tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post2672459836595780225..comments2024-03-28T19:27:59.772+00:00Comments on A K Haart: But we are not their friendsA K Haarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-21331752410319292012011-11-15T06:24:30.411+00:002011-11-15T06:24:30.411+00:00JH - I think it's the same pattern of relation...JH - I think it's the same pattern of relationships we've had for centuries. A new aristocracy in many ways. Laws are for us, not them.A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-37517492787822929362011-11-14T20:49:51.346+00:002011-11-14T20:49:51.346+00:00I'm with you on this in general terms but then...I'm with you on this in general terms but then there is the next stage - understanding the European families and their utter craziness. This is more than just collusion, this is driven by ideology, which then filters down as PC to us. And they have the money to keep the key figures in thrall. Not only money either.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-56026435903806175912011-11-14T19:23:13.095+00:002011-11-14T19:23:13.095+00:00EK - I agree with you, especially your last line.
...EK - I agree with you, especially your last line.<br /><br />SV - and in the end these people are not another species with superhuman abilities.A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-56786143171013852282011-11-14T18:56:32.949+00:002011-11-14T18:56:32.949+00:00"Things are much more complex than you realis..."Things are much more complex than you realise"<br /><br />I am reminded of a talk by Jim Callaghan when I was at university. He described how he took over from Harold wilson, who suddenly stepped down. There is a time-hallowed meeting with the Cabinet Secretary, who quickly runs through the real big and/or urgent stuff that the new incumbent needs to know. Callaghan said that he was told stuff that made his knees buckle, and he had to hold on to the edge of the cabinet table to keep upright.<br /><br />The higher you go, apparently, the more there is to find out...Sam Vegahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05978971199859845931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-87449683445948342042011-11-14T09:49:54.168+00:002011-11-14T09:49:54.168+00:00This explains a lot.
I'd think the first pres...This explains a lot.<br /><br />I'd think the first pressure exerted over the idealist is the party itself: "Things are much more complex than you realise. Now let us enlighten you with a few inside secrects..."<br /><br />Thus bonding takes place and a taking into the fold - away from the external pressures.<br /><br />What's the answer ?<br /><br />It's all cycles. We've been through a very nice part of that cycle and are reverting to historic norms - it feels like things are falling apart but what we've just been through in terms of democracy is the exception rather than the historic norm.<br /><br />Ordinary people have never had so much say and nor will they for very much longer.Electro-Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18073103431166273080noreply@blogger.com