tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post4839857048448696730..comments2023-09-24T01:25:13.638-07:00Comments on Witterings from Witney: Moore or lessWitteringsfromWitneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16026875251366365154noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post-31403361856123105062011-07-31T03:30:53.390-07:002011-07-31T03:30:53.390-07:00the social liberal ideology that spawned the likes...<i>the social liberal ideology that spawned the likes of Cadbury</i><br /><br />So why was Chocolate in Britain a mass-market product built around railway towns and produced by Quakers - Fry, Rowntree, Cadbury ?<br /><br />Was it because they were not allowed to enter professions, university, as Dissenters ?<br /><br />Surely Discrimination created whole industrial dynasties in the past whereas "Diversity" and Equalities legislation simply produces bureaucratsTomTomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post-33295724095225394002011-07-30T14:07:07.907-07:002011-07-30T14:07:07.907-07:00A: PC has saved me the job of answering you..........A: PC has saved me the job of answering you....... :)<br /><br />jic & Saot: True!WitteringsfromWitneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16026875251366365154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post-80577297224114223412011-07-30T13:07:45.279-07:002011-07-30T13:07:45.279-07:00I do wonder if Moore isn't going through some ...I do wonder if Moore isn't going through some mid-life crisis or something because his output is all over the place, rather like a sixth-formers blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post-7440877332494853372011-07-30T10:56:28.418-07:002011-07-30T10:56:28.418-07:00Mr Moore's latest effort reads like something ...Mr Moore's latest effort reads like something from a person who panicked when his previous thoughts weren't well received by his usual audience and so had to back-track somewhat to please them.john in cheshirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00179825507377423624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post-87381250236312652692011-07-30T07:45:46.110-07:002011-07-30T07:45:46.110-07:00Indeed Anon you are correct and by its very nature...Indeed Anon you are correct and by its very nature this attempt to create government sponsored (don't for one minute think they will be autonomous) 'charities' will be highly bureaucratic both in control and implementation. And as study after study has shown, bureaucracies always devolve to placing the interests of the bureaucracy above the interests of the mission, usually within two managerial generations, this is the fundamental reason why government service provision is so incompetent.<br /><br />Cameron's 'brilliant' idea is really nothing more than than the social liberal ideology that spawned the likes of Cadbury; the workers have responsibility to be good, practising Christians, to be abstemious of alcohol, to keep their person and property clean and tidy, to pursue education and learning, to live righteously, to be an active part of the community (that's the work end, by the way) and regularly engage in manly outdoor exercise and sport. And if you don't like living the way we tell you then you can bugger off and good riddance to boot.<br /><br />Moore's comments on the politicians' fixation with the preoccupations of the elite rather than the aspirations of the multitude are absolutely correct, of course, as all here keep repeating. Where he is wrong, and is simply writing for effect, is in his assertion Western government in general is becoming frightened of their people. Poppycock and wishful thinking, they hold the people in contempt, just as they always have. And quite frankly, while they have police and security forces willing to act on their behalf they will continue to do so. Cameron, Clegg and the Greek MPs may all need armoured limousines to travel a hundred yards, but that does not mean they are afraid, being careful, yes, afraid, no chance. Only when you see them being chased down the road by a baying mob will the fear start to show.PeterCharlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post-67648440453848731312011-07-30T06:48:15.877-07:002011-07-30T06:48:15.877-07:00Trouble is, when these "volunteer" group...Trouble is, when these "volunteer" groups get access to "authority" they turn into little Jobsworth Hitlers and rather then dispell misery, cause it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com