tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6153845628469776909.post4020983019861171454..comments2024-03-24T09:13:28.758+00:00Comments on The Plashing Vole: Hi Dave!The Plashing Volehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13021407602157515927noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6153845628469776909.post-38190340271823412042011-08-15T16:36:47.330+01:002011-08-15T16:36:47.330+01:00Intelliwench: Nance does get it - and I thoroughly...Intelliwench: Nance does get it - and I thoroughly approve of writing frequently to intellectually-challenged political representatives. As you'd imagine.The Plashing Volehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13021407602157515927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6153845628469776909.post-5395198568320513542011-08-15T16:34:20.338+01:002011-08-15T16:34:20.338+01:00Hi James. Yes, that's an important point: acqu...Hi James. Yes, that's an important point: acquisitiveness and deprivation aren't tied together. <br /><br />Anon (2): yes, he's a dreamboat, isn't he.The Plashing Volehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13021407602157515927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6153845628469776909.post-72660124229630672712011-08-12T15:29:35.857+01:002011-08-12T15:29:35.857+01:00I saw Mr Uppal on the telly box. With his rolled u...I saw Mr Uppal on the telly box. With his rolled up sleeves, shirt unbuttoned manfully and his tie long since discarded, he looked well up for some community clean up action! I wish I had an MP like him (swoon)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6153845628469776909.post-89839252368570889342011-08-11T23:06:27.776+01:002011-08-11T23:06:27.776+01:00Agree with you about the corrosive nature of consu...Agree with you about the corrosive nature of consumer capitalism. But just as we don't want to fall into the trap of confusing motive with cause neither do we want to be automatically assuming it's deprivation.<br /><br />Your comparison with bankers is an apt one, both are groups of thieving scum whose actions result in harm to others. Both steal out of greed things they don't actually need. Both do it because they think they can get away with it or feel that the consequences for getting caught are laughable.Jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6153845628469776909.post-35217424784732667832011-08-11T09:52:17.011+01:002011-08-11T09:52:17.011+01:00WrongWrongAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6153845628469776909.post-63861390750065289972011-08-10T19:00:30.044+01:002011-08-10T19:00:30.044+01:00You might appreciate what my friend Nance has to s...You might appreciate what my friend Nance has to say (to her congressman) about the U.K. unrest: http://www.maturelandscaping.com/2011/08/feral.html<br /><br />I think she "gets it" - but correct me if I'm wrong!intelliwenchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01872666573909696493noreply@blogger.com