tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post3940664869634823211..comments2024-03-28T14:29:18.183+00:00Comments on A K Haart: WitchesA K Haarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-49459367163607116002014-06-17T21:06:11.129+01:002014-06-17T21:06:11.129+01:00Sam - I must read Viy. I've read quite a bit o...Sam - I must read Viy. I've read quite a bit of Gogol's work, but not that.<br /><br />I read your link which is good, although much as I dislike Blair, I do wonder how much hindsight is clouding this debate.<br /><br />James - I'd swim with the prevailing current and get clean away.A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-74608896459827333022014-06-17T17:07:43.183+01:002014-06-17T17:07:43.183+01:00AKH - if they threw you in the river, would you fl...AKH - if they threw you in the river, would you float? :)James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-21746387843584620202014-06-16T21:57:23.770+01:002014-06-16T21:57:23.770+01:00Gogol's Viy is a superb witch story - European...Gogol's <i>Viy</i> is a superb witch story - Europeans and Russians do witches better than we do. There is in English witches too much of the medically and socially explicable to be really frightening. Maybe they are just too familiar (if you'll pardon the pun).<br /><br />And speaking thusly, is your question just an elaborate pun on "The Blair Witch Project"? Many would of course choose Thatcher, but there was nothing metaphysically nasty about her. Providing witches worked hard and paid their way, she wouldn't have cared. And Cameron, being naught but a pale imitation, would have only burnt a few if he thought his ratings would have increased thereby. To their credit, I can't imagine Callaghan, Major, or even Wilson burning any. Or even Heath, despite his creepiness.<br />I've just read this:<br /> http://alexanderboot.com/content/modern-politics-breeds-psychopaths-tony-blair so my choice is obvious.<br /><br />Excellent question, by the way.Sam Vegahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05978971199859845931noreply@blogger.com