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 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:59:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Stephen http://www.john-wright.net/2006/11/15/down-with-the-nazis/comment-page-1/#comment-573 Stephen Fri, 17 Nov 2006 08:05:00 +0000 http://www.john-wright.net/2006/11/15/down-with-the-nazis/#comment-573 Jostleyn:<br/><br/>That's good. Wouldn't the world be a terrible place if we all agreed! <br/><br/>Just to satisfy my own curiosity, how would you define your own political outlook and philosophy?<br/><br/>SG Jostleyn:

That’s good. Wouldn’t the world be a terrible place if we all agreed!

Just to satisfy my own curiosity, how would you define your own political outlook and philosophy?

SG

]]> By: Jostelyn http://www.john-wright.net/2006/11/15/down-with-the-nazis/comment-page-1/#comment-571 Jostelyn Thu, 16 Nov 2006 22:21:00 +0000 http://www.john-wright.net/2006/11/15/down-with-the-nazis/#comment-571 That's ok Stephen I knew I wasn't coming here to agree. That’s ok Stephen I knew I wasn’t coming here to agree.

]]> By: Stephen http://www.john-wright.net/2006/11/15/down-with-the-nazis/comment-page-1/#comment-569 Stephen Thu, 16 Nov 2006 18:07:00 +0000 http://www.john-wright.net/2006/11/15/down-with-the-nazis/#comment-569 Thanks for the comments...There's nothing I wish to add on top if what John and GMan entail. Except this: Jostleyn, I mean this in the nicest way possible. I'm sure you're a terribly nice and decent person, but your mindset is to me as dangerous as that of any tyrant. You seem to wish us all to be sacrificial animals to be silenced, ordered about, or disposed off at the whim of the tribe. <br/><br/>The words of Neimoller are apposite:<br/><br/>First they came for the Communists,<br/> and I didn’t speak up,<br/> because I wasn’t a Communist.<br/>Then they came for the Jews,<br/> and I didn’t speak up,<br/> because I wasn’t a Jew.<br/>Then they came for the Catholics,<br/> and I didn’t speak up,<br/> because I was a Protestant.<br/>Then they came for me,<br/> and by that time there was no one<br/> left to speak up for me.<br/><br/>Says it all.<br/><br/>SG Thanks for the comments…There’s nothing I wish to add on top if what John and GMan entail. Except this: Jostleyn, I mean this in the nicest way possible. I’m sure you’re a terribly nice and decent person, but your mindset is to me as dangerous as that of any tyrant. You seem to wish us all to be sacrificial animals to be silenced, ordered about, or disposed off at the whim of the tribe.

The words of Neimoller are apposite:

First they came for the Communists,
and I didn’t speak up,
because I wasn’t a Communist.
Then they came for the Jews,
and I didn’t speak up,
because I wasn’t a Jew.
Then they came for the Catholics,
and I didn’t speak up,
because I was a Protestant.
Then they came for me,
and by that time there was no one
left to speak up for me.

Says it all.

SG

]]> By: Gman http://www.john-wright.net/2006/11/15/down-with-the-nazis/comment-page-1/#comment-568 Gman Thu, 16 Nov 2006 17:51:00 +0000 http://www.john-wright.net/2006/11/15/down-with-the-nazis/#comment-568 Democracy, whats that then?<br/>What does being a decent citizen entail?<br/>If we want freedom of expression then we must also be prepared to have to listen to views we do not agree with.<br/>Say it LOUD Stephen.<br/><br/>Elvis, dead....? sniffle Democracy, whats that then?
What does being a decent citizen entail?
If we want freedom of expression then we must also be prepared to have to listen to views we do not agree with.
Say it LOUD Stephen.

Elvis, dead….? sniffle

]]> By: John Wright http://www.john-wright.net/2006/11/15/down-with-the-nazis/comment-page-1/#comment-567 John Wright Thu, 16 Nov 2006 16:27:00 +0000 http://www.john-wright.net/2006/11/15/down-with-the-nazis/#comment-567 Jostelyn- Democracy <em>also</em> entails that if the majority agree upon a constitutional law that guarantees free speech, then that free speech will be honoured whether or not it permits people to say things you find offensive or indecent. I would have thought the vast majority of people in every democracy would agree with that. Jostelyn- Democracy also entails that if the majority agree upon a constitutional law that guarantees free speech, then that free speech will be honoured whether or not it permits people to say things you find offensive or indecent. I would have thought the vast majority of people in every democracy would agree with that.

]]> By: Jostleyn White NY http://www.john-wright.net/2006/11/15/down-with-the-nazis/comment-page-1/#comment-566 Jostleyn White NY Thu, 16 Nov 2006 15:39:00 +0000 http://www.john-wright.net/2006/11/15/down-with-the-nazis/#comment-566 Democracy entails that we find what the majority believe to be acceptable and draw up our rulebook around those standards. I dare say the BNP falls outside of acceptable standards and therefore should be silenced if they can't behave like decent citizens. Democracy entails that we find what the majority believe to be acceptable and draw up our rulebook around those standards. I dare say the BNP falls outside of acceptable standards and therefore should be silenced if they can’t behave like decent citizens.

]]> By: Stephen http://www.john-wright.net/2006/11/15/down-with-the-nazis/comment-page-1/#comment-565 Stephen Thu, 16 Nov 2006 07:38:00 +0000 http://www.john-wright.net/2006/11/15/down-with-the-nazis/#comment-565 S: I'm sure that under any future interventionist government this blogsite in its entirety would provide enough ammo to bang me up for a long time!<br/><br/>Jostleyn:<br/><br/>Simply put: Freedom of speech means absolutely nothing if it doesn’t include the offensive, the irritating, the contentious, the eccentric, the heretical, the unwelcome and the provocative. And who would you have decide what opinions are worthy to be aired? The government? Can't you see how bad an idea that is? Really?<br/><br/>SG S: I’m sure that under any future interventionist government this blogsite in its entirety would provide enough ammo to bang me up for a long time!

Jostleyn:

Simply put: Freedom of speech means absolutely nothing if it doesn’t include the offensive, the irritating, the contentious, the eccentric, the heretical, the unwelcome and the provocative. And who would you have decide what opinions are worthy to be aired? The government? Can’t you see how bad an idea that is? Really?

SG

]]> By: Jostleyn White NY http://www.john-wright.net/2006/11/15/down-with-the-nazis/comment-page-1/#comment-564 Jostleyn White NY Thu, 16 Nov 2006 00:58:00 +0000 http://www.john-wright.net/2006/11/15/down-with-the-nazis/#comment-564 I'm not sure that protecting the freedom of speech on people like this is giving your cause many supporters. I’m not sure that protecting the freedom of speech on people like this is giving your cause many supporters.

]]> By: S Quinney http://www.john-wright.net/2006/11/15/down-with-the-nazis/comment-page-1/#comment-563 S Quinney Wed, 15 Nov 2006 23:09:00 +0000 http://www.john-wright.net/2006/11/15/down-with-the-nazis/#comment-563 Careful Stephen, you could find yourself up on incitement to religious hatred charges yourself with those comments on Islam! I agree of course on all this. Careful Stephen, you could find yourself up on incitement to religious hatred charges yourself with those comments on Islam! I agree of course on all this.

]]> By: WTK55 http://www.john-wright.net/2006/11/15/down-with-the-nazis/comment-page-1/#comment-562 WTK55 Wed, 15 Nov 2006 22:06:00 +0000 http://www.john-wright.net/2006/11/15/down-with-the-nazis/#comment-562 Really I'm surprised after reading this that anyone could seriously disagree with the logic you have set out. Its ovbious to me that the reason terrorists hate us is because of this freedom and by denying it we become just like them. Really I’m surprised after reading this that anyone could seriously disagree with the logic you have set out. Its ovbious to me that the reason terrorists hate us is because of this freedom and by denying it we become just like them.

]]> By: Stephen http://www.john-wright.net/2006/11/15/down-with-the-nazis/comment-page-1/#comment-561 Stephen Wed, 15 Nov 2006 20:25:00 +0000 http://www.john-wright.net/2006/11/15/down-with-the-nazis/#comment-561 Thanks Rosalita...<br/><br/>Missed you all, and I'm glad this rather hastily put together blog, thrown up between nappy changes, still managed to hit the spot.<br/><br/>SG Thanks Rosalita…

Missed you all, and I’m glad this rather hastily put together blog, thrown up between nappy changes, still managed to hit the spot.

SG

]]> By: Rosalita Paglia http://www.john-wright.net/2006/11/15/down-with-the-nazis/comment-page-1/#comment-559 Rosalita Paglia Wed, 15 Nov 2006 20:21:00 +0000 http://www.john-wright.net/2006/11/15/down-with-the-nazis/#comment-559 Welcome back Stephen, enjoyed this Welcome back Stephen, enjoyed this

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