tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post4930056546554655030..comments2023-12-23T09:28:20.869+00:00Comments on The View from Cullingworth: So will social media make us more tolerant (at least in public)?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post-82417464270429209642010-11-21T07:13:58.990+00:002010-11-21T07:13:58.990+00:00"...but what about those who go on to be cabi...<i>"...but what about those who go on to be cabinet ministers, <b>bishops</b> or diplomats?"</i><br /><br />Oh, the bishops at least are getting ahead of themselves in the <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1331626/Prince-William-Kate-Middleton-I-seven-years-says-bishop-Fury-leading-churchmans-slur-Royal-couple.html" rel="nofollow">'embarrassing myself on Facebook'</a> stakes... ;)JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post-78549919338588309232010-11-20T09:20:46.182+00:002010-11-20T09:20:46.182+00:00Was it *ever* OK to dress up as Koba/Friendly Uncl...Was it *ever* OK to dress up as Koba/Friendly Uncle Joe? I'm not sure it was...<br /><br />The issue is whether or not it's unreasonable to use pars pro toto reasoning judge those whom we have elected to make judgements on our behalf. <br /><br />Our current democratic structures encourage this by suggesting some people do this better than others, and so should be able to do this on behalf of others.<br /><br />If we got rid of this representative democracy nonsense (where as a consequence of their higher decision making powers, we tend to want to hold people to higher account) then we might not be so angry when we discover they are no better than the rest if us.Jon Beechnoreply@blogger.com