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| Published: June 18, 2007, 5:21 am |
| Tags: britain s got talent, palestine, comedy, christianity, news |
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Half-assed' is a term Americans use quite a bit. It always makes me think of the Christian apocalyptic novel (and film and video game) Left Behind for some reason (not least because it describes doing something in a badly planned and poorly executed manner) and, while considered vulgar by some (the American version is more palatable than the British somehow) last week's news made reference to both variations in some fairly respectable publications. Nepali Times used it to describe a strike; Los Angeles Times used the term in a piece about home decorating; The Nationalist in Ireland about football and The Guardian, The Scotsman and Israel's Sportingo all lovingly used the term in the last few days about everything from football to Paul McCartney's latest album. But despite this seeming obsession with the term and the lazy, self-indulgent yeah-I'll-do-it-but-my-heart's-not-in-it attitude it describes, many people and incidents escaped the label last week. Take the [ Full article ] |
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