tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post1414305841440993123..comments2024-03-28T19:27:59.772+00:00Comments on A K Haart: Archbishop on elderly stereotypesA K Haarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-29548623373873188612012-12-16T19:05:56.685+00:002012-12-16T19:05:56.685+00:00James - (:James - (:A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-30939624540095291012012-12-16T18:50:15.909+00:002012-12-16T18:50:15.909+00:00I find ideas such as the Archbishop's difficul...I find ideas such as the Archbishop's difficult to assess. There is a huge temptation to class them as typical of Guardian-reading pillocks - but that's a stereotype too.<br /><br />With much to recommend it.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-64453528318739101562012-12-16T16:07:55.288+00:002012-12-16T16:07:55.288+00:00Demetrius - I wonder how many of us play up to a s...Demetrius - I wonder how many of us play up to a stereotype? Quite a few, at least to some degree.<br /><br />One of our number also remembers travelling along the Monsal Trail to Manchester. The tunnels are open now, which makes it a good walk. A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-45992345936044916672012-12-16T16:04:35.208+00:002012-12-16T16:04:35.208+00:00Nigel - "Stereotyping is part of the mechanis...Nigel - "Stereotyping is part of the mechanism by which the socialist (and communist) state governs."<br /><br />Yes, and oddly enough they use it but decry it at the same time.<br /><br />Roger - I think Dick has found the only way to be independent and die in his own bed. A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-12515453415595708222012-12-16T15:59:37.320+00:002012-12-16T15:59:37.320+00:00There are times I rather like playing up to the st...There are times I rather like playing up to the stereotype and then to go out of it in a way that winds people up. All part the days lack of work. I remember the Monsal Trail very well, albeit in a carriage with either a Jubilee or a Black Five on the front of the train heading for Manchester Central.Demetriushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17198549581667363991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-61202525993080688182012-12-16T11:18:20.139+00:002012-12-16T11:18:20.139+00:00An irrelevant man who has spoken against injustice...An irrelevant man who has spoken against injustice - but feebly.<br /><br />Anyway, yesterday I had a chat with local vagrant 'Dick', an elderly man who lives in a tent hidden in a local wood or sometimes in a disused churchyard. Not seen him for a while. He is well known around town and often supported by shop staff, policepersons & passers by. At one time his tent had a TV and a generator - but the council cleared all that away - and the staff raised funds for a new tent and Dick carries on. Dick is <br />well-read and an interesting man to talk to, a bit of a character with an interesting slant on <br />philosophy -" I stink therefore I am".<br /><br />No doubt one day Dick will be found dead in his tent, but somehow I think he would prefer it that way - one of the last independents.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-60307470385306966962012-12-16T09:22:53.671+00:002012-12-16T09:22:53.671+00:00Stereotyping is part of the mechanism by which the...Stereotyping is part of the mechanism by which the socialist (and communist) state governs. There are not enough governors to deal with all the individuals, so they must muddle through somehow.<br /><br />And Williams as archbishop was nothing if not a socialist/communist.<br /><br />Maybe (now he is becoming just an individual person) he realises there is more to life and society than being governed. But I need much more evidence before believing in his personal revelation and conversion.<br /><br />Best regardsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com