Posts by Jan Farr
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OnPoint: Pay Attention, in reply to
I am not sure that was a generalization. It is a very specific comment about a guy whose blog reads as if it could have been written by Clayton Weatherston’s somewhat smarter brother.
Oh Richard, were you serious? I took it as irony.
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OnPoint: Pay Attention, in reply to
I am about to cancel both my PayPal and Amazon accounts just to spite myself!
And Visa?
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OnPoint: Pay Attention, in reply to
“Flustercluck” – should be word of the year
You get my vote!
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OnPoint: Pay Attention, in reply to
it's almost certain that he will be rendered to the Americans, and he won't see the light of day for many years as their legal juggling, by deferring a trial, will keep him imprisoned, with all the horrors that will be for him.
So much for civilisation in the 'civilized' world.
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Hard News: Popular Paranoiac Politics, in reply to
Trouble is, vicious bastards can be quite vicious and bastardly about their “right” to continue to be such.
Have noticed!
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Hard News: Popular Paranoiac Politics, in reply to
But too often the antiPC campaign is being used as a cloak for justifying bigoted remarks and hateful attitudes.
I've always thought that being PC was just another couple of words for not being a vicious bastard.
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Hard News: Popular Paranoiac Politics, in reply to
I usually just go with “Atheist. Go away now.”
Communist works quite well, too.
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Hard News: Popular Paranoiac Politics, in reply to
a bit superficial.
and that's an understatement.
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Hard News: Popular Paranoiac Politics, in reply to
No windows! And the air con wasn’t working so I couldn’t locate the vents. Also the elevator required a swipe card, and we were on the 12th floor.
And she was bigger than you, eh?
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Actually journalists didn't feature (according to Wikipedia)
They came first for the Communists,
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist.Then they came for the trade unionists,
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist.Then they came for the Jews,
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew.Then they came for me
and by that time no one was left to speak up.