tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19959879.post115421072983955453..comments2024-03-23T14:01:00.830-07:00Comments on Jon Swift: Don't Act, Don't Trill: Thespians in the MilitaryJon Swifthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02130944579317556923noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19959879.post-34035229528010522262018-07-14T04:21:27.017-07:002018-07-14T04:21:27.017-07:00That was a VERY interesting one! Seriously interes...That was a VERY interesting one! Seriously interesting.<br />Dr. Jitender Fotedarhttp://www.healthyatra.com/doctors-in-india/online-appointment-dr-jitender-fotedar-cardiologist-medanta-hospital-gurugram-indianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19959879.post-33885650610166898982018-06-05T01:52:02.519-07:002018-06-05T01:52:02.519-07:00Thanks for sharing that. It was fun reading it. :-...Thanks for sharing that. It was fun reading it. :-)Insomniahttp://www.healthyatra.com/diseases-and-conditions/insomnia-definition-causes-symptoms-complications-and-cost-surgery-treatment-hospital-in-indianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19959879.post-83718692474234168632018-04-30T04:16:48.694-07:002018-04-30T04:16:48.694-07:00Thanks for sharing that. It was fun reading it. :-...Thanks for sharing that. It was fun reading it. :-)Dr. Nishank Shekharhttp://www.healthyatra.com/doctors-in-india/online-appointment-dr-nishank-shekhar-cardiac-surgeon-medanta-hospital-gurugram-indianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19959879.post-86105037880296106082015-04-19T07:37:36.271-07:002015-04-19T07:37:36.271-07:00A comprehensively detailed and attention grabbing ...A comprehensively detailed and attention grabbing review that you wrote in this article. I am really convinced the way you look. The way you describe the whole thing is simple and understandable.<br />Gambar Denah Rumah 1 Lantai 3 Kamar Tidurhttp://www.desainrumahminimalistz.com/346/gambar-denah-rumah-3-kamar-tidur-1-lantai/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19959879.post-1155596003926147042006-08-14T15:53:00.000-07:002006-08-14T15:53:00.000-07:00Yes, it's cliche to cite dictionary definitions, b...Yes, it's cliche to cite dictionary definitions, but it appears that a few folks here (in the comments) have no idea what satire is:<BR/><BR/>http://m-w.com/dictionary/satire<BR/><BR/>1 : a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn<BR/>2 : trenchant wit, irony, or sarcasm used to expose and discredit vice or folly<BR/><BR/>> Mr. Swift, you may wish to point out that your article is satire -- except for the underlying news report on which it was based.<BR/><BR/>Mocking lunacy doesn't support lunacy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19959879.post-1155016567124251092006-08-07T22:56:00.000-07:002006-08-07T22:56:00.000-07:00Mr. Swift, you may wish to point out that your art...Mr. Swift, you may wish to point out that your article is satire -- except for the underlying news report on which it was based. The armed forces are, indeed, expelling Arab-language translators and interpreters, despite their scarcity. And Sgt. Bleu Copas was actually asked about his community-theatre experience during his interrogation.Rick Sincerehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02430047101172614629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19959879.post-1154885463773838382006-08-06T10:31:00.000-07:002006-08-06T10:31:00.000-07:00ha ha ha ha ha! love this oneha ha ha ha ha! love this oneLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04384668229076824929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19959879.post-1154872862045544902006-08-06T07:01:00.000-07:002006-08-06T07:01:00.000-07:00Yes, it's a satire. He calls himself Jonathan Swif...Yes, it's a satire. He calls himself Jonathan Swift and uses the actual image of the original Swift!<BR/><BR/>Those who call him uncultured only show their own lack thereof. Swift is famous for a Modest Proposal, where he takes digs at the English for starving the Irish, but under the guise of suggesting if the Irish would only eat their babies the famine would be solved. <BR/><BR/>Our new Swift, like Colbert, pretends to agree with things he thinks are shocking in order to expose the level of ignorance of the positions he pretends to take. <BR/><BR/>Although there is something to be said for worrying about the loyalty of trouper troopers who are offered a lead in a favoured play. I'm a thespian, too, and I know some people will do anything for the lead role. <BR/><BR/>--Samantha VimesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19959879.post-1154843716131823452006-08-05T22:55:00.000-07:002006-08-05T22:55:00.000-07:00That was brilliant satire-- I laughed hysterically...That was brilliant satire-- I laughed hysterically. It was a satire, right?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19959879.post-1154808767472076052006-08-05T13:12:00.000-07:002006-08-05T13:12:00.000-07:00Yes, I'm afraid we let that sort of thing take roo...Yes, I'm afraid we let that sort of thing take root in the British army, and look at the result;<BR/><BR/>http://www.unoriginal.co.uk/footage39_1.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19959879.post-1154568271655745092006-08-02T18:24:00.000-07:002006-08-02T18:24:00.000-07:00I sincerely hope that this is a joke. You cannot s...I sincerely hope that this is a joke. You cannot seriously think (unless you are the most naive person in the world) that being involved with community theatre in any way affects an individual's capability of military service. If you do believe your words, you are a disgrace to this nation and to its values: of EQUALITY.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19959879.post-1154412361719534362006-07-31T23:06:00.000-07:002006-07-31T23:06:00.000-07:00wow I think I just read an account of a poor, poor...wow I think I just read an account of a poor, poor soul from the uncivilized world. The poor fellow has the brains of a squished melon and is obviously uncultured because he has no appreciation or respect for the arts or those invovled. Tsk. Tsk. His Stupidity is heartbreaking.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19959879.post-1154408892981327212006-07-31T22:08:00.000-07:002006-07-31T22:08:00.000-07:00Shit! I'm gay? Oh. Well. My wife won't be too disa...Shit! I'm gay? Oh. Well. My wife won't be too disappointed... <BR/><BR/>What a sad phobic country/woeld we live in... I've always had to question the motives of those that say this is the land of the free and then spend most of their time denying the citizenry the freedoms they say our brave are defending. Complete madness. It's King Lear!Mark Prime (tpm/Confession Zero)https://www.blogger.com/profile/04683863540465969835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19959879.post-1154389046159869092006-07-31T16:37:00.000-07:002006-07-31T16:37:00.000-07:00Jon Swift, you are a fucking idiot! i could kick y...Jon Swift, you are a fucking idiot! i could kick your fucking ass if i knew where you were from. o ya i forgot to let you know im in theater, i have performed in many shows. i also take ballet. im a wrestler as well. do yourself a favor and shut the fuck up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19959879.post-1154353272623444672006-07-31T06:41:00.000-07:002006-07-31T06:41:00.000-07:00Suppose a gay entertainer--say, Lance Bass--wants ...Suppose a gay entertainer--say, Lance Bass--wants to perform for the troops? I mean with the USO, sillies, not the other kind of performing. Should he be allowed to make the trip or stay home?The Trufflehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16641173488798036738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19959879.post-1154302349794662352006-07-30T16:32:00.000-07:002006-07-30T16:32:00.000-07:00"...and don't seem to know what to do with their h..."...and don't seem to know what to do with their hands."<BR/><BR/>God DAMN that's funny.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19959879.post-1154299674811660722006-07-30T15:47:00.000-07:002006-07-30T15:47:00.000-07:00Hey, now! Don't be too rough on those theatre set...Hey, now! Don't be too rough on those theatre set builders - who do you think provided the armour for the military vehicles? Cheaply, too!<BR/><BR/>On a more serious note, sexuality in the Arabic world is very different than in the west: homosexuality just doesn't have the same stigma, so it's really no surprise that some of the folks acting as arabic interpreters have had homosexual encounters.Thursdayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13716639373048900646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19959879.post-1154288822248893302006-07-30T12:47:00.000-07:002006-07-30T12:47:00.000-07:00The military is being hasty here. This could be t...The military is being hasty here. This could be the administration's way around this whole "Hamdan" thing. Imagine how a handful of these guys touring detention centers in <I>The Mikado</I> could soften up detainees for interrogation. Gilbert and Sullivan doesn't leave marks the eyes can see.OutOfContexthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07680135979505561010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19959879.post-1154287691537285532006-07-30T12:28:00.000-07:002006-07-30T12:28:00.000-07:00Zut Alors Guy Debord.In this society which seeming...Zut Alors Guy Debord.<BR/><BR/>In this society which seemingly can't wait to make a Spectacle of itself, it is gratifying, now and then, to meet an auteur oder so.<BR/><BR/>Truly you get worse, in a betterer kind of way of course.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19959879.post-1154276924375335742006-07-30T09:28:00.000-07:002006-07-30T09:28:00.000-07:00So, basically what you are saying is there will an...So, basically what you are saying is there will an undue increase in competition for lead parts in “community theatre” all across the nation.<BR/>And of course in keeping with the Administrations current protocol and methodology, we shall experience even less rational communication in our abilities to function in that “other theatre" we are engaged in...Glade to see this whole mess has been “straightened” out.benmerchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05822419839573670413noreply@blogger.com