tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post2577642272163072036..comments2023-11-03T11:32:01.540+00:00Comments on Thought Experiments : The Blog: Gillian GibbonsBryan Appleyardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-89695293626433851422007-11-29T19:43:00.000+00:002007-11-29T19:43:00.000+00:00In case you don't read the news, here is the verd...In case you don't read the news, here is the verdict: 15 days and deportation! <BR/><BR/>I am going to get my own back. Can someone, please, bring me a teddy bear....Selena Dreamyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11629908887644614404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-85137539012433524162007-11-29T17:20:00.000+00:002007-11-29T17:20:00.000+00:00>Just one last question,When is your government go...>Just one last question,< Jeremy Paxman said, >When is your government going to stop colluding with the genocide in Darfur?< <BR/><BR/>>Buggered if I know!< The Sudanese ambassador favoured Pax with a seedy smile. >And so far as flogging women is concerned, it may be wrong, but it is very exciting!<. <BR/><BR/>Paxman looked him over: >I can appreciate the anticipation and marvel at the display,Selena Dreamyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11629908887644614404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-43610055266446103272007-11-29T16:02:00.000+00:002007-11-29T16:02:00.000+00:00Has anyone heard if the boy who actually named the...Has anyone heard if the boy who actually named the teddy bear (after himself) has been charged as well? As for Paxman, Bryan, what are the odds that he agreed to ground rules in order to get that diplomat to appear on the show? Rather common here in the US, I hear, but don't know if it is standard practice in the UK.Randyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03071928294799081845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-8329549009805935592007-11-29T13:42:00.000+00:002007-11-29T13:42:00.000+00:00Yes but...I'd love someone to ask a UK minister sp...Yes but...I'd love someone to ask a UK minister speaking on any foreign policy issue about why we collude so closely with Saudi Arabia, home of the bin Ladens, 16 of the 9/11 suicidalists and Wahhabi Islam but we invade Iraq and threaten Iran. We need Saudi oil and their defence contracts but...is that it? Doesn't it look super-hypocritical to everybody else for us (gap year foreign ministersAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-8007400424646662722007-11-29T11:48:00.000+00:002007-11-29T11:48:00.000+00:00Excellent thought Appleyard. I loved the 'teddies ...Excellent thought Appleyard. I loved the 'teddies are not part of our culture' line the Sudanese peddled. He's being called in for a little chat with the Gap Year Foreign Secretary- who I safely predict- won't tell him that all British aid/investment to Sudan will be cut off in 24 hours if this unfortunate teacher is not released unharmed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-59724205737369535482007-11-29T11:26:00.000+00:002007-11-29T11:26:00.000+00:00Oddly, I saw that just after hearing a woman from...Oddly, I saw that just after hearing a woman from Africa Confidential on The World Tonight explaining very crisply that this whole business is just another case of the Sudanese regime exploiting a situation to tell its perceived enemies (i.e. us) to back off and leave it alone to get on with the genocide. Paxo seemed pretty lame after that.Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-16170853482330120842007-11-29T09:48:00.000+00:002007-11-29T09:48:00.000+00:00"When you Westerners stop colluding with teddy bea..."When you Westerners stop colluding with teddy bears to subvert Islam in my country."Neil Forsythhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00240393170374161007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-5114646732869219532007-11-29T08:58:00.000+00:002007-11-29T08:58:00.000+00:00In the normal run of events, I would agree with yo...In the normal run of events, I would agree with you. But in this instance, that cove gave a rather sinister impression. Something cold war about this whole thing. But without the realpolitik. Leaving the entire focus on the girl.<BR/> That feeling of real danger for another rarely crosses the TV in to the living-room. Paxman would need to be made of stone not to have been aware of it.Vincehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09442327549417743472noreply@blogger.com