Comments on: Kettle logic

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 08 Jul 2005 00:53:02 +0000

Logging into this website should be a requirement for anyone knowledgeable on earth these days…

By: The Sharpener » On the road to paradise

The Sharpener » On the road to paradise — Fri, 13 May 2005 08:00:41 +0000

[…] , this response also makes very little sense in terms of political rationality (as I wrote here). That said, it does have a certain ghastly predictability within the Blairoverse. Poach Tory votes and dr […]

By: Phil

Phil — Thu, 12 May 2005 07:48:52 +0000

Cheers, Ben – links added.

By: Ben P

Ben P — Thu, 12 May 2005 06:05:21 +0000

Yep, I call it Martin Kettle syndrome. Highly contagious amongst weak-willed pundits on the center-left - origins in the United States. Its American version is known as Nicholas Kristof Syndrome

By: dearieme

dearieme — Wed, 11 May 2005 15:00:45 +0000

Is it Panglossian to declare that your policy is
Copulation, Copulation, Copulation, Copulation, Copulation?

By: Katie

Katie — Tue, 10 May 2005 19:03:28 +0000

Well, the French funded Leibniz. He was like the 17th(18th?) century Airbus. Please, steal ahead.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 10 May 2005 18:46:16 +0000

Well, as a Briton and a recovering physicist, it’s far from clear cut that Newton invented calculus. I’m such a geek…

…but if the French claim it was Leibniz wot done it, I’m with Newton.

I’m going to steal your begonias comment – far more eloquent than I put it.

By: Katie

Katie — Tue, 10 May 2005 17:47:35 +0000

But as Voltaire pointed out, that attitude is the most extreme form of horror that he can conceive of, no? Anyhow, Guido’s anti-government manifesto leads me to think there is a whole new meaning to “il faut cultiver notre jardin”
But of course, as pointed out elsewhere on this site, it’s all very well being libertarian until someone digs up your begonias. Then you want the social system to nuke the bastards.

By: Phil

Phil — Tue, 10 May 2005 17:43:19 +0000

Where have I heard this kind of discourse before? Ooh, itÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s on the tip of my tongue. Heh. Nice link. And yes, Blairism does seem to be a late flowering of optimalism - there can't be anything better, because if there could, there would be something better, and there isn't... ugh.

By: Katie

Katie — Tue, 10 May 2005 17:16:03 +0000

"but he has still been the best possible leader - and he remains the best possible leader."

Where have I heard this kind of discourse before? Ooh, it's on the tip of my tongue. Crush the horror, don't let the bastards get away with it. Incidentally, speaking of Pangloss and his real-life model, did you know that the French routinely pretend that Leibniz invented calculus? When everybriton knows it was Newton wot done it.