{"id":20584,"date":"2013-11-01T23:43:32","date_gmt":"2013-11-02T03:43:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/?p=20584"},"modified":"2013-11-02T09:48:24","modified_gmt":"2013-11-02T13:48:24","slug":"the-new-website-for-continuing-indaba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/the-new-website-for-continuing-indaba\/","title":{"rendered":"The new website for Continuing Indaba"},"content":{"rendered":"

According<\/a> to the website<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Continuing Indaba<\/em> uses journeys to establish relationships and build community so that genuine conversation on matters of significance can energise mission.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I would like to congratulate the writer on cramming an unprecedented concentration of clich\u00e9s into one sentence: journeys<\/i>, relationships<\/i>, community<\/i>, conversation<\/i>, significance<\/i>, energise<\/i> and mission <\/i>are all there – although it’s a shame he missed trajectory <\/em>and go deeper<\/em>.<\/i><\/p>\n

In the spirit of robust obfuscation, the sentence could be describing anything from a seniors’ knitting club on a long cruise to a morale boosting \u2013 it\u2019s actually called \u201cteam building\u201c now – IBM sales meeting at an expensive golf resort.<\/p>\n

What it actually is, is a liberal diversion aimed at lulling unwary conservatives into a conversational stupor while, behind the scenes, the real work is done: Continuing Machinations to bring to pass everything the conservatives disagree with.<\/p>\n

For those convinced that with a new Archbishop of Canterbury things would change, the first photograph that appears on the site might be something of a disappointment:<\/p>\n

\"abc\"<\/p>\n

The second holds more promise: a Canada goose. We are trying to get rid of them because they poop on everything:<\/p>\n

\"wild-goose\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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