Spent the drive into working dwelling on what mental image John Key is trying to evoke by saying we're members of "the club". >
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(For non-Kiwis, our PM has been justifying sending troops to Iraq, spying on neighbors, etc as the cost of being in the club. (US/UK/etc)
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What is he trying to evoke when he says "the club"? A hoity-toity golf club? Boys in a treehouse? Kanye and Aziz popping Cristal at 3 AM? >
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For me, having recently rewatched GOODFELLAS, all I can think of is the after-hours restaurant where the mobsters hang. And we're Spider. >
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We'll scurry round the table, chuffed just to be there, desperate 2 be included, thrown under the bridge when our benefactors are unamused.>
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I imagine Key, should he consider this metaphor, would love to think of us as Tommy, rising beyond our station to sit at the big table. >
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Which is an apt comparison, given how Tommy ends up, and that his rash behavior dooms his friends. <end transmission>
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@dillamonster Passing round the ready rub?
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