I was browsing the comments made to the CBC news site on the article about Cracks found in SkyTrain bridge when I noticed several comments made by one Arthur Dent.
This Arthur Dent further identifies himself as Ken Hardie, TransLink spokesperson.
It’s a little disconcerting to see the hapless protagonist from the series The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy posting as a TransLink spokesperson, especially when that fictional character escapes the destruction of the Earth as it is demolished to make way for a hyperspace bypass. What exactly is Ken trying to tell us here?
I’m in favour of anonymity or fictional names when one is posting comments to a website, but not when one is speaking in a professional capacity as TransLink spokesperson! C’mon Ken, please post informative TransLink comments as Ken Hardie, and leave your alter ego for non-TransLink commentary.
I always thought Ken Hardie had a good sense of humour. This reconfirms it. Thanks!
You know, I’ve used Arthur Dent in quite a few places on many topics for many years, from some of the radio forums frequented by us recovering broadcasters to anywhere else that requires some form of ‘handle’ to participate.
Arthur Dent reminds us of the fact that Vogons are everywhere amoung us…some are indeed present in our political machinery, but they are just as evident in our media and in the odd advocacy groups. You can make up your own mind as to which of those groups is ‘odd.’
Vogonism is a state of mind, and one must navigate through the conditions they impose with all their pomposity and harumphary to occasionally pipe up with ones own perspective. I keep my towel close by.
Ken
Touché, Ken. Thanks for stopping by and taking the time to comment – much appreciated!