Why the Guardian is going down the pan!

[Pickman's model]

Child labour is exploitation – but the household work I did as a child gave me life skills | Elizabeth Sibale

Growing up in Africa taught me to be self-reliant and resilient. Putting children to work must be seen in local context

www.theguardian.com

You 'eard.

All work is exploitation

 

[kabbes]

Haven’t read the article and don’t intend to. It is true, however, that what within a Western context would be seen as child labour could within a different context be interpreted as a child absorbing the cultural tools that will allow them to thrive in their society. Children can develop through warehoused, organised knowledge-transcription or they can do so by taking part in the practices of the culture. The latter is not inherently worse than the former — what is important is the wellbeing of the child, not the format of the development. (And on that score, I would note that there isn’t exactly a great track-record over the last 100 years for guaranteeing the well-being of children within school either).

 

[JTG]

The quality of the Comment is Free section has today seen a marginal uptick as rancid transphobe Suzanne Moore announces to her Twitter followers that she has left the Guardian.
Get rid of Freeman next please

 

[killer b]

The quality of the Comment is Free section has today seen a marginal uptick as rancid transphobe Suzanne Moore announces to her Twitter followers that she has left the Guardian.
Get rid of Freeman next please

Speaking of Freeman, how about this??



'Write a column'

 

[8115]

Cummings should not be forgotten: Labour has to learn what he got right | Julian Coman

Boris Johnson’s former aide understood the class dynamics of modern England. To regain the red wall, the left must too, says Guardian associate editor Julian Coman

www.theguardian.com

 

[JTG]

Speaking of Freeman, how about this??

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'Write a column'

It's notable how many Guardian writers have rallied round Moore.
Just to be clear, 300+ Guardian employees wrote a letter regarding Moore's attacks on trans people and it was Moore who decided to dox them all online.
Three trans employees of the Guardian have left their jobs there in the last year because of the paper's editorial stance. Fuck Moore and anyone who supports her.

 

[brogdale]

No shit...

 

[billy_bob]

'I did something stupid for love and paid the price'

Not a problem with the content of the article particularly, more that the '80s Bounty advert-style photographs of her seem embarrassingly close to the Daily Expressish 'Female Policeman Turned Hot Bikini Model Jailed!' angle.

 

[Orang Utan]

'I did something stupid for love and paid the price'

Not a problem with the content of the article particularly, more that the '80s Bounty advert-style photographs of her seem embarrassingly close to the Daily Expressish 'Female Policeman Turned Hot Bikini Model Jailed!' angle.

Dunno why we get so much Australian content on the British site

 

[ska invita]

Guardian vision ^ ^ ^

Reality v v v

 

[billy_bob]

The reality looks a lot more fun

 

[ska invita]

The reality looks a lot more fun

All non-Guardian realities are a lot more fun

 

[Flavour]

 

[JimW]

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Robs the lead and altar furniture?

 

[Serge Forward]

Good god!

 

[Santino]

I quite enjoy wandering around a church, if it's of sufficient historical significance.

 

[JimW]

I quite enjoy wandering around a church, if it's of sufficient historical significance.

Yes, or just the architecture or other features; visited a disused one tucked away not far past Usk a couple of times because it has a rood screen that survived the Reformation and Cromwell.

 

[Santino]

Yes, or just the architecture or other features; visited a disused one tucked away not far past Usk a couple of times because it has a rood screen that survived the Reformation and Cromwell.

Have you ever gone and fetched a key from a local shop to unlock a church? Such a buzz.

 

[JimW]

Have you ever gone and fetched a key from a local shop to unlock a church? Such a buzz.

Similar but it was a farmhouse/B&B IIRC, think it was the chapel down by Owlpen with a perfectly round graveyard which is apparently a Saxon rare survival but just done a search and that doesn't look right.
ETA Ah, think this was it Church of St Nicholas of Myra, Ozleworth, Gloucestershire

 

[brogdale]

Like it's any different to any other fucking November

 

[Pickman's model]

They're semi-literate
Four hundred and 43? Wtf? Ability to write English clearly not an essential skill at the guardian

 

[belboid]

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Four hundred and 43? Wtf? Ability to write English clearly not an essential skill at the guardian

aah, when style guide rules clash, it's always ugly

 

[DaveCinzano]

aah, when style guide rules clash, it's always ugly

The Guardian's insane vendetta against coherently capitalised words continues to cost lives like a resurgent tilaban

 

[Sasaferrato]

All work is exploitation

Really? Don't become ill, the exploited doctor has quit, ditto the nurse.

 

[Orang Utan]

Really? Don't become ill, the exploited doctor has quit, ditto the nurse.

You think nurses and doctors aren’t exploited?

 

[Sasaferrato]

You think nurses and doctors aren’t exploited?

I think that it is always an employment of choice. Can't say that about all the jobs I've had in my life, many were necessity.

To answer your question, undoubtedly, but generally in terms of unpaid overtime. No on ever went home on time when all hell had broken loose.

 

[Orang Utan]

I think that it is always an employment of choice. Can't say that about all the jobs I've had in my life, many were necessity.

To answer your question, undoubtedly, but generally in terms of unpaid overtime. No on ever went home on time when all hell had broken loose.

Not sure what your point is then as you agree that work is exploitation

 

[Sasaferrato]

Not sure what your point is then as you agree that work is exploitation

Of course I don't, don't be ridiculous. Work is a necessity if you want to live.

 

[Orang Utan]

Of course I don't, don't be ridiculous. Work is a necessity if you want to live.

And how does that contradict the fact that work is exploitation?

 

[Sasaferrato]

And how does that contradict the fact that work is exploitation?

Go and peddle your 'philosophy' to someone who is interested.

As I now don't do it, work is of zero interest.

That said...