tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post1493379907211829659..comments2024-03-18T15:08:44.116+00:00Comments on Ambush Predator: Shroud Waving: It’s The New Renewable Energy Source!JuliaMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-64438484588201682812010-10-23T06:06:14.347+01:002010-10-23T06:06:14.347+01:00"Some berk called the censure of the brown Pe...<i>"Some berk called the censure of the brown Peers 'racist' in the HoL - no thought that if the first three bad apples you pulled out were brown, you'd have to guess the other brown ones were too, rather than that you had a downer on brown apples before starting!"</i> <br /><br />Heh!<br /><br /><i>"When your biggest supporter is..."</i> <br /><br />Supporter? Didn't realise I was running a football team here! <br /><br />And you really shouldn't believe everything someone posts on the net. I don't have fur and fangs, for instance. <br /><br />Well, not the <i>whole</i> month, anyway... ;)<br /><br /><i>"The word 'loth' doesn't need a parenthetical 'sic'. That usage is perfectly pukka [sic] English."</i><br /><br />Really? I've always spelt it the other way - when I saw it, it really grated! My mistake.JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-23353565735657229622010-10-22T16:56:46.037+01:002010-10-22T16:56:46.037+01:00The word 'loth' doesn't need a parenth...The word 'loth' doesn't need a parenthetical 'sic'. That usage is perfectly pukka [sic] English. Further, from an orthographic standpoint, the conventional parenthetical form proceeds via the use of square brackets, as adumbrated hitherto.David Gilliesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-66459331407979598242010-10-22T10:03:13.509+01:002010-10-22T10:03:13.509+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.Furor Teutonicushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13856575077967523322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-47262128672563030532010-10-22T09:28:52.349+01:002010-10-22T09:28:52.349+01:00When your biggest supporter is Furor Teutonicus, w...When your biggest supporter is Furor Teutonicus, who according to his profile, hates English people and sport you know that you have scraped the bottom of the barrel.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-5775337064884373932010-10-22T08:14:39.831+01:002010-10-22T08:14:39.831+01:00We do need to care about due process Julia - but a...We do need to care about due process Julia - but as you point out we can't be arsing about lavishing concern on the wrong people like these human rights worthies.<br />Some berk called the censure of the brown Peers 'racist' in the HoL - no thought that if the first three bad apples you pulled out were brown, you'd have to guess the other brown ones were too, rather than that you had a downer on brown apples before starting!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-75927825817575179902010-10-22T05:36:43.149+01:002010-10-22T05:36:43.149+01:00"Is this woman advocating that every time we ...<i>"Is this woman advocating that every time we see the police, or other "security body" doing their job, we jump in to demand to know their powers and arrest them if we are not satisfied with their reasons? With "Justifiable force" if need be?"</i> <br /><br />That appears to be just what she's advocating. Though I suspect that if they were arresting someone for a politically-correct offence, she'd expect us all to sit down and shut up!<br /><br />She did actually venture BTL to answer her critics. Sadly, it wasn't much of an answer; it could be paraphrased as her calling everyone 'BIG MEANIES!!!'....<br /><br /><i>"Given that we leap on shoe-bombers, tossers bombing airports and shites trying to bomb The White House and Pentagon, I doubt this incident was thought by anyone on the plane other than as a pain in the ass."</i> <br /><br />Good point. The shoe bomber has surely made it even less likely that any passenger will intervene, except to lend a hand to the guards!JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-89104232075876951942010-10-22T03:41:11.016+01:002010-10-22T03:41:11.016+01:00Given that we leap on shoe-bombers, tossers bombin...Given that we leap on shoe-bombers, tossers bombing airports and shites trying to bomb The White House and Pentagon, I doubt this incident was thought by anyone on the plane other than as a pain in the ass.<br />Gadget's fears on targets and accountability are much older than the man himself. I think Furor is right though on the origins of the 'leading lights'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-6590488315200947062010-10-21T17:04:38.928+01:002010-10-21T17:04:38.928+01:00Follow ups to...Follow ups to...Furor Teutonicushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13856575077967523322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-89092561819440477812010-10-21T17:03:37.457+01:002010-10-21T17:03:37.457+01:00It would not POSSIBLY because, no matter what you ...It would not POSSIBLY because, no matter what you think of police powers being given to civvy scumbags, who get their uniforms free with a box of Corn flakes,they ARE, in fact, THE LAW!!<br /><br />Is this woman advocating that every time we see the police, or other "security body" doing their job, we jump in to demand to know their powers and arrest them if we are not satisfied with their reasons? With "Justifiable force" if need be?<br /><br />Think I am joking? We had shit holes at school who, in 6th form debates advocated EXACTLY that.<br /><br />Most of them are now in some form of "Government" position. Every one of them became "leading lights" of the local decission making bodies we laughingly democratically elect, OR have thrust upon us as "Quangoes".<br /><br />Inspector Gadget was not the first to realise the potential of "Police accountability", and "Targets". These same arseholes were suggesting JUST that as well.Furor Teutonicushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13856575077967523322noreply@blogger.com