tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post6844224343410571015..comments2024-01-01T16:01:35.711+00:00Comments on Dick Puddlecote: Managing LivestockDick Puddlecotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01481866882188932892noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-32821150617168116892012-10-23T11:07:15.138+01:002012-10-23T11:07:15.138+01:00Don't get me wrong, Jax. There were panellists...Don't get me wrong, Jax. There were panellists who disagreed with the top-down philospohy on show, it's just that those mentioned above held such astonishing views that it was the most striking aspect of the day. <br /><br /><br />Tom's <a href="http://www.thelastditch.org/2012/10/more-skirmishes-in-the-battle-of-ideas.html" rel="nofollow">observation from Saturday</a> was quite chilling, I thought.<br /><br /><br /><br /><i>"I sat open-mouthed, for example, as a speaker from the audience said to liberal-minded panel member Alex Deane;<strong>>We don't want freedom any more Alex. We want regulation. We want control</strong>I waited for the laughter as I first assumed he was joking. Then I realised he was serious and waited for the jeers. Reaction was there none.</i>Dick_Puddlecotenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-17662246773108922842012-10-23T01:44:49.546+01:002012-10-23T01:44:49.546+01:00Thanks for your kind words my friend. It was good ...Thanks for your kind words my friend. It was good to see you too. Sadly someone ran into Speranza at the traffic lights on the way home. Writing that long account was partly therapy to keep my mind off my irritation at that. His insurance will take care of her and no-one was hurt, so no worries.Tomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-15001358913172671782012-10-23T01:42:44.199+01:002012-10-23T01:42:44.199+01:00God, I'm glad I didn't bother to go! I di...God, I'm glad I didn't bother to go! I did think about it at one point. But it all sounds terribly depressing, and life's really depressing enough without voluntarily going to an event like this to siphon any remaining hope out of one's veins! If this is the standard of "ideas" on offer at the highest levels in this country at the moment, then we aren't doing very well, are we? Weren't any opposing voices invited along? Are opposing voices not welcomed in the World of Ideas these days? And if not, why not? Aren't opposing voices what transform "ideas" into "good ideas?"Jaxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-23033496094985576632012-10-22T20:49:02.923+01:002012-10-22T20:49:02.923+01:00My god. Her in the audio snippet is a little ray o...My god. Her in the audio snippet is a little ray of sunshine, isn't she.<br />I think we have an obligation to make sure 'our children' don't grow up like her.<br />Oh wait. I don't have children so I can't know what I'm talking about.<br />(I've never been to the moon either but I know a lot about it)Bucko TheMoosenoreply@blogger.com