tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143440998478479157.post1291067722100828023..comments2024-03-24T14:47:00.370-07:00Comments on Approaching Pavonis Mons by balloon: Vassal statesAl Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01517967406876572177noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143440998478479157.post-57401025779245781692019-12-14T18:54:07.792-08:002019-12-14T18:54:07.792-08:00"Democracy is the worst form of government, e..."Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others."<br /><br />What's your alternative?greenfish77https://www.blogger.com/profile/10776163584617147814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143440998478479157.post-16661171575667657322019-12-14T18:52:11.189-08:002019-12-14T18:52:11.189-08:00If you're going to attack an ideology, attack ...If you're going to attack an ideology, attack it. There is no reason to act like an uneducated buffoon by using as hominems.<br /><br />Also, there is nothing wrong with being rich. To the contrary, the rich produce more goods and services for society than the lower classes. Its the primary theory of wage determination, a persons marginal revenue product.greenfish77https://www.blogger.com/profile/10776163584617147814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143440998478479157.post-80580510790528726692019-10-12T15:45:30.912-07:002019-10-12T15:45:30.912-07:00I went to a boarding school, but on a nearly full ...I went to a boarding school, but on a nearly full bursary.<br />It was a military school, whose students were mostly children of working/lower middle class people serving in the armed forces.<br />Do we also have to be restricted from 'social advancement'?<br />I can't stand the privileged, self-entitled clique which has been intentionally surpressing the 'lower classes' ever since 1066.<br />Billy the bastard came over and bullied England into submission and have used the laws they made to subjugate every generation since.<br />I'm more immediately concerned about their current ploy of betting against the pound to win big if we crash out without a deal.<br />And the whole being forced out after a great many people have changed their mind (from both perspectives) about what direction we should now take.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11873143723948386585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143440998478479157.post-11893028627462672012019-10-01T18:46:18.355-07:002019-10-01T18:46:18.355-07:00I hate politics, especially on a science fiction b...I hate politics, especially on a science fiction blog. I tell myself I am not replying to that... Then my fingers just start typing as if possessed by a mind of their own. I am like "Stop! STOP! What are you doing?!?" but it's too late the damage is done...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143440998478479157.post-87747414920508433902019-10-01T18:42:21.719-07:002019-10-01T18:42:21.719-07:00Democracy is no longer effective?!? Perhaps, but a...Democracy is no longer effective?!? Perhaps, but all the alterantives are worse!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143440998478479157.post-84775973790118759332019-08-13T00:45:32.363-07:002019-08-13T00:45:32.363-07:00I had to look up "gammon-faced."I had to look up "gammon-faced."Chaonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09716593360671034412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143440998478479157.post-31626889140613142612019-07-30T10:02:16.323-07:002019-07-30T10:02:16.323-07:00I felt the same about Rory Stewart. I feel that, j...I felt the same about Rory Stewart. I feel that, just when we think we've hit rock bottom and are wading through the sludgy mire (think: the bottom of the trash compactor scene in A New Hope) - someone rips out the plug and the UK is sucked down into another level of Hell. It is depressing.Leoniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01954602356657996000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143440998478479157.post-50346756330250117862019-07-25T08:25:32.458-07:002019-07-25T08:25:32.458-07:00You might as well try banning members of House Syl...You might as well try banning members of House Sylveste from the Glitter Band!Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05335101312927537741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143440998478479157.post-1531597790900021862019-07-24T11:40:39.236-07:002019-07-24T11:40:39.236-07:00Indeed; it seems that UK is following USAnian lead...Indeed; it seems that UK is following USAnian lead more and more by rejecting actually qualified candidates in favour of demagogues and blowhards. I too was a fan of Stewart (insofar as I could be one *without* being a Tory...) and regretted seeing him lose out to other manifestly less qualified people.Jorgon Gorgonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17961096650184788709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143440998478479157.post-54934448937109551312019-07-24T05:15:43.991-07:002019-07-24T05:15:43.991-07:00Democracy is no longer effective, in my opinion. I...Democracy is no longer effective, in my opinion. It can be invested in and manipulated by the highest bidders. Cambridge Analytica (still existing under the new name of "Emerdata Ltd") has shown to all of us how easy it is to influence and manipulate entire societies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143440998478479157.post-14332075485323098102019-07-23T15:49:06.121-07:002019-07-23T15:49:06.121-07:00The privately educated only took an interest in th...The privately educated only took an interest in the fate of England whenever the EU announced new strict tax avoidance laws.dripfeedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11973303718852295892noreply@blogger.com