tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27938567.post2606995053783327063..comments2023-05-25T11:05:10.365-02:00Comments on Political Scientist: Political Scientisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00763391741375972410noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27938567.post-85028745747181253502008-04-20T23:39:00.000-02:002008-04-20T23:39:00.000-02:00"on second thoughts perhaps she should?"definitely..."on second thoughts perhaps she should?"<BR/><BR/>definitely she should, she too could be the subject of a fawning article in the <A HREF="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=560231&in_page_id=1770" REL="nofollow">Daily Mail!</A><BR/><BR/>I'm inclined to be charitable towards <BR/>the Decents (considerably more charitable than they are towards people of my religion, anyway) - if it wasn't such an awful thing to say about anyone, I'd say they "meant well". <BR/><BR/>The "Grumpy Old Leftists" - whom you correctly characterize as magnifying minor vexations into "issue[s] of national importance" - <BR/>would find it much easier to make friends and influence people if they stopped anathematizing everyone who deviates one iota from the party line. Dsquared compared them to the Trots they condemn in this <A HREF="http://crookedtimber.org/2008/04/14/it-was-a-good-grouplet-as-they-go-and-as-grouplets-go-it-went/" REL="nofollow">rather good piece</A>.<BR/><BR/>It's all the more puzzling, as they are indisputably very clever people. Why do they deliberately act against their own interests? <BR/><BR/>BTW: Now I know JP=Mrs PJ, I understand <A HREF="http://pyjamasinbananas.blogspot.com/2007/12/friends-of-israel.html" REL="nofollow">this post</A>. I wasn't sure who JP was!Political Scientisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00763391741375972410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27938567.post-57240978301084111952008-04-19T13:00:00.000-02:002008-04-19T13:00:00.000-02:00Being a member of the indecent left I have rather ...Being a member of the indecent left I have rather less time for the decents, this particular story reflects something of a theme of the decent commentator, that is how something which has personally annoyed them reflects some issue of massive national importance (Messrs Cohen and Aaronovitch, I'm looking at you) rather than being, you know, just a matter of mild personal inconvenience.<BR/><BR/>JP (Mrs PJ) likes lane swimming but there are hardly any opportunities at our municipal pool with all the children's and mother and toddler sessions unaccountably scheduled for the weekend, post-work and evening slots - yet she somehow manages to avoid using this as evidence of a national crisis in service provision for working people without children, on second thoughts perhaps she should?pjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06832177812057826894noreply@blogger.com