tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post3898222677192676026..comments2024-03-27T06:56:10.255+00:00Comments on Broad Oak Magazine: A letter to the SpectatorUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-13583664314588155182008-09-15T20:10:00.000+01:002008-09-15T20:10:00.000+01:00... oh, I see - presumably you're pointing out tha...... oh, I see - presumably you're pointing out that my previous comment got posted twice!Sackersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09410040031410954403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-23586280347270175802008-09-15T18:45:00.000+01:002008-09-15T18:45:00.000+01:00Hi, DD. It's not my needle. There's an agenda bein...Hi, DD. It's not my needle. There's an agenda being pursued here, I'm merely reacting to it. Call me a reactionary if you like: it's the new cool.Sackersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09410040031410954403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-42904758219875423292008-09-15T17:30:00.000+01:002008-09-15T17:30:00.000+01:00Sacks - I think your needle just got stuck.Sacks - I think your needle just got stuck.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-39452736738886056252008-09-15T15:32:00.001+01:002008-09-15T15:32:00.001+01:00Hi, Wolfie. Was your interlocutor, by any chance, ...Hi, Wolfie. Was your interlocutor, by any chance, a self-hating white Leftie?<BR/><BR/>As to the religion bit, it reflects Liddle's focus; as I wrote to my brother, in the absence of a Constitution, Britain is held together by culture, custom, history, myth and illusion and so is particularly vulnerable to a Gramscian onslaught. <BR/><BR/>I agree that Islamic terrorists are, on average, less of a threat than local yobs or drunken drivers; but there is real danger in the constant unpicking of the thousand threads that hold down the giant Gulliver of social disorder. Read the story of the Roman general Sertorius:<BR/><BR/>... Before his assembled army he had two horses led out, one weak and old, the other strong and big, with a large tail. A small man stood by the big horse, and a tall, burly man stood by the weak horse. <BR/><BR/>"You two men," said Sertorius, "are each to pull out the tail of the horse you stand by." <BR/><BR/>The big man tugged at the little horse's tail with all his might, but could do nothing, and the crowd of warriors shrieked with laughter. <BR/><BR/>Meanwhile the small man was quietly picking out the tail of the big horse, one hair at a time, till the tail was all gone! Then Sertorius spoke: <BR/><BR/>"My friends, you who dash madly into battle, without heed and without sense, are like the big fellow who tugs and tugs and gains nothing. The other man has used less force of muscle, but he has used more intelligence; he has thought out a wise plan, and stuck to it till it succeeded."Sackersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09410040031410954403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-71101613719987779912008-09-15T15:13:00.000+01:002008-09-15T15:13:00.000+01:00Rod is very witty but very often quite wrong. You ...Rod is very witty but very often quite wrong. You also provide a convincing and eloquent argument but I respectfully petition that you are slightly wide of the mark by placing so much emphasis on religion and by doing so you confuse cause, vector and effect.<BR/><BR/>Yesterday whilst out and about a man I had only just met interjected into a conversation I was having with someone else that he welcomed the extinction of the white European people from the Earth and this man was no Muslim nor nihilist. Needless to say I eviscerated his feeble argument but harmed not a hair on his head. <BR/><BR/>We have a lot more problems than a few crap terrorists.Wolfiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05820269114208456064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-40114852952493298092008-09-15T13:17:00.000+01:002008-09-15T13:17:00.000+01:00Don't have any more, Mr More, eh?Don't have any more, Mr More, eh?Sackersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09410040031410954403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-62691073392762554122008-09-15T12:46:00.000+01:002008-09-15T12:46:00.000+01:00I always enjoy references to "Robert Bolt’s More" ...I always enjoy references to "Robert Bolt’s More" but can never resist pointing out that the real More liked torturing Protestants in the comfort of his own home. His comfort, not theirs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-22530248035862010002008-09-15T09:40:00.000+01:002008-09-15T09:40:00.000+01:00Kepi Bignose - yes, we used to ahve a pint togethe...Kepi Bignose - yes, we used to ahve a pint together back in the old days.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-15023940014603561492008-09-15T08:19:00.000+01:002008-09-15T08:19:00.000+01:00Pedantry is my profession, DM. Bad manners, really...Pedantry is my profession, DM. Bad manners, really - sorry!<BR/><BR/>Deb: how kind! You can't lay it on too thick for me.Sackersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09410040031410954403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-92076932419493372452008-09-15T01:22:00.000+01:002008-09-15T01:22:00.000+01:00How lovely! A rich, erudite, lyrical letter which ...How lovely! A rich, erudite, lyrical letter which conveys strength and disgust with grace.<BR/><BR/>How many people are sufficiently educated to be able to understand the nuanced profound references, how many would have the patience - between snorts of intoxicants! - to seek out the meaning?<BR/><BR/>And, I agree with every word!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-15936470150674763662008-09-14T20:21:00.000+01:002008-09-14T20:21:00.000+01:00How decent of you to correct my spelling silently....How decent of you to correct my spelling silently.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-1787759547284319122008-09-14T18:57:00.000+01:002008-09-14T18:57:00.000+01:00Les Deux Eglises? Isn't that where old Kepi Bignos...Les Deux Eglises? Isn't that where old Kepi Bignose is buried?Sackersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09410040031410954403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-72956843754904556212008-09-14T13:35:00.000+01:002008-09-14T13:35:00.000+01:00What this country has needed for years is rule by ...What this country has needed for years is rule by robust liberals ("liberal" in the old sense), else we end up with rule by hyphenated fascists, New Labour-fascists being just the beginning.<BR/><BR/>I remain, Sir, your obedient servant,<BR/>Dearieme.<BR/>Mon Repos les Deux Eglise,<BR/>East Angular.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-21530062590838492592008-09-14T10:03:00.000+01:002008-09-14T10:03:00.000+01:00Hi, James, you are most welcome, as ever. New avat...Hi, James, you are most welcome, as ever. New avatar picture, I see.Sackersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09410040031410954403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-22147124556420422008-09-14T09:52:00.000+01:002008-09-14T09:52:00.000+01:00I think civilised life depends on a benevolent for...I think civilised life depends on a benevolent forbearance that is being eroded by Puritans of all stripes.<BR/><BR/>That's what true Christianity is, as distinct from what swe see out there now.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.com