Tim Worstall posted three blogs on me in an afternoon – nice of him – but all utterly unintelligible playing solely to his thuggish following
This is the reality of the Right – challenge the Daily Mail and you get threatened – by the right wing thuggery.
You and I folks, we’re thugs. So sayeth the Oracle.
As to why I go on about him he does, sadly, have some influence and exposing his near lunacy is a way of attempting to reduce that influence. As PG Wodehouse made clear with Roderick Spode the English way to deal with fanatics is to mock them.
11 responses so far ↓
1 Georges // Jul 25, 2009 at 10:30 am
Murphy does not seem to understand that it is not the “power of his ideals” which is the big draw to the TR-UK website. It is the lamp-post scratching entertainment value of his “ideals” which sustains TR-UK readership.
2 David Gillies // Jul 25, 2009 at 10:43 am
To equal the intellectual content of one of Murphy’s utterances I have a simple strategy: 1) eat a highly fibrous meal 2) take 4 tbsp of Milk of Magnesia 3) take the next day off.
3 Kay Tie // Jul 25, 2009 at 11:18 am
I disagree about mocking Ritchie. I think he’s like child pornography: he provides confirmation to other hateful people that their views are shared by others and are therefore “normal”.
4 Ross // Jul 25, 2009 at 11:19 am
If he calls us thuggish again then I say we break his legs to teach some respect!
5 diogenes1960 // Jul 25, 2009 at 11:39 am
Murphy is becoming more oracular every day….take this sentence:
Rationality is imposed justificiation for action, not the cource of it
and try to detect any meaning whatsoever in it.
6 Pamela // Jul 25, 2009 at 11:44 am
Well, Mr. Murphy, I’ll have you know I stopped being a thug long ago.
It played havoc with my manicure.
7 Pat // Jul 25, 2009 at 11:47 am
Remind me to bring a silk scarf and a silver rupee should I ever meet him.
8 CountingCats // Jul 25, 2009 at 12:12 pm
Pat,
Subtle.
9 Ross // Jul 25, 2009 at 1:00 pm
Do you mind if I submit a ‘Ritchie’ quote:
“Paul is right: libertariansim is a threat
There’s no chance it can have electoral traction – but it drives the Daily Mail and Taxpayer’s Alliance and that’s poisonous enough. It is a cancer undermining society and we need to challenge it.”
The Daily Mail is libertarian?!
10 David Gillies // Jul 25, 2009 at 1:12 pm
I am getting “Worstall’s Boot Boys” tattooed round my neck tomorrow. Murphy beware!
11 Derek Buxton // Jul 25, 2009 at 3:19 pm
God, newspapers actually employ people like him,….. I’m shocked, shocked I tellyou.
Derek
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