Comments on: Black Dog http://timworstall.com/2008/08/31/black-dog/ It is all obvious or trivial except... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 03:11:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Gawain http://timworstall.com/2008/08/31/black-dog/comment-page-1/#comment-21277 Gawain Tue, 02 Sep 2008 08:21:07 +0000 http://timworstall.com/?p=3880#comment-21277 UKIP's marriage policy is a force for conversion... one foriegner at a time. So that is where I went wrong. If only I had married abroad I would be higher up the list. UKIP’s marriage policy is a force for conversion… one foriegner at a time.
So that is where I went wrong. If only I had married abroad I would be higher up the list.

]]> By: gene berman http://timworstall.com/2008/08/31/black-dog/comment-page-1/#comment-21264 gene berman Mon, 01 Sep 2008 11:42:27 +0000 http://timworstall.com/?p=3880#comment-21264 I don't know a damn thing about organizations calling themselves "secular humanists," As a matter of fact, I'd use such a term self-descriptively, though I belong to no such organization or movement. What (I think) most have in mind in using such a term (secular humanism) is its conflation with something overlapping but substantially different: militant secularism. I don’t know a damn thing about organizations calling themselves “secular humanists,” As a matter of fact, I’d use such a term self-descriptively, though I belong to no such organization or movement.

What (I think) most have in mind in using such a term (secular humanism) is its conflation with something overlapping but substantially different: militant secularism.

]]> By: diogenes1960 http://timworstall.com/2008/08/31/black-dog/comment-page-1/#comment-21235 diogenes1960 Sun, 31 Aug 2008 13:36:07 +0000 http://timworstall.com/?p=3880#comment-21235 I don't really see the connection between having a German wife and being chauvinistic. By definition, UKIP is chauvinistic. For God's sake it even flaunts its chauvinism in the title it has given itself! Being an extreme lover of one's country does not preclude you from wanting to marry someone from elsewhere. In fact, it probably acts as an inducement so that benighted foreigners can get to learn how special your own wonderful country is. I don’t really see the connection between having a German wife and being chauvinistic. By definition, UKIP is chauvinistic. For God’s sake it even flaunts its chauvinism in the title it has given itself! Being an extreme lover of one’s country does not preclude you from wanting to marry someone from elsewhere. In fact, it probably acts as an inducement so that benighted foreigners can get to learn how special your own wonderful country is.

]]> By: Tim Worstall http://timworstall.com/2008/08/31/black-dog/comment-page-1/#comment-21228 Tim Worstall Sun, 31 Aug 2008 12:33:15 +0000 http://timworstall.com/?p=3880#comment-21228 It has indeed been deleted....although not by me I add. It has indeed been deleted….although not by me I add.

]]> By: john b http://timworstall.com/2008/08/31/black-dog/comment-page-1/#comment-21225 john b Sun, 31 Aug 2008 12:14:14 +0000 http://timworstall.com/?p=3880#comment-21225 They don't <a href="http://www.conference.westbournemouthukip.com/sponsors/friends.htm" rel="nofollow">seem to be listed</a> - or is that a stealth deletion? Certainly, it doesn't seem massively appropriate for an organisation dedicated solely to secular humanism to support a minor political party with a platform that - although by no means opposed to secular humanism - a lot of secular humanists will disagree with... They don’t seem to be listed – or is that a stealth deletion?

Certainly, it doesn’t seem massively appropriate for an organisation dedicated solely to secular humanism to support a minor political party with a platform that – although by no means opposed to secular humanism – a lot of secular humanists will disagree with…

]]> By: Vindico http://timworstall.com/2008/08/31/black-dog/comment-page-1/#comment-21220 Vindico Sun, 31 Aug 2008 11:09:25 +0000 http://timworstall.com/?p=3880#comment-21220 Does this mean I can call myself an investigative journalist, with a story published in a major national newspaper? Does this mean I can call myself an investigative journalist, with a story published in a major national newspaper?

]]> By: JuliaM http://timworstall.com/2008/08/31/black-dog/comment-page-1/#comment-21219 JuliaM Sun, 31 Aug 2008 11:04:14 +0000 http://timworstall.com/?p=3880#comment-21219 You think they don't do that <i>while</i> they're in the pub...? You think they don’t do that while they’re in the pub…?

]]> By: Mr Eugenides http://timworstall.com/2008/08/31/black-dog/comment-page-1/#comment-21214 Mr Eugenides Sun, 31 Aug 2008 10:01:51 +0000 http://timworstall.com/?p=3880#comment-21214 People get paid for this shit, too. Oh, to be a diarist on a newspaper! Cut'n'paste a few stories from the blogwires, and then to the pub. People get paid for this shit, too.

Oh, to be a diarist on a newspaper! Cut’n'paste a few stories from the blogwires, and then to the pub.

]]> By: Surreptitious Evil http://timworstall.com/2008/08/31/black-dog/comment-page-1/#comment-21212 Surreptitious Evil Sun, 31 Aug 2008 09:44:00 +0000 http://timworstall.com/?p=3880#comment-21212 Heh, imagine what good copy UKIP will get once they have a full-time Press Officer! Heh, imagine what good copy UKIP will get once they have a full-time Press Officer!

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