alexsarll: (bernard)
Alex ([personal profile] alexsarll) wrote2006-02-24 11:03 am

Nobody gets out.

Pubbing to mark a rare London appearance by [livejournal.com profile] rentaghost31, I find myself once more randomly in the same pub as Seeing Scarlet, who are clearly my Pub Stalkers. A fun evening, with a special mention for [livejournal.com profile] kiss_me_quick who had clearly drunk all the booze in the entire world before she even arrived.

[livejournal.com profile] publicansdecoy directed my attention to this petition in support of free speech, inspired by the c*rt**n row. I've signed it, of course, though I doubt it'll do the least bit of good - none of the good guys are making credible threats of violence, after all. And thinking about all the petitions I've signed over the years, I can't remember a single one which has succeeded. Tuition fees, the Arthur Simpson Library, ID cards, Routemasters, Gillespie Road, opposition to various Midlands building projects...lost causes, every one.

The man who raped his drunk underage stepdaughter while she was dying almost sounds like a hypothetical, doesn't it? An example constructed such that even Mail readers would be obliged to admit that, regardless of whether she was wearing a short skirt, his behaviour was definitely wrong. Alas, it was not. The human race there, marvellous.*

A new ad at Victoria claims that 98% of Londoners who move to Milton Keynes prefer it. Well, that's as maybe, but they moved to Milton Keynes, and as such their opinions are of no interest to me. Although that said, I shall myself be deserting the Smoke for the weekend, so do take care of it, won't you?

*This being the internet, it can pay to make sure - that last sentence was uttered with bitter, leaden irony, OK?

[identity profile] angelv.livejournal.com 2006-02-24 11:17 am (UTC)(link)
You're never happy unless you're carpet bombing proles, Sarll.

[identity profile] barrysarll.livejournal.com 2006-02-24 11:19 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, I think I'd be happy in a world where there were no proles left to bomb, you know.

[identity profile] perfectlyvague.livejournal.com 2006-02-24 11:47 am (UTC)(link)
Yes but a new underclass would sink down and take their place.

[identity profile] barrysarll.livejournal.com 2006-02-24 11:50 am (UTC)(link)
Pessimist!