[Gllug] Stop the War march this Saturday 22nd

[Dermot Moynihan]

At 12:35 17/03/03, you wrote:

>Dermot Moynihan writes:
>
> >Sorry to be so blatantly off topic but somethings are a little more
> >important than rules.
>
>I disagree. Everyone has their own ideas about what's crucially important
>and what's not,

Well now, I might have even thought you had a valid point if only you kept 
yourself to the same high standards you wish to hold the members of the 
list to:

I'm reminded of your very active part in that extremely long, and, oh so 
important, discussion on grammar.

a taste:

"When I was at school (in the '80s), English was split exactly 50/50
between language and literature. Both were compulsory, and while I
wouldn't say there was a strong emphasis on grammar and spelling,
we certainly had all the rules explained to us, and were marked down
for grammatical and spelling errors."

And then there's your comments on the necessity of this war:

in response to:
 >am i the only person on this list that think that war is about the
 >only solution there is to this problem?

you replied:
"No, you're not. War is unpleasant, but history has shown that force
is the *only* way to resolve disputes where negotiations have failed.
Violence should always be a last resort, but sometimes all the other
options have failed and it's the only thing left..."

Such remarks might lead one to think that you have rather a vested interest 
in not seeing an anti-war march advertised.

>  and if we all cluttered the list with our own little pet
>peeves,

You mean like you are willing to do?
Your double standards are quite extraordinary.

If I was willing to pursue this further I wonder how far I'd have to check 
to see you holding forth on the benefits of FREEDOM and the dangers of 
CENSORSHIP. You surely haven't been commenting on such, now have you ;)

I find that people who often hold forth on the merits of such things often 
are extremely tyrannical viz. Blair on *liberating* the Iraqis and on 
supplying *democracy* to oppressed peoples. No comments of course on how we 
supplied the means to oppress them in the first place.


Rgds
Dermot.


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