Sunday, January 20, 2008

Loathing is the Sincerest form of Flattery

I'm truly honoured. This goes beyond plagiarism or even satire. It is magnificent. The author copies my style and turns it around, completely inverting it's meaning. The effort poured into every word is simply admirable. Only obsession could drive such a project. The compulsive striving to "get at" Alan Murray can only be driven by a profound loathing. It is remorseless. To have acquired an enemy with such a monomania fills me with pride. It is one thing to be hated, but such a skillfull and eloquent expression of hatred is a complement beyond words.

http://hollylands-wearzon.blogspot.com/

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10 comments:

Anonymous said...

just read that too. it's quite a good parody I thought.

Anonymous said...

if this person is copying your style almost perfectly, how can you call them skillfull or eloquent since you are neither? the two of you are just as bad as each other and to prove that i'm not bias i'm going to try and leave a comment with her as well, what bunch of prats.

belfast samizdat said...

It's excellent satire. At one point I thought I was reading the Vacuum. I suspect that the author will go far.

Anonymous said...

It's a girl? The language in that first post... what's become of women these days. Plus, if you're reading this, allow anonymous comments. I dont like leaving comments about one blog on another and I dont really fancy creating a google account etc. The first post I dont agree with, but the rest of it is very very funny.

belfast samizdat said...
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belfast samizdat said...

I'm still learning how to use blogger, and managed to delete my own post. So here it is again:-

The more I read it the more I laugh. "Alan Murray hates bunnies". I think that's a Buffy reference:)

I think anonymous is the default mode for comments. Your own comment has been posted as "Anonymous"

Anonymous said...

i tried leaving a comment on the other page without selecting an identity and it said it wouldn't allow anonymous comments. grrr...

belfast samizdat said...

Blogger does seem to be complicated. Maybe I'm just from an older generation, or as the other blog puts it "Alan Murray was born aged 39 with a morgage and no prospects":)
I wish I had a morgage. Then I could sell up and leave here.

Anonymous said...

Hiya Alan, can you not give us an update on how Prof Peter Roebuck's mare and the gang of three are getting on?

belfast samizdat said...

On the evening of the last meeting I was in common grounds cafe. Anne Monaghan was coming and going looking smug. At one point she smiled at me. I smiled back. She didn't stay for long. The meeting appears to have folded after half an hour. I suspect they lacked a quorum, or, to put it differently, no-one bothered going.

I was at the latest Community Police Liaison Committee meeting. I was the only resident from anywhere in the University sector to attend. The Holylands self-appointed representatives no longer go as they can't bear to be in the same room as me. Some months ago Tony McGuinness threw a tantrum at a CPLC meeting because the cops would not remove me. It was quite funny to watch. Some months ago the cops tried to exclude me from any meeting attended by Katrina O'Neill. My barrister tore Stevie Kingsman to shreds. You can read about it here:-

http://holylandswarzone.blogspot.com/2007/11/justice-one-stasi-nil.html

There is obviously a crisis of confidence in the cops. Go figure. The CPLC has been wound up. The cops are planning an alternative forum. I assume this is where they will pervert restorative justice and turn it into a vehicle for landlords, the cops, the universities and their "students" to terrorise isolate and silence residents. Naturally the local housing association under Dermot Curran are moist with enthusiasm at this. I think that the power of eviction gives some people more pleasure than sex. Social predators are always drawn to positions of power over the vulnerable. I've seen it in hostels and I've seen it in landlords, whether of the private or "Social" kind. Shit floats. Institutional power is always fundamentally psychopathic (Chomsky).