tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post3892044983630492741..comments2024-03-29T09:21:36.416+11:00Comments on loon pond: In which the pond discovers the true meaning of insightful and confronting, and so very, very funny ...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-90242456924169997332016-08-06T10:46:16.694+10:002016-08-06T10:46:16.694+10:00Back in the days when I was still "gainfully&...Back in the days when I was still "gainfully" employed (by a large IT global conglomerate with a 3 letter acronym), I was responsible within my group for conducting 'Root Cause Analysis'. This occurred because my employer, after decades of getting mugged by reality, had finally understood that for any event/occurrence there are both 'presenting' and 'root' causes, and if you don't seriously attempt to fix the root causes, you are just going to be in a perpetual loop of "doing the same thing over again, hoping it turns out better this time" (as a number of people, including Ross Perot, have supposedly said).<br /><br />Ok, but what did my 3 letter acronym do that was highly unusual ? It insisted that we conduct 'Root Cause Analysis' not only when something went wrong, but also when something went unusually right. Just imagine that - not just concentrating on trying to eliminate the near infinite number of causes for going wrong, but actually trying to discern what to do to get something right.<br /><br />Why is it that this is never a concern anywhere else ? GrueBleennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-7893639198150090542016-08-05T20:17:32.094+10:002016-08-05T20:17:32.094+10:00On 1 August, 2014, the infallible Gerard Henderson...On 1 August, 2014, the infallible Gerard Henderson, in part, wrote the following regarding a cartoon by Glen Le Lievre:<br /><br />“Just when you thought that virulent anti-semitism was a product of Europe in the 1920s and 1930s and certain contemporary Middle East dictatorships, the Sydney Morning Herald ran this Glen Le Lievre cartoon last Saturday accompanying a column by Mike Carlton:”<br /><br />The link for the article is here:<br /><br />https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CpDy-2MUAAEDa1W.jpg<br /><br />Yesterday, Paul Whittaker, editor-in-chief, The Australian defended Bill Leak’s racist cartoon with:<br /><br />“Bill Leak’s confronting and insightful cartoons force people to examine the core issues in a way that sometimes reporting and analysis can fail to do”<br /><br />It seems The Australian believes that some cartoons that are confronting and insightful can be printed only during the alignment of some planets to which only The Australian deems fit.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-57693255425947626942016-08-05T18:05:52.738+10:002016-08-05T18:05:52.738+10:00And don't forget, DW, that when it comes to fu...And don't forget, DW, that when it comes to fundamentalist Islamism, there's no 'root cause' to worry about. Just blast them to kingdom come because they don't like our lifestyles. Or something.Mercurialnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-27307100343721939372016-08-05T16:53:11.505+10:002016-08-05T16:53:11.505+10:00Maybe TR, or maybe a white politician by the name ...Maybe TR, or maybe a white politician by the name Laura Norder, lock 'em up and throw away the key ... dorothy parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00816807935021738560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-873125367350717652016-08-05T16:51:30.747+10:002016-08-05T16:51:30.747+10:00Good luck with that one DW ...not when the Bolter&...Good luck with that one DW ...not when the Bolter's got all the explanations ...dorothy parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00816807935021738560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-73446440235938520882016-08-05T16:36:58.699+10:002016-08-05T16:36:58.699+10:00Hi Dorothy,
According to Paul Whittaker, the edit...Hi Dorothy,<br /><br />According to Paul Whittaker, the editor-in-chief of The Australian;<br /><br />“‘Too often, too many people skirt around the root causes and tough issues. Not not everyone, Bill Leak’s confronting and insightful cartoons force people to examine the core issues in a way that sometimes reporting and analysis can fail to do.’<br /><br />Therefore I expect he will be calling on Turnbull to extend the reach of the Royal Commission in order to explain why there is so much poverty and substance abuse in Aboriginal communities and why this has led to unprecedented levels of incarceration of both adult and juvenile Aboriginals. <br /><br />Lets find out what those ‘root causes’ are.<br /><br />DiddyWrote<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-51819661160465254362016-08-05T15:45:35.173+10:002016-08-05T15:45:35.173+10:00Anthony Dillon appears to believe that something c...Anthony Dillon appears to believe that something can't be offensive in itself - people simply make the choice as to whether or not they're offended. Interesting concept..... But hasn't Leak himself claimed he believes the right to free speech includes the right to offend, which implies an intent on his part? Apologies if that seems to be an attempt to apply some logic to these clowns. Anyway, the likes of Leak aren't upset at causing offence - they only start to whinge when critics exercise their own power of free speech to criticise his work as being humourless fuckwittery.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-9674006471230868742016-08-05T13:15:48.997+10:002016-08-05T13:15:48.997+10:00Let's have a RC into Islam with Terms of Refer...Let's have a RC into Islam with Terms of Reference written by Pauline, Chaired by Pauline and telecast on ABC 24. Would get the ratings up. ��Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-47630500076963901112016-08-05T13:06:27.159+10:002016-08-05T13:06:27.159+10:00If Leak was really telling "Truth", woul...If Leak was really telling "Truth", wouldn't the copper with the club be white?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13467071669624321286noreply@blogger.com