tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19662178.post2878619333108758869..comments2023-04-09T16:07:39.987+01:00Comments on Wrinkled Weasel's World: The Ubiquity of LyingWrinkled Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05291551539649118631noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19662178.post-81019860498664051052009-02-15T23:30:00.000+00:002009-02-15T23:30:00.000+00:00Thank you for leaving a comment.I liked your Hard ...Thank you for leaving a comment.<BR/><BR/>I liked your Hard Times analogy. As I recall, "facts" caused Mr Gradgrind a lot of heartache.Wrinkled Weaselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05291551539649118631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19662178.post-72336496307160667732009-02-14T14:20:00.000+00:002009-02-14T14:20:00.000+00:00Such is also the province and the pitfall of today...Such is also the province and the pitfall of today's journalism: the reporting of 'facts' (very Gradgrind) rather than actual truths... on the basis of 'facts' NuLab were able to assemble a convincing imperative for war against Iraq, which was faithfully reproduced by mainstream newspapers. Her royal awfulness, Polly Toynbee, incessantly twists the 'facts' to justify her arguments.<BR/>And, to make it worse, the British taxpayer is apparently subsidising an EU unelected quango which seeks to redefine the First World War in 'cross-relational' rather than nationalistic terms; as if war can ever be anything but nationalistic; the erasing of history and falsifying of national motivations in order to create a more 'inclusivist' Europe. Help.MARA MACSEOININhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00587569792847489000noreply@blogger.com