Unexpected references
Feb. 3rd, 2004 07:04 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
katsarisLate last night I was watching a political discussion... and was surprised to see Spiliotopoulos reference both Lord of the Rings and (after a few minutes) Harry Potter as well. The latter of these was something to the point of "We are not pretending that Karamanlis is some kind of new Harry Potter who will instantly fix all of the country's problems with a flick of the wand.". The LOTR reference flowed a bit less well IMO and was something about G.Papandreou not having overthrown the various "Lords of the Rings" in his own party. I think Spiliotopoulos used it the way the word "barons" would have probably been used in his past.
*g* Anyway, I am really not used to this kind of references from politicians. My guess is that he figured that since last elections were decided on a 0.1% margin, who knows whether geek voters will be that minority group which will provide the decisive votes!
Either way... amusing.
This also reminds me, btw, something I'd noticed for a bit -- that though my internet surfing and debating seems about evenly divided between fannish and political pursuits, this livejournal pretty much shows only my fannish side. Probably because I still see this lj as a fun thing to do... :-)
Nothing wrong with that, but I'll probably post one or two longish political rambles in the next few days, about how I see next month's elections... *g* Just for balance's sake.
*g* Anyway, I am really not used to this kind of references from politicians. My guess is that he figured that since last elections were decided on a 0.1% margin, who knows whether geek voters will be that minority group which will provide the decisive votes!
Either way... amusing.
This also reminds me, btw, something I'd noticed for a bit -- that though my internet surfing and debating seems about evenly divided between fannish and political pursuits, this livejournal pretty much shows only my fannish side. Probably because I still see this lj as a fun thing to do... :-)
Nothing wrong with that, but I'll probably post one or two longish political rambles in the next few days, about how I see next month's elections... *g* Just for balance's sake.
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Re: ahahaha, Spiliotopoulos!
Date: 2004-02-06 06:48 pm (UTC)*g* Am imagining Karamanlis and his staff discussing about the various groups they need to work more to bring to their side -- "The elderly? The college students? The farmers? The union workers? Religious people? Parents with many children?" Spiliotopoulos: "What about the geeks?" Karamanlis: "...I am assigning that to you."
Hope you don't vote NDelta just for the LOTR/HP reference ;),
Not that shallow, thankfully... :-)
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Anyway, I ought to post something of a political ramble (or part of one) during the weekend...