Comments on: 2+2=5

By: Gil

Gil — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 11:43:37 +0000

2+2=5 – it does, but only for large values of 2.

By: John F

John F — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 12:29:10 +0000

Pearl – I sincerely doubt she would ever question her assertions. Ever. Just a guess.

By: Pearl

Pearl — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 15:19:50 +0000

wow. that denial level is jaw dropping. What gets a person to that choice of state to mistrust? Did she simmer down and hear herself later and realize, that was speech without thought? or as you say, when authority of I-feel-as-absolute-truth goes wrong.

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 13:38:36 +0000

It’s the stubbornness and denial that get me…

And yes, she would have had the trough of Thatcherised education; as I recall, school wasn’t falling down in 1985-1989, but by the early 90s you could really see the impact; a defunded universe of multiply photocopied handouts, grey tea, flaking plasterwork and 1950s leftover books.

By: Another Tom

Another Tom — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 10:49:57 +0000

I like the implication that, to the young lady in question, a large, well-established company telling you something is automatically a lie. Viva capitalismo. Institutionalised trust hasn’t collapsed, merely individualised.

She’s 23. That means born 1984, starting school in 1989, failing GCSE 2000. I blame Thatcher. At least when I was at school we were taught maths by proper hard core Trotskyites.

By: Tom

Tom — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 08:27:30 +0000

It’s all the fault of the loony left liberal do-gooders. Several decades of progressive teachers telling children that they “can do anything if you put your mind to it” and “always believe in your dreams” has given us an entire generation of whiny brats who think that reality will actually change to accommodate them if only they’re stubborn and pushy enough. At least the grammar school system was a helpful introduction to the grim realities of life for the majority of losers it dumped onto the scrapheap. But no, now we’ve got to cuddle these wastrels and teach them to scream “discrimination” if they think mathematics is oppressing their rights. Fucking hippies.

By: doctorvee

doctorvee — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 00:55:47 +0000

I was actually going to say something like this in my post (but I forgot before I published it). It is the fact that this person just couldn’t resist blaming someone else for the problem. There is no the slightest hint of taking any personal responsibility. Even worse is the fact that Camelot have actually caved in, which will vindicate this stance in her mind.