tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post8095662802324838918..comments2023-12-23T09:28:20.869+00:00Comments on The View from Cullingworth: Those "veteran activists" are annoying and just possibly making the problems worse.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post-70647864557880733022010-06-01T20:32:29.765+01:002010-06-01T20:32:29.765+01:00I share a lot of your objections, it's all too...I share a lot of your objections, it's all too easy to jump on whatever cause grabs one's fancy and take to the streets, but what does it actually achieve?NoetiCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05403234052383312082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post-62234672382921779412010-06-01T20:26:37.036+01:002010-06-01T20:26:37.036+01:00Great post. I find people are just too biasGreat post. I find people are just too biasdazmandohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14859994295771083457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post-10521160808137266402010-06-01T20:21:07.781+01:002010-06-01T20:21:07.781+01:00Only partly a fair cop there Billy! Much of what y...Only partly a fair cop there Billy! Much of what you say is true but I try (and on occasion fail) to admit to the possibility of error.<br /><br />The debt quote - like the climate change point - is to illustrate contrariness. We have to ask about - and recognise - the possibility that we are either right with a downside or actually wrong!<br /><br />The point about being a conservative is the certainty of uncertainty - I have as much of a problem with those of the right who adopt the same approach as my veteran activists!Simon Cookehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12586896340482296341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post-61497814405920420432010-06-01T20:05:02.279+01:002010-06-01T20:05:02.279+01:00"Just stop condemning those who don’t agree w..."Just stop condemning those who don’t agree with you, cut out the unnecessary insults and rudeness..." A piece of advice I'm sure you'll be giving to Mr Puddledick!<br /><br />Of course we should all be starting only from facts, and looking at everything dispassionately. There are some serious difficulties in the way, though. Finding facts untainted by ideological baggage is almost impossible on any issue of major import, for starters. And posing the questions in a balanced way is difficult, too. A test I suspect you failed when you mused on "how exactly letting countries off debts is going to make them behave better in the future." No pre-existing perspectives there!<br /><br />I have no problem with your aspiration, but am I being harsh if I say I detect just a scintilla of hypocrisy? You are an unashamed partisan. I respect that, but those "veteran activists" are doing nothing that you don't do, nor anything I don't do.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com