tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post1621835562088133002..comments2024-03-29T09:09:46.823+02:00Comments on A Political Refugee From The Global Village : The greater the truth, the greater the libel: European report says British politicians failed to control the pressUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-33684157430354414862016-11-02T18:04:57.023+02:002016-11-02T18:04:57.023+02:00"Have failed to control the press..." - ..."Have failed to control the press..." - indeed. Terrifying. <br /><br />I would not, however, take the implicit subject of that sentence to be 'the government'. The quaint notion of dialog offers a stricter limit: one logos butts another. I take that the wonderfully democratic 'block' function on the still clumsy novelty media counts toward that classical function of dia-logos... Inasmuch, I rather enjoy this form of writing: @Twitter all but functions as speech, slightly written. <br /><br />Sure enough, the function of political faiths - to force choice between incompatible categories - does work. However, it is also seen to be done that much better ! Reaction corrodes political categories, methinks. I trust it to. Fingers crossed.<br /><br />Digressing, as usual<br /><br />AVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09917186839183782032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-57087276702075373382016-10-28T19:20:52.840+03:002016-10-28T19:20:52.840+03:00https://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/oct/27/reve...https://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/oct/27/revenge-of-the-tabloids-brexit-dacre-murdochAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-3754944682728588612016-10-28T18:50:05.662+03:002016-10-28T18:50:05.662+03:00Sir Roger Scruton - like Sir Roger De Coverley a ...Sir Roger Scruton - like Sir Roger De Coverley a great Tory.Political Refugee from the Global Villagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03523068770529814044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-70284559643773510852016-10-28T18:47:24.925+03:002016-10-28T18:47:24.925+03:00We had free speech till the Race Relations Act 196...We had free speech till the Race Relations Act 1965 created the offence of "incitement to racial hatred." The BBC recently broadcast a documentary by a former Labour MP about how inadequate that act was. The Offensive Behaviour Act 1985 passed by Mrs Thatcher's government made things worse. Then under Mr Blair the deluge. http://www.spectator.co.uk/2013/11/you-cant-say-that/Political Refugee from the Global Villagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03523068770529814044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-26476992802128239402016-10-28T17:28:19.938+03:002016-10-28T17:28:19.938+03:00Europe has never had a real tradition of (legally)...Europe has never had a real tradition of (legally) protecting free speech. OK, during Voltaire's time, England was better off than France in this regard, but all in all, the US is the only place in the world with a strong regard for unbridled free speech, both historically and currently.TheVidrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09344788573052372170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-43033929756512670252016-10-28T12:17:13.485+03:002016-10-28T12:17:13.485+03:00Very true. Sir Roger Scruton has also made the poi...Very true. Sir Roger Scruton has also made the point about the difference between "negative" rights - as in freedom from arbitrary arrest and detention, etc, and "positive" rights - the right to employment, freedom from discrimination, etc. The former arise from the accumulated wisdom of hundreds of years of British common law and tradition, while the latter are relatively recent, political, and invite coercion by the State; as some form of overarching authority is required to ensure that the implied 'equality' contained in these 'rights' is enforced.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-62409697868079208332016-10-28T09:28:53.344+03:002016-10-28T09:28:53.344+03:00My opinion was that La Hopkins was spot on in her ...My opinion was that La Hopkins was spot on in her famous cockroaches article and I said so here, in Taki's Magazine. <br /><br />http://takimag.com/article/refuge_from_the_refugees_paul_wood#axzz3XwfcDYFdPolitical Refugee from the Global Villagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03523068770529814044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-39646152653694714152016-10-28T09:17:27.772+03:002016-10-28T09:17:27.772+03:00"Benefits tourism"? I think I am about t..."Benefits tourism"? I think I am about to go berserk (this is nearly as severe as "cleaning woman" in "gentlemen don't wear plaid"). Paul, could you not include in your masthead a warning that your blog abounds with micro aggressions? Thanks<br />Marc Cannizzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18324145080083101048noreply@blogger.com