Comments on: Pretty Vacant http://www.johnknoxwhite.com/2007/11/15/pretty-vacant/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pretty-vacant Mindfulness in the face of challenge. Wed, 04 Jan 2012 07:24:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Little Fluffy Clouds « Stop, Drop and Roll http://www.johnknoxwhite.com/2007/11/15/pretty-vacant/#comment-302 Little Fluffy Clouds « Stop, Drop and Roll Fri, 16 Nov 2007 11:15:23 +0000 http://johnknoxwhite.com/?p=240#comment-302 [...] 16, 2007 So yesterday, I talked a little about the Greening Alameda Point proposal from Action Alameda; I kept things [...] [...] 16, 2007 So yesterday, I talked a little about the Greening Alameda Point proposal from Action Alameda; I kept things [...]

]]> By: Neal_J http://www.johnknoxwhite.com/2007/11/15/pretty-vacant/#comment-301 Neal_J Fri, 16 Nov 2007 07:30:21 +0000 http://johnknoxwhite.com/?p=240#comment-301 Sorry, I can't resist.... INCONCEIVABLE!!!! Sorry, I can’t resist….

INCONCEIVABLE!!!!

]]> By: Lauren Do http://www.johnknoxwhite.com/2007/11/15/pretty-vacant/#comment-304 Lauren Do Fri, 16 Nov 2007 01:35:03 +0000 http://johnknoxwhite.com/?p=240#comment-304 It's not the same without <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUee1WvtQZU&feature=related" rel="nofollow">Wallace Shawn.</a> It’s not the same without Wallace Shawn.

]]> By: johnknoxwhite http://www.johnknoxwhite.com/2007/11/15/pretty-vacant/#comment-303 johnknoxwhite Fri, 16 Nov 2007 01:17:35 +0000 http://johnknoxwhite.com/?p=240#comment-303 A <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgS5I5R9qC8" rel="nofollow"> reenactment of this scene is available here. </a> The actual dialog begins at 2 Min. 16 Secs. A classic. A reenactment of this scene is available here. The actual dialog begins at 2 Min. 16 Secs.

A classic.

]]> By: Lauren Do http://www.johnknoxwhite.com/2007/11/15/pretty-vacant/#comment-300 Lauren Do Thu, 15 Nov 2007 23:42:07 +0000 http://johnknoxwhite.com/?p=240#comment-300 Great points, particularly on the Greenwashing, as that was what immediately came to mind when I skimmed the document. But, when I read Greening Alameda Point, the major problem with the document was the inability to make a coherent point, it was much more talking around the issue than actually talking about the issue: Alameda Point, which then brough to mind this <a href="http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/The_Princess_Bride_%28film%29" rel="nofollow">classic exchange:</a> <blockquote> Vizzini: But it's so simple! All I have to do is divine from what I know of you. Are you the sort of man who would put the poison into his own goblet, or his enemy's? Now, a clever man would put the poison into his own goblet, because he would know that only a great fool would reach for what he was given. I'm not a great fool, so I can clearly not choose the wine in front of you. But you must have known I was not a great fool; you would have counted on it, so I can clearly not choose the wine in front of me. Man in Black: You've made your decision then? Vizzini: Not remotely. Because iocane comes from Australia, as everyone knows. And Australia is entirely peopled with criminals. And criminals are used to having people not trust them, as you are not trusted by me. So I can clearly not choose the wine in front of you. Man in Black: Truly you have a dizzying intellect. Vizzini: Wait 'til I get going... </blockquote> Great points, particularly on the Greenwashing, as that was what immediately came to mind when I skimmed the document. But, when I read Greening Alameda Point, the major problem with the document was the inability to make a coherent point, it was much more talking around the issue than actually talking about the issue: Alameda Point, which then brough to mind this classic exchange:

Vizzini: But it’s so simple! All I have to do is divine from what I know of you. Are you the sort of man who would put the poison into his own goblet, or his enemy’s? Now, a clever man would put the poison into his own goblet, because he would know that only a great fool would reach for what he was given. I’m not a great fool, so I can clearly not choose the wine in front of you. But you must have known I was not a great fool; you would have counted on it, so I can clearly not choose the wine in front of me.
Man in Black: You’ve made your decision then?
Vizzini: Not remotely. Because iocane comes from Australia, as everyone knows. And Australia is entirely peopled with criminals. And criminals are used to having people not trust them, as you are not trusted by me. So I can clearly not choose the wine in front of you.
Man in Black: Truly you have a dizzying intellect.
Vizzini: Wait ’til I get going…

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