To: DADL (off topic) Subject: Re: [DADL-OT] Ricky Gervais as Master of Ceremonies, Not Civility 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