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Title: Time's Person of the Year is ...
Post by: Nearly Sane on December 12, 2024, 05:54:02 PM
Trump

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c36e71wg7z9o

My choice would be Gisèle Pélicot
Title: Re: Time's Person of the Year is ...
Post by: Steve H on December 12, 2024, 06:01:58 PM
GP would certainly be worthy, but I remember reading years ago, after they were criticised for naming some other total rat-bag as POTY, that it is not for the most admirable person, but the most influential, for good or ill, so I suppose the orange ogre counts.
Title: Re: Time's Person of the Year is ...
Post by: Nearly Sane on December 13, 2024, 06:50:33 AM
GP would certainly be worthy, but I remember reading years ago, after they were criticised for naming some other total rat-bag as POTY, that it is not for the most admirable person, but the most influential, for good or ill, so I suppose the orange ogre counts.
I understand their criteria, they just aren't mine, and  Gisèle Pélicot didn't make their shortlist of 10.

Pélicot's bravery is what will stay with me about this year, along with the case emphasising the banality, and the ubiquity of misogyny.
Title: Re: Time's Person of the Year is ...
Post by: Nearly Sane on December 18, 2024, 07:39:46 AM
I understand their criteria, they just aren't mine, and  Gisèle Pélicot didn't make their shortlist of 10.

Pélicot's bravery is what will stay with me about this year, along with the case emphasising the banality, and the ubiquity of misogyny.
Good article on the case, and its ramifications


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd75v8eqz44o