Comments on: Well done chaps! http://timworstall.com/2008/09/26/well-done-chaps/ 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: Ray Poynter http://timworstall.com/2008/09/26/well-done-chaps/comment-page-1/#comment-22346 Ray Poynter Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:44:08 +0000 http://timworstall.com/?p=4346#comment-22346 Dear AMB, I am shocked that you would doubt our veracity! Best regards Ray (Admin, Researcher, Director, Virtual Surveys - the company running the mylifemyid research project) Dear AMB, I am shocked that you would doubt our veracity!
Best regards
Ray (Admin, Researcher, Director, Virtual Surveys – the company running the mylifemyid research project)

]]> By: ukliberty http://timworstall.com/2008/09/26/well-done-chaps/comment-page-1/#comment-22224 ukliberty Sat, 27 Sep 2008 11:19:57 +0000 http://timworstall.com/?p=4346#comment-22224 <blockquote>If you are going to take away the words ‘lying’, ‘liar’ etc then what is the preferred terminology that we should use in its place when we believe that someone is deliberately misrepresenting the truth?</blockquote>Hmm.... perhaps suggest they are guilty of 'terminological inexactitude' or of being 'economical with the truth'?

If you are going to take away the words ‘lying’, ‘liar’ etc then what is the preferred terminology that we should use in its place when we believe that someone is deliberately misrepresenting the truth?

Hmm…. perhaps suggest they are guilty of ‘terminological inexactitude’ or of being ‘economical with the truth’?

]]> By: BenSix http://timworstall.com/2008/09/26/well-done-chaps/comment-page-1/#comment-22211 BenSix Fri, 26 Sep 2008 22:41:10 +0000 http://timworstall.com/?p=4346#comment-22211 <i>"They claim the report will be publicly viewable, so keep an eye out for that. Might just be another lie."</i> Well, they're pushing the ID Cards through anyway, so the report is really a waste of tree. Nonetheless, I predict that the conclusions will be 'interesting'. <i>"If the word ‘dude’ is still being used by the youth of today, there is every reason to be pessimistic about our future."</i> Chill out, man. “They claim the report will be publicly viewable, so keep an eye out for that. Might just be another lie.”

Well, they’re pushing the ID Cards through anyway, so the report is really a waste of tree. Nonetheless, I predict that the conclusions will be ‘interesting’.

“If the word ‘dude’ is still being used by the youth of today, there is every reason to be pessimistic about our future.”

Chill out, man.

]]> By: *Snicker* « Back Towards The Locus http://timworstall.com/2008/09/26/well-done-chaps/comment-page-1/#comment-22210 *Snicker* « Back Towards The Locus Fri, 26 Sep 2008 22:34:48 +0000 http://timworstall.com/?p=4346#comment-22210 [...] tip of the hat to Tim Worstall… Posted in British Politics [...] [...] tip of the hat to Tim Worstall… Posted in British Politics [...]

]]> By: AMB http://timworstall.com/2008/09/26/well-done-chaps/comment-page-1/#comment-22196 AMB Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:43:22 +0000 http://timworstall.com/?p=4346#comment-22196 You're a bit late on this one. I think the forum closes on 8th Oct for them to write the report. They claim the report will be publicly viewable, so keep an eye out for that. Might just be another lie. You’re a bit late on this one. I think the forum closes on 8th Oct for them to write the report. They claim the report will be publicly viewable, so keep an eye out for that. Might just be another lie.

]]> By: Obnoxio The Clown http://timworstall.com/2008/09/26/well-done-chaps/comment-page-1/#comment-22195 Obnoxio The Clown Fri, 26 Sep 2008 12:32:39 +0000 http://timworstall.com/?p=4346#comment-22195 I rushed over there to make sure that the opposition to ID cards was thoroughly documented. I needn't have bothered. The admins on the board relentlessly try to keep the sunny side up and a positive spin on things, but "da yoof" aren't having any of it, thanks! Gives one hope for the future, really. I rushed over there to make sure that the opposition to ID cards was thoroughly documented.

I needn’t have bothered. The admins on the board relentlessly try to keep the sunny side up and a positive spin on things, but “da yoof” aren’t having any of it, thanks!

Gives one hope for the future, really.

]]> By: Stephen http://timworstall.com/2008/09/26/well-done-chaps/comment-page-1/#comment-22194 Stephen Fri, 26 Sep 2008 12:23:59 +0000 http://timworstall.com/?p=4346#comment-22194 I liked this response to a posting from an "administrator": Quote: Please be advised that we are enforcing a degree of civility on the debate, and would ask that you avoid terms such as lying. Ooh the delicious ironing... The idea behind Orwell's 'newspeak' was that removing certain negative words from the language would prevent people from having negative or subversive thoughts. If you are going to take away the words 'lying', 'liar' etc then what is the preferred terminology that we should use in its place when we believe that someone is deliberately misrepresenting the truth? Or do you intend to purge this concept from our thoughts by removing from our vocabulary the words we use to describe it? I liked this response to a posting from an “administrator”:

Quote:
Please be advised that we are enforcing a degree of civility on the debate, and would ask that you avoid terms such as lying.

Ooh the delicious ironing…

The idea behind Orwell’s ‘newspeak’ was that removing certain negative words from the language would prevent people from having negative or subversive thoughts. If you are going to take away the words ‘lying’, ‘liar’ etc then what is the preferred terminology that we should use in its place when we believe that someone is deliberately misrepresenting the truth?

Or do you intend to purge this concept from our thoughts by removing from our vocabulary the words we use to describe it?

]]> By: mark http://timworstall.com/2008/09/26/well-done-chaps/comment-page-1/#comment-22192 mark Fri, 26 Sep 2008 12:10:33 +0000 http://timworstall.com/?p=4346#comment-22192 I tried to join but the website is totally fucked. (can I say that here?) It didn't send me a confirmatory email (admittedly I'm a 35yr old anaesthetist in Australia but I lived in London for 6 months once and in any case I lied about all the demographics). Then the website keeps resolving to the wrong index page which I'm "not authorized to view". Also the whole website is total shit. I once owned a similar-looking one myself as a placeholder for a week but the thought of actually presenting such amateur-hour stuff to the public is just embarrassing. I must say I previously thought this was like some Nazi plot but clearly the Home Office are just idiots. I tried to join but the website is totally fucked. (can I say that here?) It didn’t send me a confirmatory email (admittedly I’m a 35yr old anaesthetist in Australia but I lived in London for 6 months once and in any case I lied about all the demographics).

Then the website keeps resolving to the wrong index page which I’m “not authorized to view”. Also the whole website is total shit. I once owned a similar-looking one myself as a placeholder for a week but the thought of actually presenting such amateur-hour stuff to the public is just embarrassing. I must say I previously thought this was like some Nazi plot but clearly the Home Office are just idiots.

]]> By: Philip Thomas http://timworstall.com/2008/09/26/well-done-chaps/comment-page-1/#comment-22188 Philip Thomas Fri, 26 Sep 2008 10:46:58 +0000 http://timworstall.com/?p=4346#comment-22188 Actually, I use the word dude in conversation. I have no idea why, I just like it. I think the appeal might be ironic. It probably makes me look like an idiot but there's enough evidence for that regardless. These youngsters seem smart and articulate. I am certain that there are a few that put responses such as: "Fail!" " ID cards are pwned!" "Gay" Which I would find hilarious within the context of a government website. Actually, I use the word dude in conversation. I have no idea why, I just like it. I think the appeal might be ironic. It probably makes me look like an idiot but there’s enough evidence for that regardless.

These youngsters seem smart and articulate. I am certain that there are a few that put responses such as:

“Fail!”
” ID cards are pwned!”
“Gay”

Which I would find hilarious within the context of a government website.

]]> By: dearieme http://timworstall.com/2008/09/26/well-done-chaps/comment-page-1/#comment-22187 dearieme Fri, 26 Sep 2008 10:45:35 +0000 http://timworstall.com/?p=4346#comment-22187 "disingenuous "? Very yoof. “disingenuous “? Very yoof.

]]> By: Genette http://timworstall.com/2008/09/26/well-done-chaps/comment-page-1/#comment-22185 Genette Fri, 26 Sep 2008 09:33:09 +0000 http://timworstall.com/?p=4346#comment-22185 LFAT, you didn't read it very carefully, did you? ;-) Gx LFAT, you didn’t read it very carefully, did you?

;-)

Gx

]]> By: anonymouse http://timworstall.com/2008/09/26/well-done-chaps/comment-page-1/#comment-22184 anonymouse Fri, 26 Sep 2008 09:25:29 +0000 http://timworstall.com/?p=4346#comment-22184 I'll think you'll find that it was the government's yoof officer that was using the word 'dude'. It's only old farts like me that still use it in all seriousness, dude. Very heartening stuff, though. Well done to all. I’ll think you’ll find that it was the government’s yoof officer that was using the word ‘dude’.

It’s only old farts like me that still use it in all seriousness, dude.

Very heartening stuff, though. Well done to all.

]]> By: Letters From A Tory http://timworstall.com/2008/09/26/well-done-chaps/comment-page-1/#comment-22181 Letters From A Tory Fri, 26 Sep 2008 08:56:22 +0000 http://timworstall.com/?p=4346#comment-22181 If the word 'dude' is still being used by the youth of today, there is every reason to be pessimistic about our future. http://lettersfromatory.wordpress.com If the word ‘dude’ is still being used by the youth of today, there is every reason to be pessimistic about our future.

http://lettersfromatory.wordpress.com

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