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Comment on Why private schools are better than state schools: a theoretical Ponzi scheme by marcmorgan26

marcmorgan26 — Thu, 23 May 2013 19:50:55 +0000

I’m glad my article was of use. Could I ask what your thesis was?

Comment on Wagner’s 200th Birthday: his politics, his music, and The Ring by lre

lre — Thu, 23 May 2013 07:13:10 +0000

Happy birthday !

Comment on Fraud Almighty by Criminonymous

Criminonymous — Tue, 21 May 2013 18:03:24 +0000

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Comment on Why private schools are better than state schools: a theoretical Ponzi scheme by rohanbanerjee23

rohanbanerjee23 — Sun, 19 May 2013 00:05:43 +0000

My dissertation was on class politics and education. Thanks for this

Comment on Boycotting Sunderland FC is the only appropriate and moral response to their recent installation of a fascist manager by senex72

senex72 — Wed, 15 May 2013 14:10:30 +0000

Yes I suppose so. If a popular reaction occurs against all this incompetence, chicanery and national downsizing it would have all this machinery to hand. I seem to recall reading that in the ’30′s it was control of the police (and any welfare distributions) that was key to control of the nation. But I don’t think this threat comes from a football player’s outbursts: it far more present as a potential for (and in some sense on all sides appreciated amidst our indifference and resignation) a movement of national restoration, or rebirth, that the democracy of the parties seems incapable of encompassing in its present form.

Comment on Boycotting Sunderland FC is the only appropriate and moral response to their recent installation of a fascist manager by John D

John D — Wed, 15 May 2013 10:15:04 +0000

You forgot the water cannons, costing £1 or £1.5 million to supply, equip and train the police in London. Now where have I seen similar equipment to that before? I know, it was in the West Bank, where they were loaded with foul smelling skunk water by the Israel Army to use against demonstrators against the Wall in Bil’in. It looks like we are importing fascist techniques and technology from Israel. How ironic is that?

Comment on Boycotting Sunderland FC is the only appropriate and moral response to their recent installation of a fascist manager by senex72

senex72 — Wed, 15 May 2013 09:47:25 +0000

Perhaps the reason why we (= me and many)are so jumpy about “fascism” is the growing realisation that we live in a country of institutionalised corruption. Churches, MP’s, hospitals, social services, BBC editors, police, political parties – the list is endless. We have almost come to accept that no-one responsible resigns without hefty pay-offs (if at all) and lessons are never learned.
The oligarchy is awarding stiffer sentences to anyone rioting, the police are being equipped and trained for crowd dispersal, surveillance, electronic tags and social reassurance. And that itself is a step towards fascism, isn’t it? If we were to gather in significant numbers at the Ecuadorian Embassy with cries of “free speech” and “rescue him now from months of detention” all that would be missing is the castor-oil bottles.

Comment on Boycotting Sunderland FC is the only appropriate and moral response to their recent installation of a fascist manager by John D

John D — Wed, 15 May 2013 07:37:23 +0000

To paraphrase Karl Marx, football is now the opiate of the masses. This is because religion is not what it used to be – which is no bad thing. Perhaps the artificial loyalties encouraged by football will also decline in a similar fashion. This does leave, of course, the question open as to what other areas will fascist-inclined individuals move into…….?

Comment on Boycotting Sunderland FC is the only appropriate and moral response to their recent installation of a fascist manager by Bentekemuststay

Bentekemuststay — Mon, 13 May 2013 08:47:48 +0000

I must confess I was grateful for Di Canio’s leadership when we thumped them 6-1, and therefore also supporting bmoussavi’s point about fan addiction getting in the way of genuine change.

So with regards to this fascism exchange, it seems the fascist party may have said some good things, but many think the evidence suggests on the whole, people with the fascist label tend not to act out many of these good things. On the other hand, supporters of the democratic way also say some good things, and many think that the evidence suggests they tend to act slightly better than their fascist counterparts. Is that about it?

John D – boycott football? That would involve us having to find something genuinely useful to replace it with. I’d rather waste hours of my life watching and chatting about people kicking, diving and screaming than do anything more productive (I say this in a tongue in cheek way despite the fact it is true).

Comment on Fraud Almighty by Bentekemuststay

Bentekemuststay — Mon, 13 May 2013 08:47:16 +0000

I read this poem out to some amigos yesterday without having read it before and struggled to fit it over the beat that was created by my partners in crime at the time, but I appreciated the poem before and after I miserably failed to deliver it! Good work.