tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9501938.post3884103897696819981..comments2023-11-05T08:01:10.010+00:00Comments on Think of England: The Indecent Left: A blast of the trumpet and some freestylin'Brithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00390560583798960760noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9501938.post-87230533234815680182010-02-10T18:29:50.809+00:002010-02-10T18:29:50.809+00:00Hear bally hear!Hear bally hear!Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9501938.post-738485643262694082010-02-10T16:31:35.813+00:002010-02-10T16:31:35.813+00:00Ah, sorry Robert, going to have to enforce the Pro...Ah, sorry Robert, going to have to enforce the <a href="http://thinkofengland.blogspot.com/2010/01/profanity-policy.html" rel="nofollow">Profanity Policy</a> there.<br /><br />Robert Iddiols wrote:<br /><br />Nice little jibe at the great ****, George Galloway. I like it.Brithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00390560583798960760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9501938.post-17445946600094449412010-02-10T16:21:12.147+00:002010-02-10T16:21:12.147+00:00I've remembered that David's formula actua...I've remembered that David's formula actually went something more like this:<br /><br />Helping the poor is good. I help the poor by arguing that the Government should tax people like me and give the money to the poor. I am a good person.Brithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00390560583798960760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9501938.post-31070598080804774232010-02-10T15:09:54.461+00:002010-02-10T15:09:54.461+00:00Some people just think it's cool to hang out w...Some people just think it's cool to hang out with the bad kids...Willardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9501938.post-88424476369793930462010-02-10T14:22:39.551+00:002010-02-10T14:22:39.551+00:00Here is a super post by the excellent David Thomps...<a href="http://davidthompson.typepad.com/davidthompson/2010/02/i-dont-deserve-this-shabby-treatment-.html#more" rel="nofollow">Here</a> is a super post by the excellent David Thompson on a linked article that must be the last word in leftist smug self-regard. I can sometimes understand why the left takes the idealistic positions they do, but the axiomatic assumption that it is all objectively Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9501938.post-12688133348141495822010-02-10T13:49:50.116+00:002010-02-10T13:49:50.116+00:00Brilliantly put. And I agree... so at least you ca...Brilliantly put. And I agree... so at least you can't be accused of misogynism.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00179895758709928467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9501938.post-9612643293731997682010-02-10T13:39:33.718+00:002010-02-10T13:39:33.718+00:00Very nice.
In addition to what you all have said,...Very nice.<br /><br />In addition to what you all have said, I think that a part of the explanation for the indecent* left's position has to do with fear of the loss of control. It would be nice to think that there is some action we can take unilaterally that will stop al Qaeda: elect Obama, promote green energy, protest against the war, criticize Israel, praise the Shi'a as inherent Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16902329503560660425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9501938.post-11176035372926814792010-02-10T13:02:54.259+00:002010-02-10T13:02:54.259+00:00the Indecent Left has never forgiven America for p...<i>the Indecent Left has never forgiven America for proving them wrong about communism.</i><br /><br />That's true, but is it not equally true the Left has never forgiven America for proving them wrong about America? They've been waiting for them to be "overtaken" by so many candidates (Soviets, EU, Japan, now China)and collapse into a nightmate of fascism, they're all Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9501938.post-71748457132156077022010-02-10T12:29:21.659+00:002010-02-10T12:29:21.659+00:00Out goes the crunchie conservative and in comes a ...Out goes the crunchie conservative and in comes a hard cold mars bar direct from the bottom of the freezer.<br /><br />Moral relativism was and is a guiding principle of the left, (with exceptions of course)<br /><br />Marxism is moral relativism in its purest political and economic form.<br />This is why I cant buy the "neocon is like Marxism" line.Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04362169593902131947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9501938.post-11621634116268156302010-02-10T12:10:40.449+00:002010-02-10T12:10:40.449+00:00Well said. I've tried to help you out by revea...Well said. <a href="http://gawragbag.blogspot.com/2010/02/youll-only-encourage-them.html" rel="nofollow">I've tried to help you out</a> by revealing the 'root causes' of the phenomenon.Gareth Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05058241057385364459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9501938.post-79305288232172762212010-02-10T11:46:31.120+00:002010-02-10T11:46:31.120+00:00Well put Brit, the enchanting prof deserves every ...Well put Brit, the enchanting prof deserves every word.<br />An uncharitable person may remark that who, in the name of humanity, was visually challenged enough to give her one? they probably, upon realising the enormity of their mistake, flung themselves off Beachy Head, or made an urgent appointment at Moorfields. However, the last thing that she requires at the moment is lack of charity, she maltyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02936465848907794425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9501938.post-23355949139116537162010-02-10T11:28:20.113+00:002010-02-10T11:28:20.113+00:00awesome stuff - this would be my ideal opinion pie...awesome stuff - this would be my ideal opinion piece in the Torygraph, rather than the usual waffle.wormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02802335627720182532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9501938.post-45420281761436266972010-02-10T10:44:18.506+00:002010-02-10T10:44:18.506+00:00I think it was David Cohen who put it something li...I think it was David Cohen who put it something like this:<br /><br />Helping the poor is good. In debates I argue that the Government should help the poor. Therefore, I am a good person.Brithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00390560583798960760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9501938.post-34829065381210741142010-02-10T09:54:40.899+00:002010-02-10T09:54:40.899+00:00Hear, hear.
But what can you expect from a group ...Hear, hear.<br /><br />But what can you expect from a group that so heavily privileges intentions over outcomes? <br /><br />Intentions are so effortless and you get to show what a wonderful, altruistic and empathetic person you are, as you stand in solidarity with the downtrodden of the world. And you don't even have to do anything. In fact God help us if you do, because the outcomes aren&#Recusanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11446741817585462393noreply@blogger.com