Posted by TheMarquise on Thu 11 Feb 10, 6:13 PM to TheMarquise's blog.
| 11 Feb 10, 6:29 PM WaterDragon UK(LN), 6 yrs  |
Blair did not say he regrets the loss of life, because like most religious fanatics they are just his martyrs. Just like a certain Soudi chap. Hugs, Irene.
Yet Dom as I am _
Still I crave the wind from your sub wings | |
| 11 Feb 10, 8:15 PM stormywaters PT, 4 yrs |
Yes the Blair thing is absolutely fascinating. There was a brilliant article about him by Mathew Paris in the Times a week or so ago,
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columni... that finally explained him to me, or completed my understanding. The alarming fact is he really is a religious nutter. It's one of those things that you just can't quite believe, because it is so scary, even when the evidence is becomming pretty undeniable. (Echoes of global warming.) Comming from that kind of emotional or psychological place makes a politician very effective as a vote gatherer. There is an attractive air of confidence and authority very similar to the kind of easy certainty, devoid of emotionally unsatisfying shades of grey, that religious leaders offer. There are two lines of Yeats I love which sum this up rather well 'the worst are full of passionate intensity/ while the best lack all conviction'. Conviction is emotionally very satisfying as a base for a personal allegiance on the part of a voter to a politician. So Tony Blair, seeing things in simplistic terms, was a vote winner. Intelligent people thought he talked the way he did because he was an electorally savy politician who knew that simplicity and conviction were the way to win elections, but that underneath he was a much more thoughtful and nuanced politician. Sadly and alarmingly it turns out he really is that simple minded. My object all sublime... Edited 11 Feb 10, 8:33 PM by stormywaters | |
| 12 Feb 10, 12:25 AM PiercedKnight UK(WC), 3 yrs |
He can't regret a loss of life after commanding his Armed Forces into an act of war. Acts of war cause death. PK.
"I'm just a bloody normal bloke. A normal bloke who likes a bit of torture" Mark 'Chopper' Read Edited 12 Feb 10, 12:27 AM by PiercedKnight | |
| 12 Feb 10, 4:19 PM Lounge_Lizard 5 yrs |
I'd much rather the money wasted on a pointless enquiry was better spent equipping our lads and lasses in Afghanistan. Blair admitting he was 'to blame'?...(Laughs)...Who are you trying to kid?... Tally Ho!... |
