Thursday, December 14, 2006

A case for Newspeak:

Guy #1: What's another word for not necessary?
Guy #2: Why can't you say not necessary?
Guy #1: There's one word that just means not necessary.
Guy #2: Unnecessary?
Guy #1: Oh.

-- Weldon, overheard by Christian

41 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Did the admission criteria @ Western change in the past 2 years? I thought grade 12 English is a must for every program.
No wonder half of China goes to Western!

8:44 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Surrounded by books, you'd think there'd be some form of osmosis. Apparently not...

9:17 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

8:44- I'm pretty sure half of China is aware of the word 'unnecessary'. Half of Saugeen, now there's the group you're probably talking about.

9:42 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Saugeen ruined my life.

12:32 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Saugeen ruined Western.

9:22 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

i thought half of china went to u of t. must be the other half.

11:20 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

11:20- It's the half that didn't get into U of T; also known as the half that is unable to watch porn and Iron chef in class, yet score 90s consistently.

11:24 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I was on the bus the other day; 2 Chinese girls and 1 Chinese guy were shouting their ass of in Chinese, while others were busy studying for their exams.
From nowhere, this brown kid stands up, and says "For the Love of God! Shut the Fcuk up or Speak English"
It was hilarious! Those annoying Chinese kids were speechless!

2:18 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

If half of China goes to UofT, and the other to UWO, then where does Waterwoo get their Chinamen from?

2:21 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

racist much?

2:42 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

what's with the racism?
you don't see other people judging you white people (and don't go with the righteous indignation bs cause y'all are most likely white) for all the airhead remarks posted on here.

4:51 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

With 85% of the people I see at Western being white, I don't see how even half of the Chinese students enrolled in Ontario universities could go to Western. And for 2:18's comment, if you ever visit a place where English is not the main language, I doubt you would refrain from speaking English to your anglophone friends on the bus. Although that was funny, I can't believe he said that to people on the bus. That is some kind of prejudice, and the fact that the guy was brown doesn't make it any better.

10:22 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

crackers

10:27 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

You will not be able to stay home, brother.
You will not be able to plug in, turn on and cop out.
You will not be able to lose yourself on skag and skip,
Skip out for beer during commercials,
Because the revolution will not be televised.

The revolution will not be televised.
The revolution will not be brought to you by Xerox
In 4 parts without commercial interruptions.
The revolution will not show you pictures of Nixon

blowing a bugle and leading a charge by John
Mitchell, General Abrams and Spiro Agnew to eat
hog maws confiscated from a Harlem sanctuary.
The revolution will not be televised.

The revolution will not be brought to you by the
Schaefer Award Theatre and will not star Natalie
Woods and Steve McQueen or Bullwinkle and Julia.
The revolution will not give your mouth sex appeal.
The revolution will not get rid of the nubs.
The revolution will not make you look five pounds
thinner, because the revolution will not be televised, Brother.

There will be no pictures of you and Willie May
pushing that shopping cart down the block on the dead run,
or trying to slide that color television into a stolen ambulance.
NBC will not be able predict the winner at 8:32
or report from 29 districts.
The revolution will not be televised.

There will be no pictures of pigs shooting down
brothers in the instant replay.
There will be no pictures of pigs shooting down
brothers in the instant replay.
There will be no pictures of Whitney Young being
run out of Harlem on a rail with a brand new process.
There will be no slow motion or still life of Roy
Wilkens strolling through Watts in a Red, Black and
Green liberation jumpsuit that he had been saving
For just the proper occasion.

Green Acres, The Beverly Hillbillies, and Hooterville
Junction will no longer be so damned relevant, and
women will not care if Dick finally gets down with
Jane on Search for Tomorrow because Black people
will be in the street looking for a brighter day.
The revolution will not be televised.

There will be no highlights on the eleven o'clock
news and no pictures of hairy armed women
liberationists and Jackie Onassis blowing her nose.
The theme song will not be written by Jim Webb,
Francis Scott Key, nor sung by Glen Campbell, Tom
Jones, Johnny Cash, Englebert Humperdink, or the Rare Earth.
The revolution will not be televised.

The revolution will not be right back after a message
bbout a white tornado, white lightning, or white people.
You will not have to worry about a dove in your
bedroom, a tiger in your tank, or the giant in your toilet bowl.
The revolution will not go better with Coke.
The revolution will not fight the germs that may cause bad breath.
The revolution will put you in the driver's seat.

The revolution will not be televised, will not be televised,
will not be televised, will not be televised.
The revolution will be no re-run brothers;
The revolution will be live.

1:02 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

^^^^
See Hippie!
See Hippie, die!
Die, Hippie, Die!

2:43 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Ha ha, that's a great title!

2:43 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

you don't see other people judging you white people (and don't go with the righteous indignation bs cause y'all are most likely white) for all the airhead remarks posted on here.

Actually, everyone "judges" white people. We are the only group that politically correct leftist asshats like yourself (obviously) don't seem to have a problem with discrimination against.

Yes, there are a few incredibly dumb white people, as in any population, and a good chunk of them tend to go to Western, unfortunately. However, I will put the intelligence and accomplishments over people of European ancestry up against those of any other nations or group of nations. History has shown time and again who will come out on top in such a comparison.

4:43 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

....as compared to Asian civilizations, which in the past contributed many modern inventions, and are leaders now in science and technology? Or African civilizations that faced (and still do) environmental hardships that make it difficult for anyone to survive? (I'm thinking of the droughts etc that make it difficult to have adequate agriculture, and the numerous diseases, such as malaria, Europeans don't have to face).
Or what about the Native Americans? They practiced equality and a way of life that did not disrupt the environment, two things those of us of European ancestry have yet to discover how to do.
And on a purely genetics basis? There is more genetic diversity amongst races than between them, and absolutely no impact of race on intelligence. The whole concept of "race" has been called into question in the face of modern genetics. So-called IQ tests have been proven, time and again, to be influenced by socioeconomic positions, ie those who are poorer tend to do worse. They've been shown to be learned tests, and not all that adequate on measuring actual intelligence.
Having the bigger guns does not make those of us of European ancestry necessarily superior. It doesn't make us inferior either. Everyone's capable of stupidity and prejudice, Caucasians, and non-Caucasians alike.

6:03 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Egyptians in Africa had civilization while Europeans were still living in caves.

8:40 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

what's with the racism?
you don't see other people judging you white people (and don't go with the righteous indignation bs cause y'all are most likely white) for all the airhead remarks posted on here.


I'm white? News to me.
In the future, please refrain from making an ass of u & me.

10:34 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

what's with the racism?
you don't see other people judging you white people (and don't go with the righteous indignation bs cause y'all are most likely white) for all the airhead remarks posted on here.


They see me mowin
my front lawn
I know they all think I'm just too white and nerdy
Think I'm just too white and nerdy
Think I'm just too white and nerdy
Look at me I'm white and nerdy

10:42 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

It's good, but it's not two-weeks-without-an-update good.

4:47 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

re. part of 6:03's comment:

I respectfully point out that most of what we learned in grade school about the environmentally-balanced Native way of life was garbage. Low-tech will almost always be more environmentally friendly, but slash-and-burn style utilisation of resources was still common. The reason it didn't have a huge impact on the ecosystem is that there were fewer people living off of that land than there are now. And at the risk of sounding like a complete racist jerk, which I assure you I'm not, I would like to inquire how it's justifiable to run an entire herd of buffalo off a cliff in order to use only a fraction of them? Was no one else troubled by assertions of frugality and economic harmony when faced with evidence of such massive waste? I'm not trying to run anyone down; I just want some honesty. A more balanced perspective, maybe.

1:48 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

It's a shame there isn't a better forum for environmental banter.
Oh wait, there is: everywhere else.

12:35 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

^ Infidel! How DARE you question the supremacy of OaW!

1:23 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Given that almost the entirety of the preceding comments dealt with racism, I don't see that it's such a stretch. Not to mention the fact that you seem to have missed the point of the "environmental banter": racial history.

4:36 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

you know whats 'unnecessary'? your mom.

11:37 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Aaaaaand the ToD for intelligent discussion was 11:37 pm.
Now back to your regularly scheduled mom jokes.

8:17 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Given that almost the entirety of the preceding comments dealt with racism

Racism is a stupid word, used by small-minded (leftist) people to deride those who would rather trust what they have learned to be true through their own experience, rather than simply submit to the politically correct brain-washing of naive egalitarianism and moronic multiculturalism.

10:30 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Have you even read the comments on this post?

4:38 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

For the love of god! OAW, Somebody, anybody, please submit something new and funny before the intelligent comments get out of control! I miss Bob and drewnottoothpaste. Never thought I'd say that.

9:51 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The problem with basing everything on you're own experience is that a lot of people, i.e. those who live in small towns, really don't experience anyone different from themselves, and when they do, it's in exceptionally small numbers. Imagine if everything I thought about black people was based on the one black person I met in high school. Seems like it'd be a big skewed no?

3:40 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I think we can all agree that the true source of racism and hatred in society stems from UGGs.

-Bob, the UGG Conquerer

4:01 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Bob! We've missed you!

7:35 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

3:40,

That is a very good point. I suppose that what I said was perhaps not the best way to put it. What I meant was that one should formulate one's own opinions based upon observation, which includes direct personal contact, information which is available from various media (which must be taken with some skepticism of course), etc. My problem is that most people hold this "we are all the same" nonsense attitude, despite encountering substantial evidence to the contrary, in various forms, every day, simply because they have been brainwashed by leftist political correctness. This is precisely what happens when the "fifth column" of militant leftism (and I would contend that there is no other kind of leftism, really) subvert the government, the media, and most importantly, the educational system.

2:33 PM  
Blogger Overheard at Western said...

Sorry, kids - the OAW staff has been abroad for the past few weeks. New updates coming soon, we promise!

5:10 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Based on my observations, people of different races are the same. Differences are associated with geography, not skin colour - two people who grew up in the same neighbourhood have more in common than two randomly selected people of the same race.

1:31 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

your mom

1:26 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

and your dad last night.

1:37 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Based on my observations, people of different races are the same. Differences are associated with geography, not skin colour - two people who grew up in the same neighbourhood have more in common than two randomly selected people of the same race.

If that is your experience, then I can understand that. However, that is not at all what I have observed.

1:25 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

people tend to learn more from real life experiences, the fucking kids that i'm teaching everyday will learn not to pass judgement on someone based on their race.

11:10 PM  

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