First Simon Jenkins article on the importance of doing nothing

[redgunamo]

Did you get as far as the final sentence? That, to me, is a pretty thinly veiled way of saying "we had it coming"

I've not read the article, but I agree with that part.

[World's End Stella]

I hadn't made it that far because of the nausea indiuced by the first couple of paragraphs, but now you've prompted me to read it, I've got rage to go with my sickness. Thanks a bunch.

I had no issue with the article at all until the last paragraph.

At which point I wanted to repeatedly punch Simon in the face. Appalling c*nt.

[Burney]

I've not read the article, but I agree with that part.

Oh, we had it coming, but not for the reasons he's suggesting. We had it coming in the same way that a host who invites every scumbag for miles around to his party has it coming when they steal everything he owns and trash the place.

[PSRB]

That appalling woman Yasmin Alibhai-Brown was wringing her hands about it yesterday with the words 'What have Catalonians ever done to muslims?', thus clearly suggesting that the rest of us basically deserved it.

Well they weren't really targeting Catalonians, just the barbaric tourists

[Burney]

Well they weren't really targeting Catalonians, just the barbaric tourists

Unfortunately, a speeding van is not really a precision weapon

[Peter]

Unfortunately, a speeding van is not really a precision weapon

It's the 'poor man's guided missile' apparently.

[Burney]

It's the 'poor man's guided missile' apparently.

Yes. The idiocy in that article was so general that I missed quite how stupid that analogy was.

[redgunamo]

One wonders how he would respond to a modern version of the old "What would you do if an enemy solider was raping your sister?" conchy question.

Presumably, he'd stand there and let him for fear of stirring up Islamophobia otherwise. Pathetic old ****.

I don't know the fellow, but be aware that "enemy" may hold a different meaning to him than it does for you. Not to mention "raping".

[Peter]

Yes. The idiocy in that article was so general that I missed quite how stupid that analogy was.

I have no idea who the bloke is but the article veers between stupid and pointless, frequently embracing both.

Who gives a **** if we have to put up a few barriers?

This statue stuff in America is annoying the **** out of me as well, not least because I have ended up agreeing with Donald ****ing Trump......

[redgunamo]

I have no idea who the bloke is but the article veers between stupid and pointless, frequently embracing both.

Who gives a **** if we have to put up a few barriers?

This statue stuff in America is annoying the **** out of me as well, not least because I have ended up agreeing with Donald ****ing Trump......

Christ! What do you agree with Donald Trump about?