tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post1660089255351546448..comments2023-09-24T01:25:13.638-07:00Comments on Witterings from Witney: Does Boris 'get it'?WitteringsfromWitneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16026875251366365154noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post-39008920508337945102011-01-18T05:06:20.734-08:002011-01-18T05:06:20.734-08:00While I have some doubts about Boris, I don't ...While I have some doubts about Boris, I don't know whether we're being entirely fair to him: in light of the lawyers! Who's to say, in such matters - though it's possible to read an allusion to the following little rebellion:<br /><br /><i>All: God save your majesty!<br /><br />Cade: I thank you, good people—there shall be no money; all shall eat and drink on my score, and I will apparel them all in one livery, that they may agree like brothers, and worship me their lord.<br /><br />Dick: <b>The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers.</b><br /><br />Cade: Nay, that I mean to do.</i><br /><br />[Henry The Sixth, Part 2 Act 4, scene 2, 71–78] <br /><br />Didn't it have something to do with legalistic fooling of the people........?non mousenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post-50856401381994584762011-01-18T01:36:31.403-08:002011-01-18T01:36:31.403-08:00Richard: Tend to agree with you, however his humou...Richard: Tend to agree with you, however his humour does appeal to me as I do like clever use of our language.<br /><br />BS: Agreed and he confuses bloggers with the communtariat also.<br /><br />JH: thank you!WitteringsfromWitneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16026875251366365154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post-79676757337982665822011-01-17T09:27:38.236-08:002011-01-17T09:27:38.236-08:00Unfortunately what Boris fails to address is the c...Unfortunately what Boris fails to address is the cause of what he terms aggressive language<br /><br />As usual, you've got it in one, Mr. WfromW.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post-46276564938811650272011-01-17T08:57:06.208-08:002011-01-17T08:57:06.208-08:00Having read the article thoroughly, although Boris...Having read the article thoroughly, although Boris understands the significance of the 'Comments' section outpourings, he still hasn't quite 'got' bloggers. <br /><br />Interestingly enough he did muse about <i>"It was like being Ceausescu or the late Ben Ali of Tunisia"</i>. Liked the last sentence; <i>"What are we going to do about the lawyers?"</i> Indeed.Bill Stickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05285528897339442436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post-68387982897243573802011-01-17T08:33:16.721-08:002011-01-17T08:33:16.721-08:00Unfortunately, Boris displays his usual quotient o...Unfortunately, Boris displays his usual quotient of ignorance, confusing the "blogosphere" with the "commentariat". The man actually believes that the low-grade comment section on an MSM web page is the "blogosphere".<br /><br />The confusion is so fundamental that it merely demonstrates why, as a commentator, Boris is a waste of space - not worth the time spent reading him.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02561483930556493363noreply@blogger.com