tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post6579431584871149031..comments2024-03-28T19:38:09.001+00:00Comments on SCOT goes POP!: The Tory bully-boys win again : after brief outbreak of common sense, Scotland rejoins the Holocaust as one of only two banned topics on Political BettingJames Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01516007141763230886noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-40264560669916989952012-02-21T12:38:21.469+00:002012-02-21T12:38:21.469+00:00@David Farrer
Just read the comment a couple afte...@David Farrer<br /><br />Just read the comment a couple after yours<br /><br />As an Ashkenazi Jew working in IT, but with a couple of published books and decent numeracy, I can't help think that the comment is a piece of racist shite<br /><br />Is that typical?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-75468619607681258072012-02-21T06:46:09.706+00:002012-02-21T06:46:09.706+00:00Thanks for that, David - I saw your very thoughtfu...Thanks for that, David - I saw your very thoughtful contribution last night.<br /><br />Marcia : If Murdoch really has come round to the idea of independence, that could make a big difference.James Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01516007141763230886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-12659118252900959762012-02-20T23:12:22.766+00:002012-02-20T23:12:22.766+00:00The twitter announcement from Rupert Murdoch has c...The twitter announcement from Rupert Murdoch has certainly got them talking about Scotland again. <br /><br />That is the cat amonst the pidgeons.Marcianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-30470168238231831872012-02-20T18:38:09.403+00:002012-02-20T18:38:09.403+00:00James,
I've just posted this over on PB.James,<br /><br />I've just posted <a href="http://www7.politicalbetting.com/index.php/archives/2012/02/20/on-the-day-of-the-big-nhs-meeting-the-marf-view/#comment-444173130" rel="nofollow">this</a> over on PB.David Farrerhttp://freedomandwhisky.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-90349974591180837012012-02-20T18:36:22.098+00:002012-02-20T18:36:22.098+00:00Your friend, Shaun T, sounds charming. You must br...Your friend, Shaun T, sounds charming. You must bring him round for a coffee sometime... preferably when I'm out.<br /><br />As for the charmless 'Anon', of the first post: I trust he covered his mouth when interjecting with that incisive, pithy little contribution.<br /><br />I should have a yawning policy if I were you, James. Yawners only take up space; like hairy transexuals, really. Ban 'em, I say!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-81796992529552959202012-02-20T18:27:13.568+00:002012-02-20T18:27:13.568+00:00Sigh. It wouldn't be unreasonable if exactly ...Sigh. It wouldn't be unreasonable if exactly the same rule applied to <b>every other off-topic discussion</b>, such as those on Andrew Lansley and "Ed is crap", which as you know perfectly well "take over threads" just as often (if not more so) than Scotland.<br /><br />What is demonstrably unreasonable is to single out Scotland as the one topic (apart from the Holocaust) that is banned on 70-75% of threads.<br /><br />I do appreciate your constructive tone, though, Charles - it's rare in these discussions.James Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01516007141763230886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-70749607081470569912012-02-20T17:30:32.098+00:002012-02-20T17:30:32.098+00:00So, just to be clear:
There are 3 (or sometime 4)...So, just to be clear:<br /><br />There are 3 (or sometime 4) threads per day. There has been a request to discuss detailed discussion of the "Scottish Question" to one of those: i.e. 25-30% of the time.<br /><br />That doesn't seem unreasonable, given that there are a bunch of other important issues (the EU, the NHS, the US, general polls, etc) that are also interesting to discuss.<br /><br />This doesn't seem to be an unreasonable compromise to me: For good or ill, when discussed, Scotland does tend to take over the threads (in the way that some of the other O/T posts such as F1 don't)<br /><br />Don't take it so hard ;-)<br /><br />CharlesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-27604551171190697522012-02-20T16:41:53.151+00:002012-02-20T16:41:53.151+00:00I take it you're the same courageously anonymo...I take it you're the same courageously anonymous member of the Tory Herd we had on the other thread? <br /><br />Just checking.James Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01516007141763230886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-56494738209112691722012-02-20T16:29:25.801+00:002012-02-20T16:29:25.801+00:00yawn.yawn.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com