tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post115335405123534411..comments2024-03-27T21:30:35.824+00:00Comments on UK Commentators: More On Tommy SheridanLabanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12031578024191117985noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-1154098663967736632006-07-28T14:57:00.000+00:002006-07-28T14:57:00.000+00:00Not a nice photo of John Milligan at all -an enemy...Not a nice photo of John Milligan at all -an enemy of the working class must have sent that one in. Bob has shaved off his moustache now so no longer looks like a dictator (he did suit it however) and Katrine doesn't need to be be teased any more than she already has.<BR/><BR/>Glad though i look like a good sport though :-)<BR/><BR/>Catriona Grant, EdinburghAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-1153483265667988942006-07-21T12:01:00.000+00:002006-07-21T12:01:00.000+00:00Chris,~Do you think that a political system that p...Chris,<BR/><BR/>~Do you think that a political system that panders to peoples envy will make the world a better place?<BR/><BR/>Capitalism makes people strive (through fulfilling the needs of others) to better their neighbours.<BR/><BR/>This is by far the least harmful option, as it is positive outcome.AntiCitizenOnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00017073518049848696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-1153471894393220672006-07-21T08:51:00.000+00:002006-07-21T08:51:00.000+00:00Since you ask, this paper gives some survey eviden...Since you ask, this paper gives some survey evidence:<BR/>http://www.aeaweb.org/annual_mtg_papers/2005/0108_1015_0603.pdf<BR/>The key point is that 48% of educated Americans would rather live in a society where they earn $200k a year and everyone else $100k, than in a society where they earn $400k and everyone else $800k.<BR/>Income seems to get more positional as incomes rise. Anyone who's seen the discontent caused by annual bonuses in the City will testify to this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-1153415977640992902006-07-20T17:19:00.000+00:002006-07-20T17:19:00.000+00:00The above is suppossed to read:If not for the NHS ...The above is suppossed to read:<BR/><BR/>If not for the NHS susbisdising the costs of unhealthy living, thus encouraging it, <B>we would ot see quite so many instances of it, especially among the lower classes.</B>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-1153415781538432082006-07-20T17:16:00.000+00:002006-07-20T17:16:00.000+00:00anticitizenone makes an excellent point. If not fo...anticitizenone makes an excellent point. If not for the NHS susbisdising the costs of unhealthy living, thus encouraging it. I maintain that it's no coincidence that the Sixites hippies were the first generation to grow up under the Welfare State.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-1153404516626060792006-07-20T14:08:00.000+00:002006-07-20T14:08:00.000+00:00I've found the BBC coverage of this case very inte...I've found the BBC coverage of this case very interesting and informative, especially when they gave full contact details for the swingers club in Sheffield: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/glasgow_and_west/5150246.stm<BR/><BR/>I do think it's wonderful that the Beeb provides this free service for community initiatives which help to bring local people closer together. Where would we be without it?Cyrushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00512481025183200804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-1153392173251743532006-07-20T10:42:00.000+00:002006-07-20T10:42:00.000+00:00Laban: I am genuinely sorry to hear that your fath...Laban: I am genuinely sorry to hear that your father had to share his estate with a drug-dealing scumbag just a few doors down.<BR/><BR/>My better half had a hard time with the dealers who lived on her old estate, although I am proud to say she attacked one of them with a plank.<BR/><BR/>If it is some slight recompense, bear in mind how the kingpin where your dad lived probably won't be doing so well for himself in a few years time. <BR/><BR/>He stands a good chance of being dead long before his three-score-and-ten, in nick, or eking out the reminder of his life in an enfeebled, drug-debilitated twilight.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-1153380600472406382006-07-20T07:30:00.000+00:002006-07-20T07:30:00.000+00:00If drug choice wasn't banned and alchohol so taxed...If drug choice wasn't banned and alchohol so taxed, then the scummer wouldn't have two valuable sources of income.<BR/><BR/>It's the government getting morality wrong that causes crime.<BR/><BR/>It nationalises peoples bodies via the dispicable NHS and crime creating drug laws.<BR/><BR/>It fails to seperate civilised people from uncivilised people via weak justice.<BR/><BR/>It destroys justice by creating a massive and overcomplex system of laws.<BR/><BR/>It harms the economy by a huge over-regulation thus encouraging fraud.AntiCitizenOnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00017073518049848696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-1153362382071213982006-07-20T02:26:00.000+00:002006-07-20T02:26:00.000+00:00Er sorry, that would be Carolyn Leckie.Er sorry, that would be <B>Carolyn</B> Leckie.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-1153362294151554442006-07-20T02:24:00.000+00:002006-07-20T02:24:00.000+00:00And furthermore...Of course Im not the first to no...And furthermore...<BR/><BR/>Of course Im not the first to notice Rosie Kane's immense political talent.<BR/><BR/>Checking the list again I note Cathryn Leckie, now she is nice. Looks somewhat out of place with the monsterous regiment of soviet womenhood deployed by the SSP (not including Ms Kane in that of course) Girl-next-door not too far out of my league. Own teeth.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-1153361909269265492006-07-20T02:18:00.000+00:002006-07-20T02:18:00.000+00:00Bob Goupillot - 'kin 'ell! I think we should be to...Bob Goupillot - <I>'kin 'ell!</I> I think we should be told the truth about those Soviet cloning experiments.<BR/><BR/>I checked the list, Catriona Grant looks like a good sport.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com