Comments on: Ich bin kein Berliner! http://www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/mt.php/2005/09/13/ich_bin_kein_berliner Politics, tech and media issues from a Muslim perspective Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:32:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Alan Rubbisher http://www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/mt.php/2005/09/13/ich_bin_kein_berliner#comment-6423 Alan Rubbisher Thu, 22 Sep 2005 20:31:44 +0000 http://www.blogistan.co.uk/ijwp/mt.php/2005/09/13/ich_bin_kein_berliner#comment-6423 <b>Passnotes</b> No256756: <i>The</i>Guardian <b>Didn't there used to be a newspaper called the Guardian? </b> There still is. Look under that copy of the FT, theres a pile of them. <b> What, this? </b> That's the chap. Nice and blue, isnt it. <b> Cripes. Are the printers all on diets? </b> No, that svelte shape is quite the thing on the Continent. And it won't get caught up in your cardigan when you're reading on the No 42. <b> Oh, small is beautiful and what-not? </b> Precisely. But the Guardian couldn't just follow the crowd, it's got a reputation for fearless iconoclasm to uphold. <b> Hmm. Does it have any stories in? </b> Come on, even Guardian readers can only take so much in one go. <b> Hey, where's that funny bit with the questions and answers gone? </b> The Times. <b> Do say: </b> Ich bin ein Berliner. <b> Dont say: </b> Didn’t I read that in the Mail yesterday? Passnotes No256756: TheGuardian

Didn’t there used to be a newspaper called the Guardian? There still is. Look under that copy of the FT, theres a pile of them.

What, this? That’s the chap. Nice and blue, isnt it.

Cripes. Are the printers all on diets? No, that svelte shape is quite the thing on the Continent. And it won’t get caught up in your cardigan when you’re reading on the No 42.

Oh, small is beautiful and what-not? Precisely. But the Guardian couldn’t just follow the crowd, it’s got a reputation for fearless iconoclasm to uphold.

Hmm. Does it have any stories in? Come on, even Guardian readers can only take so much in one go.

Hey, where’s that funny bit with the questions and answers gone? The Times.

Do say: Ich bin ein Berliner.

Dont say: Didn’t I read that in the Mail yesterday?

]]> By: John H http://www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/mt.php/2005/09/13/ich_bin_kein_berliner#comment-6422 John H Thu, 15 Sep 2005 09:09:15 +0000 http://www.blogistan.co.uk/ijwp/mt.php/2005/09/13/ich_bin_kein_berliner#comment-6422 I rather like the new Guardian - in size, appearance and content. Not perfect but it'll bed down, with some of the sillier ideas no doubt being quietly dropped over time. One prediction I will make is that the headlines will become bolder - in fact, I suspect that may already be happening. If you look at each day's front page this week, they appear to be trying out different "looks" to see what works best. Also, I'd be interested to hear your thoughts on Timothy Garton Ash's piece today, on the six western attitudes towards Islam. His article is <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1570236,00.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>, and I'm also seeking comments on it on my own blog <a href="http://confessingevangelical.blogspot.com/2005/09/whats-your-islam.html" rel="nofollow">here</a> I rather like the new Guardian - in size, appearance and content. Not perfect but it’ll bed down, with some of the sillier ideas no doubt being quietly dropped over time. One prediction I will make is that the headlines will become bolder - in fact, I suspect that may already be happening.

If you look at each day’s front page this week, they appear to be trying out different “looks” to see what works best.

Also, I’d be interested to hear your thoughts on Timothy Garton Ash’s piece today, on the six western attitudes towards Islam. His article is here, and I’m also seeking comments on it on my own blog here

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