| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:A Stalinist Coronation | |
| Posted by: | Colin Jordan | |
| Date/Time: | 03/06/07 11:42:00 |
| "The sad truth is that British politics is as corrupt as any ‘banana republic’" Try living in a banana republic and saying that. "and our populace to apathetic to have the kind of revolutionary purge that would be required to rid the nation of the liars cheats and thieves that sit in our houses of parliament." Revolutionary purges have a nasty habit of throwing up the sorts of 'liars, cheats and thieves' who characterize true banana republics. I don't have a very high opinion of most of our political masters and mistresses, Philip, but hysterical calls for revolutionary purges are no substitute for rational debate, and it's interesting how armchair revolutionaries are also characterized by the sort of contempt for the 'apathetic' masses that you display. |