Earlier on, I posted a comment on Polly Toynbee's Guardian article and she responded to it herself.

[Berni]

Interestingly, her reply was of a stupidity that gave me new respect for the relative quality of debate on here.

So well done, AWIMB. You are considerably less f**kwitted than Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee. http://www.awimb.com/images/smiley_icons/ohwell.gif

[Alexism - Atheoist]

[Classic Jorge]

You know what's bad? I know two of those commentors IRL, three counting you

[Berni]

Basically what I said on here, only the response on here was more icogent and much less idiotic.

[Classic Jorge]

[Snin]

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/may/23/dismal- eu-ballot-corrupt-electoral-system-safe-seats-rotten (http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/may/23/dismal-eu-ballot-corrupt-electoral-system-safe-seats-rotten)

[Snin]

[Classic Jorge]

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

And I know a bit about chickens' arses.

[Berni]

even what I was sayin', bitch!'.

It was well mental.

[Berni]

[Alexism - Atheoist]

[Classic Jorge]

I think you know my feelings on the subject. For the record I rarely agree with this woman

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

They're well, thank you. Ageing disgracefully, though. Chasing the cats and laying siege to the kitchen door - leave it open for a moment and they're in. I found Lily on the sofa the other day, cats nearby peering mournfully at their unreachable bed.

[Luis Anaconda]

[Berni]

[Berni]

Have you ever considered getting one of those male hens?

[Ashberto]

Do you have one of those holes in the roof to let the smoke out from the fire in the middle of the room?

[Classic Jorge]

You're a brave man, I would think twice about doing the same on telegraph blogs

[Alexism - Atheoist]

Can you comment on her comment, 'cause this could get good! :popcorn:

[Jake]

[Berni]

that thick.

[Berni]

[Berni]

You don't attack his chickens, dude. He'll take a lot, but not slights on his poultry.

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

How dare you refer to my girls as farm animals!

[Supermac1976]

[Alexism - Atheoist]

It shouldn't astonish me that someone so dumb would hold such a position. I believed in fairy tales - I believed in meritocracy.

[Berni]

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

[Berni]

[Alexism - Atheoist]

they respond to such by going big and vague. Along the lines of, "Oh? Well it can't be a representative democracy if the structures in place deny equal representation, can it now? And those brave soldiers who died for our freedoms certainly didn't die for partial freedoms, or partial representation, or partial democracy. And I resent, RESENT! that you would spurn their sacrifice by inferring otherwise."

(I Guardianed this up, the stupids aren't so articulate over here.)

She'd be still as wrong, but she could be smugly ignorantly wrong, a la US Conservatives. :zing!:

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

[Berni]

difference between infer and imply. I'm sure that's just you satirising them, though, eh? ;-)

[Berni]

[Alexism - Atheoist]

down.

tbf I was riffing.