Politics ad absurdam

DanaC · 07-13-2007, 11:48 AM

From the BBC.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/6897656.stm

Quote:

Police spent £111,000 last year on a crackdown on an anti-war protest outside Westminster.
Brian Haw, 57, has held vigil in Parliament Square for six years, using a megaphone to attack the government policy on Iraq.

Up to 428 officer shifts were devoted to the overnight raid to scale back Mr Haw's encampment on 23 May 2006, according to Scotland Yard figures.

Mr Haw, of Redditch, Worcs, has blocked several attempts to have him removed.

The figure is more than four times greater than the £27,000 previously estimated.

Urbane Guerrilla · 07-13-2007, 12:01 PM

Let's see, just on the basis of this exerpt, we see a man fighting against the fight against Islamofascism.

He'd've gotten along real fine with Oswald Mosely.

Griff · 07-13-2007, 12:03 PM

[neo] Please, just bomb Iran.[/con]

DanaC · 07-13-2007, 12:03 PM

lol. I love it. Urbane, you are a tonic, you really are.

Do you not also see a government and police force which disallows public protest? Not to mention how ludicrous to spend £110,000 trying to stop a one man protest.

Urbane Guerrilla · 07-13-2007, 12:04 PM

It is of course very sad, but too, I have no sympathy for the man either.

DanaC · 07-13-2007, 12:06 PM

Interesting that what struck you first was his anti-war sentiment, and not the infringement of basic rights of expression.

Urbane Guerrilla · 07-13-2007, 12:08 PM

As you know, I am so very, unbelievably, utterly, so fucking tired of the ones so myopic as to oppose the demolition of the undemocratic paradigm of sociopolitical order.

In shorter words, of the dummies who think killing fascists is a bad thing.

DanaC · 07-13-2007, 12:11 PM

As opposed to the dummies who think that we should voluntarily dismantle our democratic freedoms rather than give houseroom to this man's anti-war philosphy?

Griff · 07-13-2007, 12:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Urbane Guerrilla

In shorter words, of the dummies who think killing fascists is a bad thing.

Threatening your President is not wise since everything changed. You have time to edit.

Urbane Guerrilla · 07-13-2007, 12:18 PM

Griff, I can't imagine where you got that: personally, I'm threatening the Democratic Party. George Bush's actions all show, and from day one, that he thinks killing fascists is quite a good thing. I heartily agree.

The Libertarian-activist habit of speaking of all the non-Libertarians (big L, I suppose) as "fascists" in the manner that astronomers and astrophysicists speak of all elements other than hydrogen and helium as the "metals" -- well, this seems to me only about that precise. As a libertarian, I doubt if I shall ever indulge in it.

DanaC, and somehow we should oppose only some dummies and not all dummies?? Avoid conning yourself with false dichotomies -- you certainly could not lead me thus astray.

DanaC · 07-13-2007, 12:21 PM

Quote:

DanaC, and somehow we should oppose only some dummies and not all dummies?? Avoid conning yourself with false dichotomies -- you certainly could not lead me thus astray.

For some reason I have an image of you wearing biblical robes somewhere in a desert.

Urbane Guerrilla · 07-13-2007, 12:25 PM

[Holding hands over vessel of water] Hey, watch this! First I make the water part in two halves, then I change the left half into cabernet and the right into chardonnay!

07-13-2007, 04:43 PM

"Vote for me and I won't touch you down there".
Was going to be mine.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-13-2007, 04:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DanaC

For some reason I have an image of you wearing biblical robes somewhere in a desert.

While having sex with his camel.

Urbane Guerrilla · 07-17-2007, 03:49 AM

So, Bruce, tell me: do I indulge in such remarks wrt you?

07-13-2007, 12:01 PM	#2
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	Let's see, just on the basis of this exerpt, we see a man fighting against the fight against Islamofascism. He'd've gotten along real fine with Oswald Mosely. __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.

07-13-2007, 12:03 PM	#3
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	[neo] Please, just bomb Iran.[/con] __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

07-13-2007, 12:04 PM	#5
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	It is of course very sad, but too, I have no sympathy for the man either. __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.

07-13-2007, 12:08 PM	#7
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	As you know, I am so very, unbelievably, utterly, so fucking tired of the ones so myopic as to oppose the demolition of the undemocratic paradigm of sociopolitical order. In shorter words, of the dummies who think killing fascists is a bad thing. __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.

07-13-2007, 12:18 PM	#10
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	Griff, I can't imagine where you got that: personally, I'm threatening the Democratic Party. George Bush's actions all show, and from day one, that he thinks killing fascists is quite a good thing. I heartily agree. The Libertarian-activist habit of speaking of all the non-Libertarians (big L, I suppose) as "fascists" in the manner that astronomers and astrophysicists speak of all elements other than hydrogen and helium as the "metals" -- well, this seems to me only about that precise. As a libertarian, I doubt if I shall ever indulge in it. DanaC, and somehow we should oppose only some dummies and not all dummies?? Avoid conning yourself with false dichotomies -- you certainly could not lead me thus astray. __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.

07-13-2007, 12:03 PM	#4
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	lol. I love it. Urbane, you are a tonic, you really are. Do you not also see a government and police force which disallows public protest? Not to mention how ludicrous to spend £110,000 trying to stop a one man protest.

07-13-2007, 12:06 PM	#6
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	Interesting that what struck you first was his anti-war sentiment, and not the infringement of basic rights of expression.

07-13-2007, 12:11 PM	#8
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	As opposed to the dummies who think that we should voluntarily dismantle our democratic freedoms rather than give houseroom to this man's anti-war philosphy?

07-13-2007, 12:25 PM	#12
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	[Holding hands over vessel of water] Hey, watch this! First I make the water part in two halves, then I change the left half into cabernet and the right into chardonnay! __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.

07-13-2007, 04:43 PM	#13
rkzenrage Guest Posts: n/a	"Vote for me and I won't touch you down there". Was going to be mine.

07-17-2007, 03:49 AM	#15
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	So, Bruce, tell me: do I indulge in such remarks wrt you? __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.

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