Comments on: Gulag sillyness

By: john b

john b — Wed, 01 Jun 2005 08:17:00 +0000

I’m going to create an archive of such templates, I think – perhaps with a random generator attached (clearly, this will also include Jimmy Doyle’s one from yesterday…)

By: Simon

Simon — Wed, 01 Jun 2005 08:02:00 +0000

As with so many of these ‘pro-war left’ assaults on liberal institutions, there seems to be a presumption that it must be the institution whose politics has changed, rather than its interlocutor. "I remember back in [insert date, usually about a decade ago], [insert name of liberal institution here] was a paragon of intelligence, insight, wit, and fashionable clothing. But since [insert recent event which had an effect on interlocutor’s political views, usually 9/11 or Iraq at the moment], [liberal institution] has sunk into apologia/ignorance/reaction. Why oh why can’t [liberal institution] be as principled as me, Nick Cohen, David Aaronovitch and some fucktard weblog authors?"

By: John S

John S — Wed, 01 Jun 2005 07:06:00 +0000

Don’t you see, it doesn’t help that Amnesty criticizes China or Burma in some other report – they have to add an appendix to this report, stating that America gets a free pass because China is really much worse.