tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post2005334241148976159..comments2024-03-19T09:00:56.265+00:00Comments on All That Is Solid ...: PhD Abstract on British TrotskyismPhilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-37542458741178805112009-11-29T19:24:16.531+00:002009-11-29T19:24:16.531+00:00Danny, convoluted grammar is a necessary life skil...Danny, convoluted grammar is a necessary life skill for any successful academic :P<br /><br />Steve, it means the model of commitment developed in this thesis can describe the complex social processes at work without forcing the data to fit a pre-conceived idea or reducing it to explanation by simple causes. That's about as plain as it can be. Generally my thesis is pretty straightforward (it's not like wading through Althusser or Derrida) but some times technical language is necessary, if only for brevity's sake.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-90805773572562768592009-11-29T15:42:14.311+00:002009-11-29T15:42:14.311+00:00Well I'm looking forward to it - I suspect thi...Well I'm looking forward to it - I suspect this has the selling potential of Harry Potter :)Jim Jeppshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17410387006098326671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-33088032382431002212009-11-29T08:54:04.394+00:002009-11-29T08:54:04.394+00:00Reads like bad English to me - the grammar seems t...Reads like bad English to me - the grammar seems to have run amuck.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15705363852017555272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-14565358179098321092009-11-29T01:10:09.256+00:002009-11-29T01:10:09.256+00:00"It retains the non-linear and non-reductive ..."It retains the non-linear and non-reductive advantages of its radicalisation counterpart."<br /><br />So if you had to re-write this for the Plain English Campaign, what would it say?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01920803671172434670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-59832280126439005152009-11-28T17:03:21.331+00:002009-11-28T17:03:21.331+00:00No they're not. Those are two alien life forms...No they're not. Those are two alien life forms passing each other almost pure argon, without which they would perish in Earth's atmosphere.A distinguished scientistnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-53435902329797461462009-11-28T09:20:48.092+00:002009-11-28T09:20:48.092+00:00So Trotskyists are human after all!So Trotskyists are human after all!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15705363852017555272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-3249682786519655402009-11-26T14:41:37.111+00:002009-11-26T14:41:37.111+00:00So, the last 4 years haven't just been a ruse ...So, the last 4 years haven't just been a ruse to sit in an office and play solitaire all day then? <br /><br />Jolly good.Wifenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-69673654458265231372009-11-26T14:39:39.560+00:002009-11-26T14:39:39.560+00:00That photo cracks me up every time I see it.That photo cracks me up every time I see it.Mark Pnoreply@blogger.com