Saw This on Andrew’s blog and It is so wonderfully appropriate that Flannery’s book should be placed upon this shelf in a book shop and as I thought that Andrew’s tiny picture did not do it justice I republish it here some what bigger than the original…
Speaking of Flannery’s book, reader Eli notes with approval its placement on the shelves of Domain Books of South Yarra
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Oh good grief.
It wouldn’t surprise me if Eli, GW skeptic / denier that she is, stuck the book on that shelf herself and snuck a quick photo off. And yet, inanely stupid that this is (imagine if I put Bolts book on the Legal – Libel section of a bookstore, photo’d it and put it up – oh how hysterically funny the irony would be) there are plenty of even more inanely stupid bloggers to swallow it up – hook, line and sinker. Step forward Messrs Bolt and Hall.
You know, after your hopeless falling for Leunigs saracasm (I notice you’ve gone silent on that BTW) , and your inability to come up with anything after I gave you John Howard as a right wing AGW supporter, I can only think that if this blog were a book in a bookstore it would doubtlessly be in the comedy section – where it belongs.
Rgrds,
PKD
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PKD
Let me get this right; you make a convoluted series of assumptions and insist that that is the only explanation but the fact of the matter is that even if your unlikely scenario is correct then it is still a witty picture with a cute message.
As for John Howard and AGW; He would, as I said before not qualify as an AGW “mover and shaker”. You will have to do better than that
Let me get this right; you make a convoluted series of assumptions
Only you could think that a GW sceptic would never do something as underhand as putting a GW book in an amusing place for a cheap shot…
As for John Howard and AGW; He would, as I said before not qualify as an AGW “mover and shaker”. You will have to do better than that
Really why not? As the leader of Australia he has a big say in national policy on AGW, like the possibility of nuclear power. He is a mover and shaker in every sense of the word – to pretend otherwise would be absurd, but in keeping with you. After you, you did choose to ignore US Govts own data when it conflicted with your preconcieved ideas about the Gitmo detainees – why should you believe that anyone on the right, even the PM believes in AGW – even if he has said it himself???
More classic comedy Iain – keep it up! Your place on the bookshelf next to Ben Elton seems assured…any more pearls of wisdom on Leunig coming from you then? Where are these hidden truths you’ve found??? ;)
PKD – My first thought was that it was probably staged for the photo, also. That doesn’t make it less amusing.
If there was no doubt about Flannery’s claims then it would be dismissed as a silly prank. However, because significant dissent does exist and because Flannery has been shown to be horribly wrong in the past (Perth a ghost city, for example) then I think it reamins amusing, no matter how staged it might be.
jeez, OKD, get a life! It’s just an amusing pic
“PKD” that is–giving up smoking is causing typos too. ;-)
It was clearly a staged photo. To retaliate I went into Angus and Rocertson to place Andrew Bolt’s book on the “comedy” shelf but they didn’t have any copies…and when I asked they hadn’t for a while…
yeah, well….I find it interesting that bookshops such as A&R have shelves full of books by Chomsky, Pilger et al but precious few by known right-wing authors.
When aslked about the discrepancy I usually get a blank stare by some semi-literate bimbo or the lame “there’s not the demand” excuse.
“yeah, well….I find it interesting that bookshops such as A&R have shelves full of books by Chomsky, Pilger et al but precious few by known right-wing authors.”
Let’s see….
either:
1. All mainstream bookshop owners are lefties who silence the right by not selling their books.
OR
2. Bolt’s book simply doesn’t sell, and therefore isn’t stocked.
Get a grip. These are business, who don’t have time for your petty excuses. Independent bookshops DO choose what they sell, but the mainstreams sell whatever is popular. If Bolt isn’t popular, they’re not going to stock him. They’re about making money.
Hey! Fancy that! A lefty teaching a righto about business.
Bullshit. I’ve talked to a number of bookshop owners who tell me that the books they choose to stock and the manner in which those books are displayed have a huge influence on sales.
As well, I’ve often seen large chains that stock some books by right-wing authors put those books in positions which are far less visible to casual browsers.
John
I am certainly with Keith on this particular chicken and egg question. The fact that Andrew Bolt has a high profile and the opportunity to promote his book via his blog has meant that despite a reluctance by some book sellers to stock his book it’s sales have been a great deal better than critics like you would be willing to admit.
And as an aside;
If you dislike what I say enough that you want to whinge about me at a devoted hate site, don’t waste your time because I am more than happy to entertain your comments to anything I post here so make your complaints in person and avoid the middle man , you know it makes sense . :cool:
“PKD” that is–giving up smoking is causing typos too.
Keith,
Lol, if typos are all giving up smoking is giving you, you’re having it waaaaay too easy! ;)
Personally I found the photo to simple minded and obviously staged to be remotely funny – like I said would it be funny to stick Bolts book on say, the comedy section and take a photo? And it’s not cause I lack a sense of humour – just check out the Leunig threads from the w/e! :)
Lastly, I have experience working on the IT ordering systems of one of the large book sellers. I can assure you mate, that the one I worked for at least does not order its titles or the quantites of orders based on any left / right wing criteria. It’s all down to sales figures, so you can sleep easy on that one, there’s no conspiracy or hidden agenda there!
Cheers,
PKD
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This is crazy – it’s the left wing book retailing conspiracy!
PKD
this says to me that your understanding of humour is as biased as your politics.
To place Andrew’s book in the comedy section would not be any where nearly as humorous as placing Flannery’s book in the mythology / religion section because there are no hotly denied suggestions that Bolt’s work is about comedy where as there are many suggestions that Flannery and all of the AGW alarmists are presenting a religious rather than a scientific argument, hence the placement of his book on that shelf either by the shop or an erstwhile customer is at once ironic and humorous. :cool:
Iain, if there is one thing I understand, it’s humour, and believe me, putting Bolt in the humour section is the very height of funny. Many of us find him hilarious. Read Boltwatch lately?
As for “here are many suggestions that Flannery and all of the AGW alarmists are presenting a religious rather than a scientific argument”, that comes straight from Bolt who is presenting a biased political argument, not a scientific one. How delightfully hypocritical of him.
This is crazy – it’s the left wing book retailing conspiracy!
Tell me about it. I almost felt like adding ‘oh and the tooth is not a left wing conspiracy either’!
This is crazy – it’s the left wing book retailing conspiracy!
Tell me about it. I almost felt like adding ‘oh and the tooth fairy is not a left wing conspiracy either’!
Lol!
PKD
this says to me that your understanding of humour is as biased as your politics.
Oh, and considering I am a centrist Iain I’ll actually take that as a compliment, even if that was the last thing you intended it to be!
The fact is you are so biased that putting a book you consider part of a leftist conspiracy in an ironic / humorous place must be amusing – but putting a right wing polemists book in a similarly funny place just wouldn’t be funny at all. This just shows your complete bias and lack of blance in your own opinions far more that it say anything of me.
Oh, yes, and like John, and many others I read Bolt Watch as much for the laughs as anything else – so don’t be too shocked.
PKD
You may claim to be a centrist, but I have yet to see any thing from you that meets my definition of a centrist position.
Sadly it looks like I will have to try to spell it out for you on the difference between the juxtaposition of Flanery’s book and Bolts book… Sigh
Flannery and his ilk constantly make the claim that they are writing Science and their detractors claim it is religion/mythology so the placement of the book on that shelf makes the case for the AGW detractors.
To be analogous and equally funny Bolts book would have to be placed in say the Marxism or Nazi section putting it in the “humour” section is by no stretch of the imagination in the same league as the placement of Flannery’s book in mythology/religion section. There is no relationship to a previous classification claim that is hotly denied by Bolt or his supporters, only those who are into cheap name calling and shallow derision would think that by simply claiming that Bolt’s work should be seen as a joke would think that suggesting it is by placing in under that category actually makes it so.
Iain at his most incoherent.
Let me spell it out for you, Iain.
Bolt’s detractors say his book IS humourous, so putting it in the humour section is FUNNY. I’ve never said he’s a nazi, or a marxist. That isn’t funny.
“only those who are into cheap name calling and shallow derision”
Meaning…..you?
http://iainhall.wordpress.com/2007/03/15/he-cant-help-it-he-is-by-his-own-admission-fatty-fatty-fat-fat/
Aah,
I love it when Iain comes out with the most illogical and absurd positions and then tries to defend them.
Also Iain, your idea of what a centrist position is is probably to be waaaay out on the right wing with you, as I am sure you consider yourself a perfectly reasonable balanced fellow. So I am more than happy if someone as deluded as yourself call me a lefty – I’d be in good company with the overwhelming majority!
PS – Still waiting to hear what ‘hidden truths’ you saw revealed in Leunigs article were? One can only assume that if you remain silent on it, that you were indeed deluding yourself….(again)!