tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4057487038565855826.post4641831878089875172..comments2024-02-21T08:52:55.878+00:00Comments on Your Freedom and Ours: Some (not very pleasant) thoughtsHelenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13799545178433498944noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4057487038565855826.post-3717285681341809142009-07-28T19:34:51.000+01:002009-07-28T19:34:51.000+01:00I'm new to the internet and have recently disc...I'm new to the internet and have recently discovered this blog, but I'm learning a lot about matters which I've had suspicions about for more than fifty years. In particular, slimy, lying politicians. Keep going, there are many more out there who are even more ignorant than myself.Goodfellownoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4057487038565855826.post-19940154304549912382009-07-15T13:02:27.000+01:002009-07-15T13:02:27.000+01:00Keyword here is 'respected'. People (with ...Keyword here is 'respected'. People (with a few exceptions) dont come here or to EURef with the intention (or the ability) of denigrating or fisking. Your research is just too damn good for that. Needless to say this does not apply to those media-embedded blogs mentioned above.<br /><br />So take heart. Your hit count may not be as high as theirs, but each post is read and digested far more avidly than their vapid witterings.DSDnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4057487038565855826.post-61191013344256775442009-07-15T10:10:39.000+01:002009-07-15T10:10:39.000+01:00It sounds as if it is time that you asked yourself...It sounds as if it is time that you asked yourself why you blog at all or if it is time for a change of direction. <br /><br />From my point of view, I am grateful that both you and Dr North bother to research and post your findings in a world that seems to have few good investigative researchers while it goes for instant gratification. I'm currently looking at the Barcelona Process and its spawn, which would be very difficult without a couple of bloggers about whom the world takes very little interest. But they bother because they know that their work is important. <br /><br />I am noticing increasingly, that the occasional comment is dropped in political programmes that is either gleaned from a lot of research, or far more likely from the blogs that you both run. You get no credit for that, but it tells me that you are reaching places of importance about which you might be totally unaware. Keep up the good work, please.Alfrednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4057487038565855826.post-6511564729066930402009-07-14T23:15:20.000+01:002009-07-14T23:15:20.000+01:00There may be alternatives to getting in line but t...There may be alternatives to getting in line but they are quite nasty. Heh!Helennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4057487038565855826.post-36635283793999215312009-07-13T17:10:59.000+01:002009-07-13T17:10:59.000+01:00So the Americans are good at forming independent p...So the Americans are good at forming independent pockets of influence within the blogospace? <br /><br />That's probably why they are Americans. Alexis de Tocqueville would not have been a bit surprised.<br /><br />Our lot is to defer to authority and frown on any uncouth individual who has ideas to challenge it. <br /><br />Get in line.therewaslightnoreply@blogger.com