tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post4655366933759262086..comments2023-09-24T01:25:13.638-07:00Comments on Witterings from Witney: David Owen 'spectates'WitteringsfromWitneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16026875251366365154noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post-87697264214730455982012-02-24T09:23:34.445-08:002012-02-24T09:23:34.445-08:00R: Agreed.
A: What is in the people's best in...R: Agreed.<br /><br />A: What is in the people's best interests is for them to decide - not us and their decision however much we may disagree with it is one that has to be accepted. If we take your example of the death penalty, I don't believe a return of that punishment would gain a majority - you only have to look at the petition that appeared on the govt website as it stalled at a relatively low number.<br /><br />Anon: Agreed.<br /><br />mb: see my comment above.WitteringsfromWitneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16026875251366365154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post-44943064755823146602012-02-24T09:05:42.090-08:002012-02-24T09:05:42.090-08:00Antisthenes says "There are many more things ...Antisthenes says "There are many more things that the majority are for or against that to me are not in their best interests"<br /><br />A job awaits you within the political elite. You will have all the benefits and privileges.mikebravonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post-75470112507000358922012-02-24T01:11:42.274-08:002012-02-24T01:11:42.274-08:00People like Owen are always banging on about the n...People like Owen are always banging on about the need for Britain " to have influence in the EU".<br /><br />I am 50 have a university degree, get out a bit and talk to a lot of peoplre. I have yet to ever meet anybody who wanted Britain to have any input into a debate about what type of light bulbs they use in Bulgaria or protocols for the storage of drugs in a vets in Italy. In short the argument is complete and total tosh. As a country we need to exercise diplomatic skill in seeking where possible to maintain good relations with all people of goodwill! That is as far as it goes!<br /><br />The other enourmous problem with the " owen's" of this world is a fundamental philosophical one. I can understand that for narrow selfish reasons he may wish to see the British poltical class exercise more influence. However if in the process you completely subsume your country into an alien state then you have ceased to exist! People like Owen never ever come up with an answer to this question. The reason being that when they talk about " influence" they are actually only concerned with the power wielded by a globalist coterie with no loyalty to any nation state. I am utterly sick and tired of the fact that no mainstream journalist is ever prepared to tear these people to pieces. If I had 10 minutes on the beeb i could make the entire political class look very stupid, devious and disloyal. I use to be wary of conspiracy theory however I am now convinced that there must be direct instructions to journalists that prevent them asking " difficult" questions to the EU nutters!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post-53108082327985853742012-02-24T00:38:24.674-08:002012-02-24T00:38:24.674-08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.livescorehttp://www.7mscore.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post-73709385379068324762012-02-23T23:15:21.743-08:002012-02-23T23:15:21.743-08:00"the people just rose up now and slaughtered ..."the people just rose up now and slaughtered the present political elite?"<br /><br />Are you not coming perilously close to breaking the law as this can be construed as being an incitement to violence?<br /><br />Putting that to one side I have been following you for some time now and am wholehearted behind you in your campaign for direct democracy in principle that is. However I see practical problems ones that I see faces politicians. I for one do not believe in capital punishment but the majority of the people do for instance. There are many more things that the majority are for or against that to me are not in their best interests. Direct democracy could in practice reduce progress towards a more enlightened and prosperous society to a snails pace and often be counter productive.Antistheneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10120647617145756102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post-26619842667452989922012-02-23T14:41:17.487-08:002012-02-23T14:41:17.487-08:00" ... eroding it piece by piece, will accompl..." ... eroding it piece by piece, will accomplish much more than the old-fashioned frontal assault."<br /><br />Reverse engrenage ... that's why we went for repatriating fishing - and why Cameron had to stop it.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02561483930556493363noreply@blogger.com