tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post3296987993828149618..comments2023-11-03T11:32:01.540+00:00Comments on Thought Experiments : The Blog: On Blogs and PetitionsBryan Appleyardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-63519676726651308552007-02-13T18:50:00.000+00:002007-02-13T18:50:00.000+00:00Amanda Marcotte was not just offensive about Catho...Amanda Marcotte was not just offensive about Catholics (and offensive was just about all she was). She also took heat for remarks like this, about the Duke University rape allegations: "Can't a few white boys sexually assault a black woman anymore without people getting all wound up about it? So unfair." The rape charges have since been dropped, but Marcotte had no problem assuming the players Frank Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18410473158808750903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-12165490549834212692007-02-13T18:33:00.000+00:002007-02-13T18:33:00.000+00:00There is clearly a problem with bloggers joining U...There is clearly a problem with bloggers joining US presidential campaigns to wrack up their portfolio earnings. It indicates that the candidate is endorsing all the bloggers' views, just as the blogger is implicitly endorsing that candidate. Any other interpretation seems too fancy. No US candidate in their right mind would or should antagonise the largest single denomination in the US (Roman Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-46381976957960120792007-02-13T15:26:00.000+00:002007-02-13T15:26:00.000+00:00You're right, Anon, the anti-Catholic comments wer...You're right, Anon, the anti-Catholic comments were savage. But, within the blogosphere, not unusual, which is sort of my point. Today, I note, Pandagon has been shut down, flooded as they put it by 'asshat spammers'. Strange.Bryan Appleyardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-75226474244689438182007-02-13T13:25:00.000+00:002007-02-13T13:25:00.000+00:00I can't see how politicians can safely enlist blog...I can't see how politicians can safely enlist bloggers. Or interesting bloggers anyway. Political parties work by focus group and inoffensive blandness, which, given that there are so many more people you can offend these days, makes life difficult. A politician can't utter anything without it first going through the Party Line machine, at the end of which it is, as (I think) Martin Amis put it: Brithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00390560583798960760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-22264733961420607192007-02-13T11:03:00.000+00:002007-02-13T11:03:00.000+00:00It is not appropriate to categosise Pandagon's com...It is not appropriate to categosise Pandagon's comments on the Catholic Church as mere "criticism". They are outright abusive, verging on hate-speech. I don't think you have to be a Catholic to believe that such comments have no place in mainstream political discourseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-71267952981727189962007-02-13T10:14:00.000+00:002007-02-13T10:14:00.000+00:00Oh and I meant to say that the time marker on thes...Oh and I meant to say that the time marker on these posts is wrong. It always shows me posting an hour earlier than I actually do. Perhaps I am a grandee after all.Bryan Appleyardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-87562478984675359052007-02-13T09:49:00.000+00:002007-02-13T09:49:00.000+00:00Oh dear. What is all the fuss about? I can't belie...Oh dear. What is all the fuss about? I can't believe someone could be so upset at being called a nihilist. Give me a break. That guy needs therapy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-88997016749472525762007-02-13T08:36:00.000+00:002007-02-13T08:36:00.000+00:00Yes, Bryan, for every million that oppose road pri...Yes, Bryan, for every million that oppose road pricing there are many more million who would pay themselves for more peace and quiet on the roads or anywhere else. One thing you can say about petitions -- far more people don't like signing them than the numbers that do, whatever the question. I hope those gov people can work that out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com