tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post5417530415211813438..comments2024-03-28T18:40:59.101+00:00Comments on CRIVENS! COMICS & STUFF!: BUDDY, CAN YOU SPARE A DIME? (UPDATED)...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-21983463893153363962014-01-21T17:20:10.499+00:002014-01-21T17:20:10.499+00:00Colin, you're allowed to disagree on this blog...Colin, you're allowed to disagree on this blog, and you won't get called a 'troll' for it either. The person over at Mr Peace's blog who called me one has left the same remark on other sites I've commented on (exact same words), which means he tends to follow me around trying to colour people's opinion of me. Doesn't have the spuds to do it on my blog because then he'd confirm his identity. As there are only two people who regularly refer to me in that way, I've a fairly good idea who it is.<br /><br />Mr Peace lives in America, so I doubt his situation is entirely comparable with British disabled people. However, he wasn't talking about them being demonised, he was talking about them being patronised and stereotyped in quite a different way than the British government is trying to do. Therefore, it's not quite the same thing as your comment suggests.<br /><br />As for gay people being parents, it's not that they're trying harder to be good parents, it's more a case of certain sections of the media and special interest groups doing an all-out assualt in trying to portray them in that light.<br /><br />Feel free to comment whenever you like, whether you agree with me or not. It all adds up to a lively and interesting discussion for everyone.<br /><br />******<br /><br />DSE, I'm still trying to work out exactly what you said in your first comment - I'll respond when my brain clears. Meanwhile I'll hold the coats while you and Mlp slug it out. Careful, 'though - he's a Yankee and is therefore probably armed.<br /><br />******<br /><br />Moony, 'honest and welcoming' - everybody but me, because, as some loser is so fond of telling everybody, I'm a bitter, frustrated, aggressive troll who's jealous of everybody and their granny. Hoots, mon!<br /><br />******<br /><br />Perhaps I should point out for the hard-of-thinking that Moony was indulging in a bit of hyberole in the way he expressed himself in his earlier comment, merely for comic effect. Moony used to be a nurse and is still actively involved in assisting disabled and disadvantaged people on an everyday basis. It is only Mr Peace's attitude in this matter that Moony disagrees with; like me, he has no personal animosity towards Mr Peace himself.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-4136390032701905372014-01-20T13:56:23.192+00:002014-01-20T13:56:23.192+00:00Hoots mon and jimmy ma kilt, did Mlp jist call us ...Hoots mon and jimmy ma kilt, did Mlp jist call us English.Aaaaarrgh! I'm cut tae the bone and richtly aggrieved. Lol <br />Mlp,you would find Scotland a beautiful place and its people honest and welcoming, but you are right, for I'm a native of these shores and I also can hardly make head nor tale of our blatherings, even at the best of times!<br />Peace and goodwill from Caledonia. :)moonmandohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01426512355313104656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-54582150831921129832014-01-20T13:35:00.925+00:002014-01-20T13:35:00.925+00:00mlp
Woah, calling a Scottish person English, I th...mlp<br /><br />Woah, calling a Scottish person English, I think you got off lightly there. Fortunately I'm a winner of the Lottery Mr. Rhodes spoke of, so such considerations don't apply in my case.<br /><br />Ayn Rand? I'm not really big on philosophy so my understanding of her views are limited to things like her appearance on Donahue and certain references to her work in relation to Steve Ditko. The other thing I should clarify is the distinction between taking offence and declaring something to be immoral. We can take offence at the smell of sewage but if you get a job cleaning drains, you'll probably modify those sensibilities as you would if you found bad language intolerable and got a place on a Rugby team. You see offence is product of our sensibilities, sometimes we offend easily, other times, when we've been desensitised, things that possibly should incur our umbrage are ignored.<br /><br />When I declare something to be immoral, I'm saying a it's manifestation of intrinsic evil not that I'm offended, in fact I'm rarely offended beyond a few eclectic sensibilities that you probably wouldn't sympathise with. And yes I am stating that it's the projection of ideals in conflict with reality. rather than the specifics of such that I find to be immoral.DeadSpiderEyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07687178085803686186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-83758851788761409812014-01-20T13:09:59.551+00:002014-01-20T13:09:59.551+00:00I'm more than a bit embarrassed to have confus...I'm more than a bit embarrassed to have confused two Scotsmen with Englishmen. I my defense, it's hard to tell over the internet, but I understand the distinction. I would hate to be confused with a Texan.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-22960925872151431272014-01-20T12:55:23.248+00:002014-01-20T12:55:23.248+00:00I'm not surprised any disabled person is sensi...I'm not surprised any disabled person is sensitive these days, New Labour started to demonize disabled people with all that crap about "hard working families" and the Tories and the media followed and now a nasty minority feels it's OK to label the disabled as scroungers and use them as scapegoats.As for gay couples- surely they have to try much harder as adoptive parents just to look half as good? I love your blog and read it every day but I've never left a comment till now( I mostly agree with you usually).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-2415904333182382502014-01-20T11:23:27.484+00:002014-01-20T11:23:27.484+00:00Ah, your incomprehension lies in your typical Amer...Ah, your incomprehension lies in your typical American error, Mlp - we're not English, we're Scottish. Britain does not consist solely of England, nor are the two actually synonymous. That's like calling New Yorkers Texans.<br /><br />But, to answer your question, essentially, Moony said that the gentleman referred to is "a cheeky little upstart who unduly concerns himself in the business of others, and who sulks when people disagree with him or he doesn't get things his own way."Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-64668869903654432492014-01-20T10:56:28.517+00:002014-01-20T10:56:28.517+00:00Jiminy Christmas, what the hell did Moonmando just...Jiminy Christmas, what the hell did Moonmando just say?<br />You guys are English (hey, no offense, that's where my mother's people came from) but sometimes you guys are incomprehensible. You guys invented the language, made three quarters of the world learn it, sometimes at gunpoint, but you've taken liberties with it. It's no longer understandable!Sometimes I feel like I'm back in the army talking to a German hillbilly from Bavaria.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-85533261773949868802014-01-20T10:09:54.372+00:002014-01-20T10:09:54.372+00:00It's a shame he's crippled, Moony, but he ...It's a shame he's crippled, Moony, but he seems to have another disability in that he takes severe offence at the drop of a hat over daft ads that most people would smile at and then forget. Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-18934316814716222942014-01-20T09:34:59.602+00:002014-01-20T09:34:59.602+00:00I think Mr Pearse is just a wee neb with a big chi...I think Mr Pearse is just a wee neb with a big chip on his shoulder.Life is'nt fair, whether you are able or disabled, so get over it.And as for his rhetoric, it seems to me like he is peashooter,full of machine gun talk,until someone gets the better of him, then its teddy in the corner time, or its my ball and I get to choose which game we play.<br />So there, pf#×#tt...hmph!<br />moonmandohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01426512355313104656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-45213797737692404252014-01-20T08:33:02.741+00:002014-01-20T08:33:02.741+00:00Interesting points there, gentlemen. Anyone else?Interesting points there, gentlemen. Anyone else?Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-53867559654230164512014-01-20T05:32:11.598+00:002014-01-20T05:32:11.598+00:00In response to DeadSpiderEye:
I'm not sure I u...In response to DeadSpiderEye:<br />I'm not sure I understand you correctly. "The projection of ideals through media" is corrupt, in and of itself, or is it that the ideals that have been projected are ones you find offensive?<br />Is your argument against art as a means to express idealism in general? I'm sure I must be misunderstanding this.<br />While I agree that political correctness and the fear of offending somebody are not always good things, and often have gotten way out of hand, don't cry foul if something you write or say offends someone and they take issue. They have a right to bitch just like you do. If you don't wanna get hit, don't get in the ring. Debate, sometimes harsh is part of the free exchange of ideas.<br />That people might write or talk about the poor, weak or unfortunate doesn't necessarily mean they are celebrating being a victim, or romanticizing it.<br />But, perhaps I misunderstood your point. If so, I apologize. <br />But I still think Ayn Rand was fulla shit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-39442034564426772272014-01-20T00:28:16.280+00:002014-01-20T00:28:16.280+00:00I think I've probably made my thoughts on the ...I think I've probably made my thoughts on the issues of the projection of ideals through media such as television, film and comics known before. I'm pretty uncompromising, I find it to be morally corrupt, I know you probably find that contentious, which is ok because almost everybody does, so I'm used to disagreement over the issue. I think here though, is an illustration that supports my view, because my view is that an author's responsibility is to create a moral focus for a narrative that reflects reality. That's essentially why that film with the beggar works, it resonates strongly because we recognise the reality of it. That's actually what makes it offensive, the reality of it. The subject matter is almost irrelevant because truth always offends someone, it's just that in this case the individual of concern has been emboldened by the belief they can rouse an army under a banner. This time the call to muster is under the flag disabled rights and political correctness but the motive is always the same, persecute those who don't conform to your ideal.DeadSpiderEyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07687178085803686186noreply@blogger.com