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Re: The New European

Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2023 5:02 pm
by Malcolm Armsteen
Yug wrote: Thu Oct 19, 2023 11:40 am I can't disagree with any of those.

I'm a little bit disappointed that they didn't say Kyle made a name for himself by monetising human misery for entertainment purposes.
I edited the entries.

Re: The New European

Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2023 5:43 pm
by Watchman
But there's a risk of this degenerating into "People I don't like" list, including luminaries like Paul Burrell, Ant and Dec.
And that would be the only reasoning if you asked, say the Mail, to create a “shit list”; people we don’t like, but have no rational or evidence to support their view e.g Gary Lineker, Greta Thunberg

Re: The New European

Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2023 5:44 pm
by MisterMuncher
Just to add, Nolan's focus on the Robinson marriage was extremely handy for keeping the fact that the paper of them were as crooked as a dog's hind leg nice and low in the public memory.

Re: The New European

Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2023 7:08 pm
by Rosvanian
I'm a hopeless, bleeding heart, leftish liberal (with a residue of Catholic guilt from my younger years thrown in for good measure), and I've spent years pondering the same question about the sort of people on the list whilst knowing full well that most would despise me. That is, are they 'bad' or just 'wrong'? I'm concerned that I lean towards towards belief in the former whilst knowing that contradicts my liberal sensibilities. Or am I just a complete wuss and accept that generally, they really are just a bunch of cunts?

Re: The New European

Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2023 7:08 pm
by Rosvanian
*should accept

Re: The New European

Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2023 7:31 pm
by Andy McDandy
Watchman wrote: Thu Oct 19, 2023 5:43 pm
And that would be the only reasoning if you asked, say the Mail, to create a “shit list”; people we don’t like, but have no rational or evidence to support their view e.g Gary Lineker, Greta Thunberg
They have. Quentin Letts wrote a book called "50 People who Buggered up Britain*", while earlier this year the Mail ran a "woke list" (filler, just summaries of people they didn't like).

*James O'Brien has a similar thing but from a left/liberal perspective in the works.

Re: The New European

Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2023 7:56 pm
by kreuzberger
50 people to wreck a reasonably ok country. That is little over 1: 1,000,000 adults and not even the ERG.

You'd need a NYT Sunday edition to document this cast of villains.

Re: The New European

Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2023 8:09 pm
by Abernathy
Andy McDandy wrote: Thu Oct 19, 2023 7:31 pm
*James O'Brien has a similar thing but from a left/liberal perspective in the works.
Coming out on 2 November. I’ve had it on Amazon pre-order since May.

Re: The New European

Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2023 8:41 pm
by Andy McDandy
Ditto.

Re: The New European

Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2023 10:06 pm
by Watchman
Rosvanian wrote: Thu Oct 19, 2023 7:08 pm I'm a hopeless, bleeding heart, leftish liberal (with a residue of Catholic guilt from my younger years thrown in for good measure), and I've spent years pondering the same question about the sort of people on the list whilst knowing full well that most would despise me. That is, are they 'bad' or just 'wrong'? I'm concerned that I lean towards towards belief in the former whilst knowing that contradicts my liberal sensibilities. Or am I just a complete wuss and accept that generally, they really are just a bunch of cunts?
Bloody hell …..are we twins separated at birth?….yep they are a bunch of cunts

Re: The New European

Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2023 10:09 pm
by Boiler
Rosvanian wrote: Thu Oct 19, 2023 7:08 pm I'm a hopeless, bleeding heart, leftish liberal (with a residue of Catholic guilt from my younger years thrown in for good measure)
My mixed faith upbringing - CofE mother, Catholic father - has left me free to enjoy myself but feel really guilty afterwards...