Comments on: Bums and Willies! Now that I’ve got your attention… http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2008/02/01/bums-and-willies-now-that-ive-got-your-attention/ crass, boorish and more a bruiser than blogger Tue, 14 Oct 2008 00:11:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Politalks: Reviewing the last week in politics http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2008/02/01/bums-and-willies-now-that-ive-got-your-attention/#comment-157658 Politalks: Reviewing the last week in politics Mon, 04 Feb 2008 20:11:34 +0000 http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2008/02/01/bums-and-willies-now-that-ive-got-your-attention/#comment-157658 [...] In critiquing this statement, I can do no better than quote blogger James Graham, who said: [...] [...] In critiquing this statement, I can do no better than quote blogger James Graham, who said: [...]

]]> By: James Graham http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2008/02/01/bums-and-willies-now-that-ive-got-your-attention/#comment-156167 James Graham Fri, 01 Feb 2008 17:22:02 +0000 http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2008/02/01/bums-and-willies-now-that-ive-got-your-attention/#comment-156167 I should perhaps clarify what I meant. I'm not saying that Greg was justified in calling Ivan Lewis an arsehole - he wasn't. However, it is clear from the context that he said it in anger while walking out of the chamber, which is of a completely different order to sitting down and calling someone (a German politician no less) a Nazi in a blog post in a cynically veiled manner. The former suggests passion; the latter is a premeditated insult calculated to cause the maximum amount of offence and subsequently publicity. Greg's sin is thus of a lesser order than Hannan's, even though the former was said in the chamber. I should perhaps clarify what I meant. I’m not saying that Greg was justified in calling Ivan Lewis an arsehole - he wasn’t. However, it is clear from the context that he said it in anger while walking out of the chamber, which is of a completely different order to sitting down and calling someone (a German politician no less) a Nazi in a blog post in a cynically veiled manner. The former suggests passion; the latter is a premeditated insult calculated to cause the maximum amount of offence and subsequently publicity. Greg’s sin is thus of a lesser order than Hannan’s, even though the former was said in the chamber.

]]> By: wit and wisdom http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2008/02/01/bums-and-willies-now-that-ive-got-your-attention/#comment-156162 wit and wisdom Fri, 01 Feb 2008 16:40:29 +0000 http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2008/02/01/bums-and-willies-now-that-ive-got-your-attention/#comment-156162 Your last comment about there being a place for raw emotion in politics is not right. It is of course right for politicians to display passion about certain subjects and when they do it can be very impressive but they are supposed to be professionals and as such they should not get all het up and call each other names. That's just plain dim and our MPs should be better than this. However, anyone can lapse so I'm not seeking to condemn our Greg out of hand. The Tory probably was being an arsehole but he still shouldn't have said it. The comparison with Permiershit footballers is a good one. Those prancing princesses get paid huge amounts of money each week yet they still think it is okay to mince around screaming at the referee and diving onto the ground for a roll at the slightest wisp of cotact with another player. It isn't, they are supposed to be professionals and any one of them who even speaks to the referee should have a week's wages taken away. Your last comment about there being a place for raw emotion in politics is not right. It is of course right for politicians to display passion about certain subjects and when they do it can be very impressive but they are supposed to be professionals and as such they should not get all het up and call each other names. That’s just plain dim and our MPs should be better than this. However, anyone can lapse so I’m not seeking to condemn our Greg out of hand. The Tory probably was being an arsehole but he still shouldn’t have said it.

The comparison with Permiershit footballers is a good one. Those prancing princesses get paid huge amounts of money each week yet they still think it is okay to mince around screaming at the referee and diving onto the ground for a roll at the slightest wisp of cotact with another player. It isn’t, they are supposed to be professionals and any one of them who even speaks to the referee should have a week’s wages taken away.

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