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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 kiss_me_quick who had clearly drunk all the booze in the entire world before she even arrived.
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?
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 kiss_me_quick who had clearly drunk all the booze in the entire world before she even arrived.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?
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Date: 2006-02-24 11:46 am (UTC)The march is being organised by relative unknowns, as far as I can tell. http://freebornjohn.blogspot.com/ is the blog of one of the organisers. There might be stuff on there you disagree with, but that's precisely the point - disagreement without threats of violence is what the march is about.
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Date: 2006-02-24 11:48 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-02-24 12:30 pm (UTC)He sort of did, I thought.
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Date: 2006-02-24 12:32 pm (UTC)trot is a catch-all term for anyone who goes on these kind of marches, obv ;)
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Date: 2006-02-24 12:41 pm (UTC)Admittely the AWL might support that demo, I don't know their position, but they don't have enough people to take over a demo even if all their members turn up. Ditto the Socialist Equality Party (but less likely even to support it). Living Marxism might support it too, but they're Libertarians nowadays. We know Socialist Action are on the side of censorship, as are the Workers Revolutionary Party and the Socialist Party (after some equivocation).
Have I missed anyone?
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Date: 2006-02-24 12:47 pm (UTC)Socialist Equality Party, wow never heard of them, SPLITTERS though obv.
people's front of judea?
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Date: 2006-02-24 12:48 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-02-24 12:53 pm (UTC)they are left-wing = they are trots in my book, even if they're actually tankies ;)
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Date: 2006-02-24 12:37 pm (UTC)350 people and a two minute slot on the news, providing nothing interesting happens in sport that day, i'd guess...
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Date: 2006-02-24 12:39 pm (UTC)Re: providing nothing interesting happens in sport that day
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