Comments on: Top Stories and Blog Review – 15th Oct

By: john b

john b — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:30:56 +0000

Hmm. While obviously I see where you’re coming from, I thought it seemed like an ill-judged phrase in the context.

More pragmatically, it’s the sort of thing that will actually alienate moderate-ish people with mild racist leanings, rather than the kind of under-the-radar dog-whistle stuff that people can fool themselves is OK…

By: ukliberty

ukliberty — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:23:25 +0000

Shami Chakrabarti/CiF – Somewhat enjoying the government’s defeat over 42-days. A victory for “common-sense”.

Defeated but not beaten. There is already a new bill that will be introduced in an ‘emergency’.

By: Aaron Heath

Aaron Heath — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 12:30:41 +0000

John,

Please. Don’t be a git.

There are lots of shades of racism. But I think the lynching kind is probably the worst.

By: John Band

John Band — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 10:52:01 +0000

“Racism – the worst kind”

As opposed to the good kind and the OK-ish kind, presumably?