tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post1215951684427617440..comments2024-03-27T21:30:35.824+00:00Comments on UK Commentators: Nursery CrimesLabanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12031578024191117985noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-12108857200849112812007-09-02T08:51:00.000+00:002007-09-02T08:51:00.000+00:00This "question" guy fails to appreciate that most ...This "question" guy fails to appreciate that most people on welfare hate the state. They hate the fact that they are dependent on it, and can't manage on their own, because most people want to be independent, even if they aren't.<BR/><BR/>That's why so many criminals talk like they think they're self-reliant businessmen. It's not because Thatcherism turns them to crime, or because there's some link between the two (that's just idle sociologist prejudice). It's because most people do not want to <BR/>be dependent on the state, and if they are not they will feel superior to those that do. And if they are criminals they will naturally try to justify their behaviour in some way, and pointing out that at least they are not dependent on the state is the a good way of doing so.<BR/><BR/>But I have also heard plenty of criminals say that they're justified in stealing because it's wrong that other people have so much more money than them, amongst other left-wing sorts of theories. But would question take this as evidence that there is a link between criminality and leftism?Blithering Bunnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15116081985963847583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-22723415754550580782007-08-30T01:10:00.000+00:002007-08-30T01:10:00.000+00:00Questionnaire has a sense of humor with his book, ...Questionnaire has a sense of humor with his book, with a chapter entitled "Life on the Precipice: Flexible accumulation."<BR/><BR/>It does sum up what burglars do quite nicely, with nary the slightest hint of censure.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps flexible accumulator will be the new PC term for thief.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-40429024593631436572007-08-30T00:22:00.000+00:002007-08-30T00:22:00.000+00:00Jesus, I cant even type T34 properly!Just forget T...Jesus, I cant even type T34 properly!<BR/><BR/>Just forget T43 OK.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-13071353111557120742007-08-30T00:20:00.000+00:002007-08-30T00:20:00.000+00:00Your untrained eye is correct, thats a T43, a T34/...Your untrained eye is correct, thats a T43, a T34/85 in fact, so called because of its 85mm gun.<BR/><BR/>There were plenty of them operational well after WW2 (and probably some still held in reserve in some former communist countries) so its no surprise to see one pictured in 1956.<BR/><BR/>LurkerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-21270825245930881512007-08-29T22:46:00.000+00:002007-08-29T22:46:00.000+00:00You mean he drives a T.34?Close. To my untrained e...<I>You mean he drives a T.34?</I><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=tankie" REL="nofollow">Close</A>. To my untrained eye <A HREF="http://www.hungary1956.com/images/hungarian_youth_take_tank_1956_lg.jpg" REL="nofollow">this</A> looks like a T-34.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-66663560009928634982007-08-29T21:10:00.000+00:002007-08-29T21:10:00.000+00:00"tanker communist."You mean he drives a T.34?"tanker communist."<BR/><BR/>You mean he drives a T.34?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00439305553924533954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-31279145201356078932007-08-29T20:23:00.000+00:002007-08-29T20:23:00.000+00:00A few points for "questionnaire":1. qualitative da...A few points for "questionnaire":<BR/><BR/>1. qualitative data is an oxymoron<BR/><BR/>2. the plural of anecdote is not data<BR/><BR/>3. the opinions of the subjects of your study are not only irrelevant but actually pervert your "data" (double-blind trials arose from the need to remove the (tacit) opinions of both subject and observer)<BR/><BR/>4. criminals are stupid - their opinions are worth even less than you paid for them<BR/><BR/>5. your harangue makes you sound kind of mental, dudeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-91080815454585014262007-08-29T19:30:00.000+00:002007-08-29T19:30:00.000+00:00""heavy taxation of the global financial industry,...""heavy taxation of the global financial industry, the shift of funds from finance capital into production capital, large-scale nationalisation, full, secure and compulsory employment, the return of the family wage so someone can look after the kids, an absolute ban on advertising for kids under 16, strict control of broadcasting, the removal of the worst offenders from the community into long-term jail or secure rehabilitation centres, improved policing and massive effort into early-years education"."<BR/><BR/>A hair's breadth from fascism or communism, I can't quite decide which. Such a programme simply could not be imposed, let alone maintained in a democracy, so he would be faced with either his masterplan going or democracy going. I'm pretty sure he'd go for the latter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-57756469832721146572007-08-29T18:30:00.000+00:002007-08-29T18:30:00.000+00:00"...he sounds to me like a tanker communist."That'...<I>"...he sounds to me like a tanker communist."</I><BR/><BR/>That's a typo, right..?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-71088587911854484312007-08-29T18:07:00.000+00:002007-08-29T18:07:00.000+00:00he's not actually a liberalNo but he sounds to me ...<I>he's not actually a liberal</I><BR/><BR/>No but he sounds to me like a tanker communist. Plenty of communists that I knew in the late 1970s demanded "a right to work", which when created became effectively compulsory employment. Like the romantic vision of the USSR.<BR/><BR/>PS: I've sent you an email (Hotmail) about that radio show you wanted.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com