tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post8166204001738025979..comments2023-11-03T11:32:01.540+00:00Comments on Thought Experiments : The Blog: Which Part of 'It's Over' Don't You Understand, Mugabe?Bryan Appleyardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-74405476846872285282008-12-03T20:22:00.000+00:002008-12-03T20:22:00.000+00:00On the other hand, I sometimes wonder how many peo...On the other hand, I sometimes wonder how many people there are who would not be tyrants. And there is the other side to this master mentality, which is the slave mentality, illustrated in its atrocious extreme here: <A HREF="http://www.rfa.org/english/news/korea/book-11162008180959.html/extracts-11192008085805.html" REL="nofollow">A Glimpse of Horror: Read extracts in English from Shin Dong Rus Bowdenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08412920154921512774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-38941023019594572232008-12-03T11:55:00.000+00:002008-12-03T11:55:00.000+00:00What has Bob got to gain by giving up power? A lif...What has Bob got to gain by giving up power? A life on the run at 80 odd? trail and a noose, being torn apart by the mob? the best he could hope for is a nice cell in the Hague and his blessed Human Rights protected by the enlightened West.<BR/><BR/>Unfortunately I don't wish to spoil your lunch with such unsophisticated thinking, but the only thing that is going to work with Bob and most other Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-21620887960280038162008-12-03T11:52:00.000+00:002008-12-03T11:52:00.000+00:00They can only survive by being propped up by those...They can only survive by being propped up by those for whom it is in their interests.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-71263063562832339832008-12-03T10:21:00.000+00:002008-12-03T10:21:00.000+00:00A possible flaw in your logic is the bad guy reali...A possible flaw in your logic is the bad guy realizing there's "no longer any point in being bad". What the bad guys may see is that there's no longer any point in trying to control things.<BR/><BR/>So I'd guess that most of what you're talking about is good old-fashioned psychopathy. The bad guy thinks that what is good for him is good for the world. He will never be able to see the situation Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06074816573442173758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-10117962191271609932008-12-03T10:20:00.000+00:002008-12-03T10:20:00.000+00:00Depends on where you're standing, and on your sens...Depends on where you're standing, and on your sense of scale, Rumi.Brithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00390560583798960760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-3136101072518090512008-12-03T10:14:00.000+00:002008-12-03T10:14:00.000+00:00Brit - and is the lesson from North Korea is that ...Brit - and is the lesson from North Korea is that our government is fine and dandy?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-89222560650286735522008-12-03T09:55:00.000+00:002008-12-03T09:55:00.000+00:00Erm...I'm no big fan of Gordon Brown, but come off...Erm...I'm no big fan of Gordon Brown, but come off it.<BR/><BR/>The lesson from Zimbabwe is that our political 'scandals' are laughably trivial.Brithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00390560583798960760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-82447898385519398752008-12-03T09:41:00.000+00:002008-12-03T09:41:00.000+00:00Maybe somewhat invidious to compare with Mugabe, b...Maybe somewhat invidious to compare with Mugabe, but I'm rather concerned how our current Government keep faith in themselves in the current economic climate and the mad bureacracy (and pay) clearly evident at Haringey and in most of our public services that they have been so willing to promote. Sometimes, the decent thing is just to get out of the way. Bet Blair's now glad he did.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-20216710073932400022008-12-03T09:40:00.000+00:002008-12-03T09:40:00.000+00:00Reading S S Montefiore's Stalin the Red Tsar has p...Reading S S Montefiore's Stalin the Red Tsar has put me in a similar mood and I've been musing on the problem all last week.<BR/>Would it be reactionary of me to put it down to wickedness? I nearly said evil, but that might have been a step too far for modern sensibilities. Some men are more powerful and therefore more effective than others at being wicked. But when the circumstances encourage Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com