I am Henry Porter*;
You are an imperfect being, who has occasionally made mistakes such as accidentally voting for 28-day detention and quite liking the sound of bringing back the death penalty, but have noble aims nonetheless;
* AKA Spartacus. Only sexier.
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Er, you understand satire is supposed to have a basis in fact, don't you? It isn't the same thing as a brainfart.
Just making sure.
D - I moderated this without breaking teh internetz! Do I get a sticker?
James: having read your post, I am fully seized of the concept of "brainfart."
But thanks for checking.
[...] who is boycotting the Convention “because of the miner’s strike” is a “ZANULIARBORE HATER OF THE LIBERTIES WE’VE ENOJYED SINCE THE MAGNERCARTER WHO IS MORE AUTHORITA...” If self-obsessed lefties want to turn themselves into a parody of themselves, that suits [...]
Sadie - I thought it I moderated it.
James - The big problem I have with the convention is that it seems to have become lost in it's hatred of Labour that it almost seems blind to the nature of some of the other people it's inviting.
Tories support for the death penalty is all forgiven and ignored so everyone can get in a circle and tell each other how they think that the Labour government has been the greatest freedom destroying government since the beginning of time.
It's lost all resemblance to an argument and has become an exclusive club for people who have decided to believe the same nonsense.
Andreas, I thought I did. Oh well, that probably explains why the internet didn't break.