Comments on: As Always http://timworstall.com/2008/12/15/as-always/ 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: Monty http://timworstall.com/2008/12/15/as-always/comment-page-1/#comment-24854 Monty Tue, 16 Dec 2008 22:23:46 +0000 http://timworstall.com/?p=5309#comment-24854 Every time one of these stories hits the papers, we get the same routine. 1. Harmless member of the public is threatened to stop doing something legal, by some official, from some council or quango. 2. Victim complains to a journalist and it gets published. 3. Management disown the activities of their own official. Claim it's all a misunderstanding. It's getting a bit too predictable and regular for my liking. What I suspect is that these prodnoses are in the business of intimidating the law abiding, and they only back down when they are called out by the newspapers. For every householder who digs her heels in, there are several more who cave in. This is how they bully us into submission. Every time one of these stories hits the papers, we get the same routine.

1. Harmless member of the public is threatened to stop doing something legal, by some official, from some council or quango.

2. Victim complains to a journalist and it gets published.

3. Management disown the activities of their own official. Claim it’s all a misunderstanding.

It’s getting a bit too predictable and regular for my liking. What I suspect is that these prodnoses are in the business of intimidating the law abiding, and they only back down when they are called out by the newspapers. For every householder who digs her heels in, there are several more who cave in.

This is how they bully us into submission.

]]> By: Ross http://timworstall.com/2008/12/15/as-always/comment-page-1/#comment-24839 Ross Tue, 16 Dec 2008 15:13:50 +0000 http://timworstall.com/?p=5309#comment-24839 <i>"Weren’t Frosty, Glitter and Santa the three wise horsemen who brought gifts of famine, pestilence and war?"</i> Well Glitter certainly lurks around young children giving them presents, he got deported from Vietnam for it. “Weren’t Frosty, Glitter and Santa the three wise horsemen who brought gifts of famine, pestilence and war?”

Well Glitter certainly lurks around young children giving them presents, he got deported from Vietnam for it.

]]> By: Matthew http://timworstall.com/2008/12/15/as-always/comment-page-1/#comment-24826 Matthew Tue, 16 Dec 2008 10:59:09 +0000 http://timworstall.com/?p=5309#comment-24826 I wondered whether this story is really about neighbours being fed up of the constant light (and noise?). The story doesn't actually mention a religious angle after the headline. I wondered whether this story is really about neighbours being fed up of the constant light (and noise?). The story doesn’t actually mention a religious angle after the headline.

]]> By: Kay Tie http://timworstall.com/2008/12/15/as-always/comment-page-1/#comment-24810 Kay Tie Mon, 15 Dec 2008 18:56:05 +0000 http://timworstall.com/?p=5309#comment-24810 "The bizarre thing is her decorations aren’t even Christian, unless snowmen play a part in the nativity that I’d previously overlooked." You sure? Weren't Frosty, Glitter and Santa the three wise horsemen who brought gifts of famine, pestilence and war? “The bizarre thing is her decorations aren’t even Christian, unless snowmen play a part in the nativity that I’d previously overlooked.”

You sure? Weren’t Frosty, Glitter and Santa the three wise horsemen who brought gifts of famine, pestilence and war?

]]> By: Ross http://timworstall.com/2008/12/15/as-always/comment-page-1/#comment-24798 Ross Mon, 15 Dec 2008 15:48:06 +0000 http://timworstall.com/?p=5309#comment-24798 The bizarre thing is her decorations aren't even Christian, unless snowmen play a part in the nativity that I'd previously overlooked. The bizarre thing is her decorations aren’t even Christian, unless snowmen play a part in the nativity that I’d previously overlooked.

]]> By: dearieme http://timworstall.com/2008/12/15/as-always/comment-page-1/#comment-24790 dearieme Mon, 15 Dec 2008 13:08:53 +0000 http://timworstall.com/?p=5309#comment-24790 Either that, or they just hire pathetic duds. Either that, or they just hire pathetic duds.

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