tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post6720821729621154265..comments2023-10-17T15:56:22.827+01:00Comments on Velvet Glove, Iron Fist: The Moral MazeChristopher Snowdonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15963753745009712865noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-21526988935003238832014-02-18T07:37:36.892+00:002014-02-18T07:37:36.892+00:00What I know of Jains is this: they are forbidden t...What I know of Jains is this: they are forbidden to kill even an insect, so they wear face masks, strain all water and sweep the ground in front of them in case they tread on an ant. Not a very practical religion, in my eyes. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-11242156988174338562014-02-17T12:51:08.276+00:002014-02-17T12:51:08.276+00:00Your two interlocutors kept assuming that you were...Your two interlocutors kept assuming that you were conceding everything except what you'd just said. If you mentioned that smokers who die early don't cost a lot, they assumed that was your sole argument against tobacco control policies, and so on.<br />I don't know how best to respond that. If you say you have other arguments, you look like the one who's making things confused. If you let it pass, it looks like you have no other argument.<br />They also pretended to be surpriseed at your position ("Do you really, I mean seriously, believe what you just said perfectly clearly? No kidding?") in order to make you look unserious, when your position is of course perfectly reasonable.<br />You did well, however, but it lasted only a few minuts. It's unfortunate you didn't have more time, since what you were saying was so incredibly new and destabilizing to your poor interlocutors' minds (that people should be able to make decisions for themselves, that sort of things).Jean Granvillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12863378650172171963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-69615730080549482862014-02-16T18:11:11.879+00:002014-02-16T18:11:11.879+00:00If someone needs a lifetime of care caused by a sp...If someone needs a lifetime of care caused by a spine injury from taking a non essential train journey ending in a train crash, why should I pay for their care?<br /><br />Bloody train tourists.Fredrik Eichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08442979299648454852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-17476085301718898272014-02-14T19:55:43.393+00:002014-02-14T19:55:43.393+00:00The Moral Maze is a very tough gig.
You handled i...The Moral Maze is a very tough gig.<br /><br />You handled it very well, and evaded their traps admirably.Zaphodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03695819392577629492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-24336509748878210652014-02-14T19:49:12.846+00:002014-02-14T19:49:12.846+00:00Second that J.
You were disadvantaged by not bei...Second that J. <br /><br />You were disadvantaged by not being an evasive self-interested politico with a forthcoming election (or a charitico eyeing a new funding round)and fell for that ole trick of answering the questions they asked rather than blathering out a pre-scripted mantrafesto. <br /><br />And while I'm rhyming my politic, charity and manifests - what a Pol-Potico socialistico Portillo is turning into...oh!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-83850613204427025022014-02-14T18:24:46.337+00:002014-02-14T18:24:46.337+00:00Painful listening, Chris - honey-voiced authoritar...Painful listening, Chris - honey-voiced authoritarians pretending to be sweet reasonableness.<br />Portillo and the woman played the good old trick of forcing you to depend your antagonism to legislation and regulation rather than them defending their demands. <br />It was a pity that you didn't have the opportunity to demand to know what evidence there is that any young person anywhere has ever actually been harmed by brief exposure to tobacco smoke on a car journey. Junican https://www.blogger.com/profile/03405543859782362078noreply@blogger.com