tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post6230745295668093642..comments2024-03-29T05:21:11.278+00:00Comments on Ambush Predator: Generation No ‘X’ – Part IJuliaMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-74324938622909178902010-03-07T16:41:48.710+00:002010-03-07T16:41:48.710+00:00Obviously, what we should do is only give votes to...<i>Obviously, what we should do is only give votes to people who have letters after their names!</i><br /><br />Don't be silly; we don't want the riff-raff deciding things. No, only people who have letters <i>before</i> their names should have the vote. (Sorry. You and your BTEC in social work and vegetarian cooking didn't make the grade.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-32351769553360448842010-03-07T08:16:35.735+00:002010-03-07T08:16:35.735+00:00Clarissa,
Thank you, but I was already aware of t...Clarissa,<br /><br />Thank you, but I was already aware of that. We don't "traditionally" have referenda either. The question I was asking was how any of this can be considered "democratic".<br /><br />And, of course, to be abusive towards the subject of the post who clearly thinks that if the world is too complicated for her to understand, that's somehow the world's fault.Brian, follower of Deornothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11941277617617928470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-48085469755276634362010-03-07T07:14:26.637+00:002010-03-07T07:14:26.637+00:00"2010 General Election voting instructions. U...<i>"2010 General Election voting instructions. Under-25s version."</i> <br /><br />Hah! Excellent.<br /><br /><i>"Obviously, what we should do is only give votes to people who have letters after their names!"</i> <br /><br />No, we certaibnly shouldn't do that.<br /><br /><i>"...if Sian Anderson is unimpressed by any of the politicians' plans, she has the absolute right not to vote for them."</i> <br /><br />She does indeed. But she then has no right to whine and complain, having taken no part in the system to change things. However broken it may currently be.<br /><br /><i>"Ms Anderson is only one voter, and perhaps she's a little bit too idealistic..."</i><br /><br />No, she's not idealistic at all. The word you are groping for is 'apathetic'. Or maybe even 'lazy'.JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-5774127152182945422010-03-07T07:10:18.434+00:002010-03-07T07:10:18.434+00:00"You could make a fortune selling T-shirts - ...<i>"You could make a fortune selling T-shirts - or possible baseball caps - emblazoned with the slogan<br />'Ignorant, lazy and proud of it'"</i> <br /><br />Give it a few more generations, and t-shirt slogans will have to be <i>pictograms</i>...<br /><br /><i>"Mind you, it's the government that created these miscreants in the first place, so it's a double-edged sword."</i> <br /><br />Indeed. This is what they wanted, right? <br /><br /><i>"Does a vote depend on intelligence or need? there are lots of needy stupid people , needy smart folk and perfectly dumb examples who ask for nothing but very few of our inteligencia that take care of themselves."</i> <br /><br />When we have a culture that rewards dependance, this is what we get...<br /><br /><i>"...an industrial sized quantity of 'self esteem'."</i><br /><br />These days it seems the amount of self-esteem is inversely proportional to actual talent...JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-15670311196347333732010-03-06T23:50:27.944+00:002010-03-06T23:50:27.944+00:00@Brian, @EV
As a simply point of order can I remi...@Brian, @EV<br /><br />As a simply point of order can I remind you both that we do not vote for Prime Ministers in this country? Brown is an elected member of parliament and an elected (unopposed) leader of the Labour party. Or have you forgotten that since 1940 the following have also become Prime Minister without a general election: Major (1990), Callaghan (1976), Douglas-Hume (1963), MacMillian (1957), Eden (1955) and Churchill (1940). This is not exhaustive list.Clarissahttp://www.clarissadarling.me.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-5511107306330090622010-03-06T19:12:21.199+00:002010-03-06T19:12:21.199+00:00Look it is not that difficult to vote. Most of the...Look it is not that difficult to vote. Most of these "young persons" only have to sign their names after all (make a cross) in a box on the ballot paper. <br />If you do not wish to vote, for whatever reason, please do not turn it into some sort of moral crusade or complain about the government you DID get because you chose not to vote.<br />TTFN :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-16700658342904752142010-03-06T18:56:12.125+00:002010-03-06T18:56:12.125+00:00btw you don't have to b intelligent to play ch...btw you don't have to b intelligent to play chess but you do have to follow the rules<br /><br />;)<br /><br />so no building moats around the king at the tax payer's expense, its just not circketMikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00594481483171507584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-31228027437899825082010-03-06T18:52:38.541+00:002010-03-06T18:52:38.541+00:00Oh dear there seems to be an IQ row going on here,...Oh dear there seems to be an IQ row going on here, which by any standards is an interesting debate but has little or nothing to do with the right to vote<br /><br />anyone for chess?Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00594481483171507584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-80468790113807339512010-03-06T17:00:34.592+00:002010-03-06T17:00:34.592+00:00@Anonymous,
'Interesting how keen so many peo...@Anonymous,<br /><br />'Interesting how keen so many people are to disenfranchise (and indeed "lobotomise") anyone whom they perceive to be "ignorant" or a "simpleton".'<br /><br />You've got no idea just how keen. And high-minded, patronising luvvies like yourself.<br /><br />BTW If you think you live under a democracy, you really are as stupid as you sound. Who voted for Brown?English Vikinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03144810217381651105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-52849826077016586002010-03-06T16:56:35.430+00:002010-03-06T16:56:35.430+00:00"this country is a democracy"
Anonymous..."this country is a democracy"<br /><br />Anonymous, please do not insult my intelligence. I know (as one who holds illegal political opinions) how democratic this country is.<br /><br />Q. Who did you vote for for Prime Minister?<br /><br />Q. Who did you vote for for European President?<br /><br />Q. Did you vote for the European Constitution in the referendum?Brian, follower of Deornothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11941277617617928470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-91965861992369650322010-03-06T16:37:56.794+00:002010-03-06T16:37:56.794+00:00The car didn't drive ever again and I have no ...The car didn't drive ever again and I have no idea how it got to where it died but die it did. The moral of my story is not that I am a mechanic but apparently clever people may or may not use their vote wisely, I have to concede they have the right to vote regardless of intellect.<br /><br />Got it?<br /><br />I support a different approach and that is that all candidates be subjected to a game of chess. The winner is the one who takes the king btw. You should protect the queen but it is not necessary to win the game. All sounds a bit sexist but then if you had two queens you might just be better off than your opponent?Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00594481483171507584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-195342352558512982010-03-06T16:14:58.623+00:002010-03-06T16:14:58.623+00:00Interesting how keen so many people are to disenfr...Interesting how keen so many people are to disenfranchise (and indeed "lobotomise") anyone whom they perceive to be "ignorant" or a "simpleton". The very thought that anyone a little bit uninformed or a little bit gobby might be allowed any say in the future of this country seems, for some people, to imply that the barbarians are at the gates. Obviously, what we should do is only give votes to people who have letters after their names!<br /><br />It may not have occurred to you that Ms Anderson (or, perhaps, the members of the Great British public whose views she is trying to articulate) will have to put up with the policies of whatever government comes to power after the election, just as much as you will. It's hardly a crime to ask "where to turn in order to actually comprehend what voting means and what the parties are promising". It is in fact a vital question, given that in the UK we do actually give to poor people, ignorant people, people who might actually have no option but to make extensive use of the welfare state the right to have their small say about whatever plans the cleverer people in society might be hatching that might or might not be the ruin of these "morons'" lives.<br /><br />While it may be an unpleasant thought for this country's "English Vikings", this country is a democracy, which means that everyone has the right to vote for somebody they think might improve their lives, or to vote against those thay think might intimidate them. It also means (in this particularly fine democracy) that if Sian Anderson is unimpressed by any of the politicians' plans, she has the absolute right not to vote for them. This has the unfortunate side-effect that the votes of her less-than-entirely-reasonable detractors will be worth a little more. More importantly, it will mean that the politicians will have failed in their solemn duty to convince The Voter that they have a clue what they're talking about. It means that when politicians talk about any subject in public, they should remember to answer the naive question "Why should I care?" Ms Anderson is only one voter, and perhaps she's a little bit too idealistic, but it's also people like her on whom the Prime Ministers of this country rely for their mandate to govern.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-16529663444193651042010-03-06T15:16:13.393+00:002010-03-06T15:16:13.393+00:00(Dave H's had a few lotions and thinks he'...(Dave H's had a few lotions and thinks he's being funny. I may regret this. It does go on a bit)<br /><br />2010 General Election voting instructions. Under-25s version.<br /><br />"Please vote by texting an X to the telephone number corresponding to the party of your choice in the list below. For example, if you wish to vote for the Labour Party, dial 0781... <br /><br />Mobile phone charges may vary according to your provider and more importantly may become punitive should you decide to vote injudiciously.<br /><br />It is not permitted to vote more than once. However, certain sections of the electorate have previously shown complete contempt for electoral rules and since they mostly belong to favoured minority groups (which all vote for us anyway) multiple votes will be continue to be counted.<br /><br />This message is also available in 45 different languages, including txtese, pseudo-Jamaican Chavspeak and Standard-English-but-with-much-shorter-words, though in the process of translation various details may have become altered or omitted entirely; in the event of any legal dispute this version shall take precedence, although it is appreciated that not many under-25s will be able to grasp the significance of this, or indeed anything else."Dave Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02330412326038302877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-87062933331646416652010-03-06T14:41:58.351+00:002010-03-06T14:41:58.351+00:00My colleague, a medical doctor, arrived at work th...<i>My colleague, a medical doctor, arrived at work the other day in her 2yr old BMW and complained all day that it wasn't driving right. I looked at it over my lunch break only to discover the pistons had fused themselves to the engine block due to a lack of oil and a consequential heat that resulted in lots of damage.</i><br /><br />How did it drive <i>at all</i> if the pistons were fused to the cylinder walls?Gibby Haynesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-66964779313668754452010-03-06T13:57:38.269+00:002010-03-06T13:57:38.269+00:00I was going to say that this girl should be loboto...I was going to say that this girl should be lobotomised for the public good, but it appears that 12 years of State 'education' has done the trick nicely.<br /><br />Under 25's, over 70's, non tax-payers, benefit claimants and anybody paid from the public purse should not be allowed to vote.English Vikinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03144810217381651105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-32803741564731707032010-03-06T13:24:19.856+00:002010-03-06T13:24:19.856+00:00About the only thing not entirely absent from her ...About the only thing not entirely absent from her outlook and demeanour, is an industrial sized quantity of 'self esteem'.<br /><br />As always, the funding source and amount for crlt.alt.shi*t would probably tell another interesting story, since the 10000 collected for Haiti does not seem to acknowledge any understanding of input costs.<br /><br />Or like this:<br /><br />http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704486504575097783544905868.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLEThirdNewsChucklesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-87531463309614522552010-03-06T12:49:20.427+00:002010-03-06T12:49:20.427+00:00It's absolutely clear who Sian should be votin...It's absolutely clear who Sian should be voting for, she's a 'street team coordinator', well clearly she's also Labour's natural voter.<br /><br />Give me strength.The Cowboy Onlinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04967260831514096205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-77413027736431948722010-03-06T12:00:58.754+00:002010-03-06T12:00:58.754+00:00Does a vote depend on intelligence or need? there ...Does a vote depend on intelligence or need? there are lots of needy stupid people , needy smart folk and perfectly dumb examples who ask for nothing but very few of our inteligencia that take care of themselves. <br /><br />My colleague, a medical doctor, arrived at work the other day in her 2yr old BMW and complained all day that it wasn't driving right. I looked at it over my lunch break only to discover the pistons had fused themselves to the engine block due to a lack of oil and a consequential heat that resulted in lots of damage. When I asked her when she last checked her oil she replied 'oh I thought you just put petrol init and that made it go, does it need some oil then?' I laughed and said 'no it needs a new car dear'. She said 'I wondered why those lights were flashing at me, I guess I'll have to ask my boss for a new one'.<br />I wouldn't trust her vote or her diagnosis but she is allegedly intelligent.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00594481483171507584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-91165885096219376292010-03-06T11:40:42.295+00:002010-03-06T11:40:42.295+00:0050 Cent (that's an unusual name)? Isn't he...50 Cent (that's an unusual name)? Isn't he the chap who got himself shot for <i>dissing someone's whip</i> or something? Who in their right mind would want to listen to what this common street criminal has to say about anything, let alone how a country ought to be run?<br />No Sian, you carry on not voting. I dread to think how much of a worse state the place would be if you and your simpleton peers <i>were</i> voting. And if the government is to 'blame' for this, then I salute it wholeheartedly. Mind you, it's the government that created these miscreants in the first place, so it's a double-edged sword.Gibby Haynesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-78260626574840774202010-03-06T11:04:43.945+00:002010-03-06T11:04:43.945+00:00Good, Sian Anderson, you fuckwit. Please don't...Good, Sian Anderson, you fuckwit. Please don't vote. Please carry on not voting. It makes my vote more valuable, you see, and since (unlike you) I have more brains than a turnip my vote <i>should</i> be more valuable than yours.Brian, follower of Deornothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11941277617617928470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-23982202004054568262010-03-06T10:48:53.584+00:002010-03-06T10:48:53.584+00:00or 'tits' on the front and 'what are y...or 'tits' on the front and 'what are you looking at?' on the backMikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00594481483171507584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-174007296682867842010-03-06T10:33:35.676+00:002010-03-06T10:33:35.676+00:00One of your finest, JuliaM.
You could make a fort...One of your finest, JuliaM.<br /><br />You could make a fortune selling T-shirts - or possible baseball caps - emblazoned with the slogan<br />'Ignorant, lazy and <i>proud of it'</i><br /><br />Next series of Dragons' Den?Macheathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04451439759398780345noreply@blogger.com