Comments for Troy Parfitt http://www.troyparfitt.com Author Sat, 21 Jan 2012 14:01:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 Comment on Outsiders: Authors and Aristocrats, David Adams Richards and Lord Beaverbrook by admin http://www.troyparfitt.com/566#comment-99 admin Sat, 21 Jan 2012 14:01:10 +0000 http://www.troyparfitt.com/?p=566#comment-99 Yeah, I'd always wanted to meet him, so it was a positive experience. Yeah, I’d always wanted to meet him, so it was a positive experience.

]]> Comment on China’s Ruling the World an Impossibilty by admin http://www.troyparfitt.com/525#comment-98 admin Sat, 21 Jan 2012 13:59:11 +0000 http://www.troyparfitt.com/?p=525#comment-98 Thank you, but there's nothing hasty about my argument. Thank you, but there’s nothing hasty about my argument.

]]> Comment on Outsiders: Authors and Aristocrats, David Adams Richards and Lord Beaverbrook by Tom Carter http://www.troyparfitt.com/566#comment-96 Tom Carter Tue, 17 Jan 2012 01:05:53 +0000 http://www.troyparfitt.com/?p=566#comment-96 Great post, Troy! I can't say that I've ever read any David Adams Richards novels, but I can imagine the thrill of meeting an author whom you respect - and being treated with respect back. I wish all authors were as courteous to their fans as Mr. Richards was to you. Great post, Troy! I can’t say that I’ve ever read any David Adams Richards novels, but I can imagine the thrill of meeting an author whom you respect – and being treated with respect back. I wish all authors were as courteous to their fans as Mr. Richards was to you.

]]> Comment on China’s Ruling the World an Impossibilty by minue622 http://www.troyparfitt.com/525#comment-80 minue622 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 08:57:35 +0000 http://www.troyparfitt.com/?p=525#comment-80 1)Corruption is a core component of Chinese society, woven into its very fabric 2)Traditional Chinese education is an antique. Exam-based and heavy on rote memorization, it stymies critical thinking and creativity. 3) and Heavy pollution. 4) The deeply rooted Confucian values. All of these decribe well what the South Korea was like just 30 years ago (in a sense, still is), though it is (as you mentioned) now ranked in the 12th on the the UN’s 2010 Human Development Index. This is why your arugment is hasty, (at least, not solid)being lacking a comparative historical analysis with near east asian conturies. 1)Corruption is a core component of Chinese society, woven into its very fabric

2)Traditional Chinese education is an antique. Exam-based and heavy on rote memorization, it stymies critical thinking and creativity.

3) and Heavy pollution.

4) The deeply rooted Confucian values.

All of these decribe well what the South Korea was like just 30 years ago (in a sense, still is), though it is (as you mentioned) now ranked in the 12th on the the UN’s 2010 Human Development Index.

This is why your arugment is hasty, (at least, not solid)being lacking a comparative historical analysis with near east asian conturies.

]]> Comment on Albert Camus’s The Outsider a classic, but why? by admin http://www.troyparfitt.com/411#comment-69 admin Fri, 15 Jul 2011 21:43:30 +0000 http://www.troyparfitt.com/?p=411#comment-69 Pretty much: a fool's tale. Thanks for the comment. So nice to have one that isn't spam. Pretty much: a fool’s tale. Thanks for the comment. So nice to have one that isn’t spam.

]]> Comment on Albert Camus’s The Outsider a classic, but why? by Chris Hawke http://www.troyparfitt.com/411#comment-68 Chris Hawke Mon, 04 Jul 2011 01:21:59 +0000 http://www.troyparfitt.com/?p=411#comment-68 I wanted to hear more about the Ah Q connection. Is it because both protagonists are daft? I wanted to hear more about the Ah Q connection. Is it because both protagonists are daft?

]]> Comment on Border agents fear wearing name tags might force them to become friendly, professional, accountable – part one by admin http://www.troyparfitt.com/371#comment-33 admin Sat, 11 Jun 2011 20:28:44 +0000 http://www.troyparfitt.com/?p=371#comment-33 A camoflauged jacket? At the Maine-New Brunswick border, they search you if you're not wearing a camoflauged jacket. A camoflauged jacket? At the Maine-New Brunswick border, they search you if you’re not wearing a camoflauged jacket.

]]> Comment on Border agents fear wearing name tags might force them to become friendly, professional, accountable – part one by Alex http://www.troyparfitt.com/371#comment-32 Alex Sat, 11 Jun 2011 17:39:20 +0000 http://www.troyparfitt.com/?p=371#comment-32 Me too!! Maybe it helps that we have a small child with us. However my partner just told me that when he went on an internal flight to Toronto he had his hands tested for gunshot residue on the way there and back! Might have been because he was wearing a camo jacket though. Me too!! Maybe it helps that we have a small child with us. However my partner just told me that when he went on an internal flight to Toronto he had his hands tested for gunshot residue on the way there and back! Might have been because he was wearing a camo jacket though.

]]> Comment on Border agents fear wearing name tags might force them to become friendly, professional, accountable – part one by admin http://www.troyparfitt.com/371#comment-31 admin Sat, 11 Jun 2011 16:50:19 +0000 http://www.troyparfitt.com/?p=371#comment-31 Well, you're lucky I think. It strikes me as a real problem. Maybe it's just me. Twice, I've been picked out of a line. Once I was just questioned (by a police officer) and another time I was taken to a room and searched. When the guy searching me spoke, I could barely understand what he was saying, and I taught English to speakers of other languages for years. I think that faciltating transport and acting as the "front-line" against threats is a contradiction, one bound to end in trouble. In East Asia, I never saw people being carted off. They have people to deal with criminals; they're called police officers. Thanks for your response! I hope all your travels here are hassle-free. Well, you’re lucky I think. It strikes me as a real problem. Maybe it’s just me. Twice, I’ve been picked out of a line. Once I was just questioned (by a police officer) and another time I was taken to a room and searched. When the guy searching me spoke, I could barely understand what he was saying, and I taught English to speakers of other languages for years. I think that faciltating transport and acting as the “front-line” against threats is a contradiction, one bound to end in trouble. In East Asia, I never saw people being carted off. They have people to deal with criminals; they’re called police officers. Thanks for your response! I hope all your travels here are hassle-free.

]]> Comment on Border agents fear wearing name tags might force them to become friendly, professional, accountable – part one by Alex http://www.troyparfitt.com/371#comment-30 Alex Sat, 11 Jun 2011 16:40:17 +0000 http://www.troyparfitt.com/?p=371#comment-30 Not sure where you've been flying into/out of, but every time we have entered Canada the border agents have been nothing but polite and we've never seen anyone being taken off to be searched - thank goodness! Not sure where you’ve been flying into/out of, but every time we have entered Canada the border agents have been nothing but polite and we’ve never seen anyone being taken off to be searched – thank goodness!

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