tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post1836548512443592169..comments2024-03-29T08:01:51.705+00:00Comments on The Pub Curmudgeon: Fear the WitchCurmudgeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-21516185302351928012010-01-08T23:43:13.268+00:002010-01-08T23:43:13.268+00:00Thanks for the kind words, Paul :-)
I'm not s...Thanks for the kind words, Paul :-)<br /><br />I'm not sure that conventional political labels have all that much relevance nowadays. For me, the crucial divide is between people who believe that the State should tell you what to do, and those who believe you should be able to decide for yourself.<br /><br />As science fiction writer Robert A. Heinlein said, "The human race divides politically into those who want people to be controlled and those who have no such desire."<br /><br />But it's interesting that remarkably little criticism of the current "ban everything" tendency comes from what is traditionally described as the political Left.Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-80210549517810898762010-01-08T22:14:39.643+00:002010-01-08T22:14:39.643+00:00Don Shenker go the way of Joe McCarthy, who drank ...<i>Don Shenker go the way of Joe McCarthy, who drank himself to death!</i><br /><br />It would be really good to find out that the likes of Shenker actually had a secret drink problem.<br /><br />Of course it's not unknown for alcohol charity workers to <a href="http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1179431_drink_drive_shame_of_alcohol_charity_worker" rel="nofollow">fall off the straight and narrow</a>. I was tempted to make a post about that when it happened, but actually reading further it seems a sad case and she can't really be accused of being a hypocrite.<br /><br />On a similar note, no doubt plenty of people in Northern Ireland are currently pissing themselves over the predicament of "scourge of the gays" Iris Robinson.Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-22653988657632511182010-01-08T22:02:41.584+00:002010-01-08T22:02:41.584+00:00I’ve no wish to sound like a sycophant, but despit...I’ve no wish to sound like a sycophant, but despite our politics being wide apart, I always enjoy reading your blog. Don’t always agree with what you say but I come away feeling replete. Thanks for pointing us in the direction of this blogger. I read his arguments with interest and found myself agreeing with much he writes, although not all. Of course like most people’s arguments, including mine, there are flaws, and if you extrapolate Leg-Iron’s to their obvious conclusions he will inevitably disappear up his own political arsehole. But it is well written all the same.Paul Garrardhttp://www.realaleblog.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-52753943416784643762010-01-08T17:25:46.493+00:002010-01-08T17:25:46.493+00:00Don Shenker go the way of Joe McCarthy, who drank ...Don Shenker go the way of Joe McCarthy, who drank himself to death! I'd pay to see that.Brian, follower of Deornothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11941277617617928470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-325466985590922542010-01-08T00:37:30.948+00:002010-01-08T00:37:30.948+00:00"Let us hope that the day when Sir Liam Donal...<em>"Let us hope that the day when Sir Liam Donaldson and Don Shenker go the way of Matthew Hopkins and Joe McCarthy is not too far away"</em><br /><br />Chance would be a fine thing. The truth is, it's only just starting to <a href="http://dickpuddlecote.blogspot.com/2010/01/pretend-booze-let-big-pharma-v-drinks.html" rel="nofollow">gain momentum</a> with regards alcohol.Dick Puddlecotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01481866882188932892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-46375524218254337942010-01-07T22:45:15.611+00:002010-01-07T22:45:15.611+00:00Bloody good stuff. Not that I'm agreeing with ...Bloody good stuff. Not that I'm agreeing with you. I don't want to be accused of that. I'm just saying like.Tandlemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06804499573827044693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-17292639434179214962010-01-07T21:14:17.669+00:002010-01-07T21:14:17.669+00:00Hear, hear!!Hear, hear!!Paul Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09678639237696546268noreply@blogger.com