tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327028885417240312.post4259928088054019385..comments2024-02-23T01:45:36.309-08:00Comments on Peter G. Shilston's Blog: Noam ChomskyPeter G. Shilstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14738298407725174339noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327028885417240312.post-89084812818235318202017-03-30T19:11:54.166-07:002017-03-30T19:11:54.166-07:00I’m sure that you will be aware of Churchill’s fam...I’m sure that you will be aware of Churchill’s famous quote Peter, the one about democracy being the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried, but there is another Churchill quote on the subject that is more pertinent to the current situation, <i>viz</i>. "The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter."<br /><br />I think that this sums up rather well what has happened in America!<br /><br />By the way, I think you need to be careful about drawing any parallels between Brexit and the American presidency, even though Trumplthinskin and Niggle Garage are pals. You can make a reasonable case for Brexit, but there is nothing reasonable about having a man in the White House whose only strategy is self-aggrandizement.<br />Dennis Hodgsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09409579380626581592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327028885417240312.post-50083510455546079462017-03-30T15:48:08.058-07:002017-03-30T15:48:08.058-07:00I read some of your cricket posts and liked them. ...I read some of your cricket posts and liked them. I had to laugh about the Indian Aran. I was a pitcher in american baseball and if a guy was all worried about "how things were done" and the rules it meant he couldn't play a lick. I have to admit two things 1) Though I was a pitcher, baseball bored me to tears and 2) Cricket still remains a mystery to me, completely unfathomable.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13642228725661059539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327028885417240312.post-58633739138313652242017-03-25T06:11:04.581-07:002017-03-25T06:11:04.581-07:00I really don't like talking politics that much...I really don't like talking politics that much and I think that mine is different from yours, but I do agree with the "The public has had enough of experts". The heart of it to me is that the experts or specialists seem to have forgotten that they work for the people and not the people for them.<br />As for something revolutionary happening that too I most certainly agree with and it will happen in Europe and the US. I'll go out on a limb here, but it all kind of reminds me of England in the time of Charles I just at the rise of the Cromwellians. As you say and I agree where it's going I have little idea.<br />There now off the soap box and back to reading the past posts, which as always I really enjoy.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13642228725661059539noreply@blogger.com