Comments on: Blame it on the bloggers

By: N.I.B.

N.I.B. — Mon, 25 Jul 2005 08:41:00 +0000

Ah, but the Guardian is owned by a charitable trust, so it’s obviously evil and communistfascist, just like Amnesty International…

By: tom

tom — Sun, 24 Jul 2005 22:01:47 +0000

Not really, no. Seeing as the comment refers to the absurdity of reading some sort of "OMG teh BBC won't call them bad words this is PC GONE MAD!!!" interpretation into the substituting of perfectly interchangeable phrases in order to be more transparently objective, then it doesn't really matter if Chris mixed them up. Because, you see, he doesn't care which word is used. He is mocking those who do think that there's some sinister purpose behind the switch. Besides, you know, if the BBC was really worried about being found out in this sort of change, they wouldn't let something like this be made, would they?

By: Tim

Tim — Sun, 24 Jul 2005 17:55:50 +0000

The BBC used the word 'bomber' initially instead of 'terrorist' No. The BBC initially used the word Terrorist, then on days 2+ switch to bomber. The fact that you got this 180 degrees wrong undermines your comment somewhat. harry's blog

By: Max

Max — Thu, 21 Jul 2005 10:16:35 +0000

Just noticed that the blame hampstead guy has managed to get his rant into today’s Guardian comment pages, having a go at all the people who blame the Iraq war for the bombings. Apparently the root cause is an extremist ideology, although he does not say anything about what fuels this ideology (i.e. western intervention in the middle east).

By: Paddy Carter

Paddy Carter — Thu, 21 Jul 2005 07:42:50 +0000

physician heal thyself.

you’re just in one faction throwing rocks at the side you don’t like(and your invective looks like a load of straw-man shit to me, and drearily predictable at that too)

By: Ken

Ken — Thu, 21 Jul 2005 00:46:51 +0000

As a largely political blogger myself, I see what you mean – and you put it very amusingly, too. Thanks for that, and I will try and avoid the criticised attitudes!

By: been broken

been broken — Wed, 20 Jul 2005 16:59:18 +0000

Enjoyed this post a lot. Especially the ‘Blame…!’ codas at the top. Just found you, so sorry to hear that you may blog less on politics, but I will keep tuning in.
B

By: Nick

Nick — Tue, 19 Jul 2005 19:10:05 +0000

“I am this close to creating a Harry’s Place content generator”

Oh please, get that little bit closer, especially as R Robot doesn’t seem to work anymore…or is now posting solely under the name ‘Oliver Kamm’.

By: Alexander

Alexander — Tue, 19 Jul 2005 05:44:26 +0000

One shouldn’t be too surprised by what the ‘blogs say these days. Most right-wing blogs in the US consist of gleeful self-delusion regarding the Iraq War; Git’mo; Human Rights; Journalism Ethics and the War On Terror. It’s part of the greater malaise that has come with the Bush era: just pretend there’s not a problem and try to worm your way out with cheap rhetoric. Not all these ‘blogs are the same – some are actually well-argued and sobre – but many are by nutters who would probably be screaming blue bloody murder if a Democrat administration were doing the same thing.

In these cases, ‘blogging isn’t so much a window to the world as a mirror you hold up to your face so you don’t have to see the real world outside. Roll on 2008 and a jolt of reality.