tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post3141101370455400690..comments2024-03-29T11:13:00.338+00:00Comments on Ambush Predator: Avoiding The Difficult Questions...JuliaMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-25268827253926257152010-03-31T09:59:42.602+01:002010-03-31T09:59:42.602+01:00Jesus H Christ! I post a completely ludicrous comm...Jesus H Christ! I post a completely ludicrous comment and its true ... words fail me.Jiksnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-49850235336578333552010-03-31T06:12:40.455+01:002010-03-31T06:12:40.455+01:00"I wonder what Mary would make of the situati...<i>"I wonder what Mary would make of the situation there?"</i> <br /><br />That it was delightfully 'foreign'..?<br /><br /><i>"...Contrary Mary does mention the absence of authority as one of the factors enabling this savagery. I don't think this can be dismissed. "</i> <br /><br />No, it's true that that has had an effect, and it's certainly true that she and her ilk have been the main drivers in removing all authority, too.<br /><br /><i>"Frankly I'm surprised Global Warming wasn't invoked somewhere..."</i> <br /><br />And as Trevor notes, somewhere, by someone, it is!<br /><br /><i>"Give Mary a chance. The clue train left from platform 4, Victoria, and she only just missed it this time."</i><br /><br />Heh!<br /><br /><i>"...who must surely be one of the most eminent Iranian-Belgian beturbanned psychotherapists in the entire Camberwell area..."</i><br /><br />Ouch! Harsh, but accurate... ;0JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-42749845988483460102010-03-31T01:35:04.059+01:002010-03-31T01:35:04.059+01:00Jiks said: 'Frankly I'm surprised Global W...Jiks said: 'Frankly I'm surprised Global Warming wasn't invoked somewhere...'<br /><br />Not quite 'global' warming, but could 'thermostatic impairment' be to blame? This condition was identified by no less an authority than Camilla Batmangheldjh, who must surely be one of the most eminent Iranian-Belgian beturbanned psychotherapists in the entire Camberwell area:<br /><br />http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article4045185.ece<br /><br />It all sounds terribly scientific.Trevornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-28231145074211124872010-03-30T23:19:11.798+01:002010-03-30T23:19:11.798+01:00Who was it who once said, "More Joy In Heaven...Who was it who once said, "More Joy In Heaven Over One Sinner That Repenteth?" Give Mary a chance. The clue train left from platform 4, Victoria, and she only just missed it this time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-18648361844771822912010-03-30T21:25:21.480+01:002010-03-30T21:25:21.480+01:00PS.
May I nominate Trevor for 'Word of the We...PS.<br /><br />May I nominate Trevor for 'Word of the Week', with his use of the noun, 'simulacrum'?English Vikinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03144810217381651105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-79313512276628452112010-03-30T21:21:17.211+01:002010-03-30T21:21:17.211+01:00I know the cause of this young lad's death.
D...I know the cause of this young lad's death.<br /><br />Dare me to say it. Go on.English Vikinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03144810217381651105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-24973548145655627122010-03-30T20:24:46.874+01:002010-03-30T20:24:46.874+01:00Quite simply the woman is a dangerous lunatic and ...Quite simply the woman is a dangerous lunatic and should be locked away....errrmmmmm!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-26978096558346337632010-03-30T17:34:11.631+01:002010-03-30T17:34:11.631+01:00It never ceases to amaze me how people are able to...It never ceases to amaze me how people are able to construct the most complex structures for events to fit their belief system ... rather than using reason and admitting they might be wrong.<br /><br />Who killed the stab victim? Clearly it MUST have been anyone other than the ones holding the knives. Frankly I'm surprised Global Warming wasn't invoked somewhere...Jiksnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-24994804179268014022010-03-30T17:13:05.147+01:002010-03-30T17:13:05.147+01:00Although there is the seemingly ever-present and s...Although there is the seemingly ever-present and studiously ignored 'elephant in the room' to which I think you allude, Contrary Mary does mention the absence of authority as one of the factors enabling this savagery. I don't think this can be dismissed. <br /><br />Where once the behaviour of the young was constrained by many authority figures (e.g. bus conductors, park wardens, adults in general) we now have CCTV, PCSOs and even 'proper' police who offer little more than a simulacrum of authority, and whose bluff has been called by the savages.<br /><br />The irony (if that's quite the right word) is that Mary and her fellow-travellers are the ones largely responsible for the emasculation of authority.Trevornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-56958210353505236072010-03-30T12:36:13.397+01:002010-03-30T12:36:13.397+01:00Having been in Frankfurt Central rail station a fe...Having been in Frankfurt Central rail station a few years ago with a young gentleman cleaning his nails with a 12" bowie knife as he walked behind us, and whores and pimps throughout, the stations in London are really rather tame.<br /><br />I wonder what Mary would make of the situation there?manwiddicombehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02499331812704446499noreply@blogger.com