21 Feb 10, 11:05 PM
nortyboy
UK, 4 yrs
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CookieMonster wrote:
TheMarquise wrote:
CookieMonster wrote:
I must have missed something with the name calling.
I wouldn't doubt he means well and his hearts in the right place, i would say though you are expressing an opinion.
I find his arguments archaic and tinged with a monomania that lack the reflection and self critisism that progressive politics require.
Have never met him and I am sure hes a good egg.
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Of course I am expressing an opinion, what else would it be? I did think the thread I read was overly scathing of someone being a socialist.
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Its not being a socialist that I found problematic, it was arguing against documented evidence.
It is a consensus that moneterist policies worked, acheived there goals, hence neo-keynsians have adopted it their models.
Theres nothing wrong with having strong beleifs or putting a strong case, but i would say if you care about something that much you would at least do proper research. You should then modify your veiws in light of evidence.
Its not about exonerating thatcher or glorifying the 80's, what Nortyboy was doing was giving the kind of rant that was heard in the early 80's but faded out.
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Rant? Where did i rant? The OP stated that Thatchers policies were so successful they had never been reversed. This is simply not true and i gave several socio/economic examples of where they had been unsuccesful and reversed.
Their is a world beyond decontextualised snippets from wiki.
What response did i get? A lot of silly nonsense about attacking me and avoiding the debate.
Hardly riverting stuff and says more about those doing it than i! |
21 Feb 10, 11:06 PM
nortyboy
UK, 4 yrs
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TheMarquise wrote:
redgerbil wrote:
CookieMonster wrote:
It is a consensus that moneterist policies worked, acheived there goals, hence neo-keynsians have adopted it their models.
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A consensus amongst whom? Oh yeah, the de-industrialisation of Britain 'worked' in the view of the short sighted pragmatists, indeed! And now the over reliance on the City of London has put the UK well and truly in the quagmire! All a result of these very same policies!
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Exactly. You said it much better than I could Redgerbil.
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Marquise,
Thank you for your kind words.
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