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A Few Halloween Indulgences
31/10/2017 11:45 pmIzzie is cackling ever so evilly
Many moons ago way back in October 1992, the serpent was slinking about in Germany and made a detour to the evil East and the coal smog infested long forgotten town of Wittenburg (Lutherstadt)
The infamous church where legend has it that he hammered those 95 snarky tweets onto its giant wooden doors - this church had been converted into a youth hostel and the Izzie was staying the night there
Now some 20 years later it gets its 15 minutes of fame as the centre of the universe this very day
So while half of Germany may be celebrating, down here in Oz the very bigly tremendously huge anniversary gets mentioned only on the geekish Radio National
There's been a veritable Lutherfest the whole week and it has been absolutely fascinating
How could Izzie resist this tasty morsel?
Luther was the Donald Trump of his generation
If noticeboards were the 16th century equivalent of Facebook or Twitter, Luther might be said to have created the world's first "viral" media campaign.
Technical innovation was key to his success — thanks to the invention of the Gutenberg printing press, Luther circulated his 95 Theses swiftly through his town.
Printers in nearby villages heard about the controversial document and continued to circulate the text until its message had spread to most of Europe.
Painting of printing press importer William Caxton showing machine to King Edward IV at Almonry, Westminster.
But technology wasn't the only secret to Luther's success. According to Mr Stanford, the priest's Donald Trump-like temperament charmed the masses, too.
"The Twitter analogy is absolutely right ... [and] like Donald Trump, if someone insults [Luther], he comes straight back with a bigger insult," he said.
Enough said. This serpent is converted already
Many moons ago way back in October 1992, the serpent was slinking about in Germany and made a detour to the evil East and the coal smog infested long forgotten town of Wittenburg (Lutherstadt)
The infamous church where legend has it that he hammered those 95 snarky tweets onto its giant wooden doors - this church had been converted into a youth hostel and the Izzie was staying the night there
Now some 20 years later it gets its 15 minutes of fame as the centre of the universe this very day
So while half of Germany may be celebrating, down here in Oz the very bigly tremendously huge anniversary gets mentioned only on the geekish Radio National
There's been a veritable Lutherfest the whole week and it has been absolutely fascinating
How could Izzie resist this tasty morsel?
Luther was the Donald Trump of his generation
If noticeboards were the 16th century equivalent of Facebook or Twitter, Luther might be said to have created the world's first "viral" media campaign.
Technical innovation was key to his success — thanks to the invention of the Gutenberg printing press, Luther circulated his 95 Theses swiftly through his town.
Printers in nearby villages heard about the controversial document and continued to circulate the text until its message had spread to most of Europe.
Painting of printing press importer William Caxton showing machine to King Edward IV at Almonry, Westminster.
But technology wasn't the only secret to Luther's success. According to Mr Stanford, the priest's Donald Trump-like temperament charmed the masses, too.
"The Twitter analogy is absolutely right ... [and] like Donald Trump, if someone insults [Luther], he comes straight back with a bigger insult," he said.
Enough said. This serpent is converted already
