Comments for Quaequam Blog! http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog "crass, boorish and more a bruiser than blogger" - Alex Wilcock Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:20:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 Comment on Crisis on Multiple Tweets by Letters From A Tory http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2008/12/02/crisis-on-multiple-tweets/#comment-208240 Letters From A Tory Tue, 02 Dec 2008 09:52:36 +0000 http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/?p=2077#comment-208240 Putting something on Twitter is like putting a photo on Facebook without any privacy settings turned on. Why do people get upset when they publicly broadcast information, only for someone to have a laugh at their expense? Putting something on Twitter is like putting a photo on Facebook without any privacy settings turned on.

Why do people get upset when they publicly broadcast information, only for someone to have a laugh at their expense?

]]> Comment on The day I murdered British journalism by Quaequam Blog! » Crisis on Multiple Tweets http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2008/09/02/the-day-i-murdered-british-journalism/#comment-208239 Quaequam Blog! » Crisis on Multiple Tweets Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:11:46 +0000 http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/?p=1560#comment-208239 [...] seems a milestone has been passed. Just three months ago, Rory Cellan-Jones and - it seemed - half the professional journalists out there who were aware of [...] [...] seems a milestone has been passed. Just three months ago, Rory Cellan-Jones and - it seemed - half the professional journalists out there who were aware of [...]

]]> Comment on Snipes on a Plane by sanbikinoraion http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2008/12/01/snipes-on-a-plane/#comment-208236 sanbikinoraion Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:34:51 +0000 http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/?p=2069#comment-208236 I only came here because the title suggested that there would be some kind of aerial vampire hunting involved, or at least that our Wes had escaped (hopefully on a prison plane also loaded with John Malkovich and Nic Cage). You bitterly, bitterly disappointed me, James :( I want my money back! I only came here because the title suggested that there would be some kind of aerial vampire hunting involved, or at least that our Wes had escaped (hopefully on a prison plane also loaded with John Malkovich and Nic Cage).

You bitterly, bitterly disappointed me, James :( I want my money back!

]]> Comment on God Trumps: Bonus Cards by James Graham http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2008/11/29/god-trumps-bonus-cards/#comment-208235 James Graham Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:39:46 +0000 http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/?p=2049#comment-208235 I think you're on pretty shaky ground there. Before there were humans, by definition there was only atheism. I think you’re on pretty shaky ground there. Before there were humans, by definition there was only atheism.

]]> Comment on Why does the Oxford Union think that freedom of speech only applies to fascists? by A. Latecomer http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2007/11/26/why-does-the-oxford-union-ban-zionists-while-defending-fascists/#comment-208234 A. Latecomer Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:26:30 +0000 http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2007/11/26/why-does-the-oxford-union-ban-zionists-while-defending-fascists/#comment-208234 I doubt anyone is still reading this, but I just happened upon it and would like to point out that Norman Finkelstein is not an anti-zionist by almost any definition. He has always stated that he is committed to a two-state solution. Given that one of these states would be a Jewish one, that would make him a Zionist by most understandings of the word. Criticising Israel's actions is not the same as anti-Zionism, which is the belief that Jewish people should have their own state. "Militantly anti-Zionist" is a poor description of Finkelstein's postion - he is neither. The initial post was fine. I doubt anyone is still reading this, but I just happened upon it and would like to point out that Norman Finkelstein is not an anti-zionist by almost any definition. He has always stated that he is committed to a two-state solution. Given that one of these states would be a Jewish one, that would make him a Zionist by most understandings of the word. Criticising Israel’s actions is not the same as anti-Zionism, which is the belief that Jewish people should have their own state. “Militantly anti-Zionist” is a poor description of Finkelstein’s postion - he is neither. The initial post was fine.

]]> Comment on God Trumps: Bonus Cards by Liz W http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2008/11/29/god-trumps-bonus-cards/#comment-208233 Liz W Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:47:50 +0000 http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/?p=2049#comment-208233 The thing that bugged me most about the God Trumps was the Age entry on the Secularist/Humanist/Atheist card: "predates the Garden of Eden - 10/10". I can't get to that conclusion without comparing apples and oranges somewhere along the line. The thing that bugged me most about the God Trumps was the Age entry on the Secularist/Humanist/Atheist card: “predates the Garden of Eden - 10/10″. I can’t get to that conclusion without comparing apples and oranges somewhere along the line.

]]> Comment on Dangerous Complacency over the Damian Green affair by John Hemming http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2008/11/30/dangerous-complacency-over-the-damian-green-affair/#comment-208231 John Hemming Sun, 30 Nov 2008 19:22:41 +0000 http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/?p=2063#comment-208231 Well Vernon Bogdanor is wrong. Well Vernon Bogdanor is wrong.

]]> Comment on We may live in a police state, but at least we don’t live in their police state by Quaequam Blog! » Dangerous Complacency over the Damian Green affair http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2008/11/29/we-may-live-in-a-police-state-but-at-least-we-dont-live-in-their-police-state/#comment-208230 Quaequam Blog! » Dangerous Complacency over the Damian Green affair Sun, 30 Nov 2008 18:19:30 +0000 http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/?p=2059#comment-208230 [...] Sniping at Tory mendacity aside, I can’t help but feel a palpable sense of complacency in the Observer today over the Damian Green affair. [...] [...] Sniping at Tory mendacity aside, I can’t help but feel a palpable sense of complacency in the Observer today over the Damian Green affair. [...]

]]> Comment on God Trumps: Bonus Cards by Matthew Huntbach http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2008/11/29/god-trumps-bonus-cards/#comment-208229 Matthew Huntbach Sat, 29 Nov 2008 22:39:59 +0000 http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/?p=2049#comment-208229 The Vatican's Financial Statement http://www.zenit.org/article-20060?l=english suggests its finances are rather more modest than the claimed £100 billion. The simple fact is that it only just about breaks even keeping its admin going and large collection of historical buildings in repair. The RC Church in England and Wales is closing down churches because it can't afford to keep them. Is this really how an organisation with "£100 billion in the bank" would act? The Vatican’s Financial Statement

http://www.zenit.org/article-20060?l=english

suggests its finances are rather more modest than the claimed £100 billion. The simple fact is that it only just about breaks even keeping its admin going and large collection of historical buildings in repair.

The RC Church in England and Wales is closing down churches because it can’t afford to keep them. Is this really how an organisation with “£100 billion in the bank” would act?

]]> Comment on In defence of Caroline Spelman by Quaequam Blog! » The return of clear blue water? I’m bored already http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2008/06/07/in-defence-of-caroline-spelman/#comment-208228 Quaequam Blog! » The return of clear blue water? I’m bored already Sat, 29 Nov 2008 18:14:44 +0000 http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2008/06/07/in-defence-of-caroline-spelman/#comment-208228 [...] it was that I backed Caroline Spelman and Ray Lewis, shortly before it became clear their actions were indefensible. And last weekend I [...] [...] it was that I backed Caroline Spelman and Ray Lewis, shortly before it became clear their actions were indefensible. And last weekend I [...]

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