Comments on: She’s a Riot http://blogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/2005/08/11/shes-a-riot/ Culture, Politics, Academia and Other Shiny Objects Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:54:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Timothy Burke http://blogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/2005/08/11/shes-a-riot/comment-page-1/#comment-514 Timothy Burke Fri, 12 Aug 2005 17:14:22 +0000 http://weblogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/?p=78#comment-514 I agree that there's no question that it was meant as a joke. I think it's at the least a joke in poor taste. Beyond that, I think it underscores the lack of seriousness within the upper leadership about Zimbabwe. Finally, I suggest that it's one of those kinds of jokes that has a menacing undercurrent to it, that allows someone to send a message that they can then disavow by saying they were just kidding. I agree that there’s no question that it was meant as a joke. I think it’s at the least a joke in poor taste. Beyond that, I think it underscores the lack of seriousness within the upper leadership about Zimbabwe. Finally, I suggest that it’s one of those kinds of jokes that has a menacing undercurrent to it, that allows someone to send a message that they can then disavow by saying they were just kidding.

]]> By: zablogger http://blogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/2005/08/11/shes-a-riot/comment-page-1/#comment-513 zablogger Fri, 12 Aug 2005 16:56:05 +0000 http://weblogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/?p=78#comment-513 it is widely accepted that the comment by our deputy president was a joke. A misplaced joke for sure, but not a serious comment. http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=6&art_id=vn20050811071529182C520358 zaBlogger http://fodder.blogs.com/fodder/ A blog from the heart of zaLand it is widely accepted that the comment by our deputy president was a joke. A misplaced joke for sure, but not a serious comment.

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