tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11652148.post114628371641055704..comments2024-02-23T10:53:19.705+00:00Comments on Dare to Know: Boris is Mostly Very Right and Only Occasionally WrongCarlottahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12686469871331093679noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11652148.post-1146321432860118492006-04-29T15:37:00.000+01:002006-04-29T15:37:00.000+01:00Oh yes. I am afraid that Tory libertarianism tend...Oh yes. I am afraid that Tory libertarianism tends to look, in my eyes, like the belief that the strongest (usually read richest here but sometimes other forms of power are significant) should operate free from state restraint. No surprise then that the 'right to smack' is upheld.<BR/><BR/>I'm no fan of the current gov and do find the current atmosphere threatening. But, I well re-call a demonstration in support of the 1984-5 miner's strike when I spied troops (army, not police) down a side street. My sister got a single shot on her camera before being 'encouraged' to move on. Make no mistake, the Tories back then were no defenders of the right to demonstrate, or exercise other freedoms. Have a look at some old photos, or better still film footage, from that strike.<BR/>Like this one<BR/>http://www.archiveshub.ac.uk/mar04b6.shtml<BR/><BR/>His concern for 'freeborn Englishmen and women' makes it all crystal clear to me. He is astonished that the state should actually have the temerity to challenge 'people like him'. Doubtless he had no such concerns when the state broke a few heads of miners, or anti-racists, or greenham women.Alliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07432518528835330361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11652148.post-1146298942419681382006-04-29T09:22:00.000+01:002006-04-29T09:22:00.000+01:00I was thinking 'OMG! What a fantastic man!' until ...I was thinking 'OMG! What a fantastic man!' until your last quote which made me wonder if anything he said came from any real understanding...or was it motivated by something else. <BR/><BR/>Surely it is very significant that he doesn't understand that children should have the same right to be free from violence as adults?<BR/><BR/>DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com