Comments on: Quote of the day http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2008/07/17/quote-of-the-day-99/ Daily views on British politics and the Conservative Party from a centre-right thinker who writes letters on his blog to politicians, journalists and many others. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:42:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: curly http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2008/07/17/quote-of-the-day-99/#comment-2884 curly Tue, 29 Jul 2008 23:08:07 +0000 http://lettersfromatory.wordpress.com/?p=818#comment-2884 It's all ridiculous really, we are kissing goodbye to the chance of recording life in the new millennium. Apart from my other recent troubles with a camera, one woman once rang me up and demanded that I remove a picture from my blog because she had not agreed to me including the image of the back of her head!<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('2884','curly'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('2884','curly','It\'s all ridiculous really, we are kissing goodbye to the chance of recording life in the new millennium. Apart from my other recent troubles with a camera, one woman once rang me up and demanded that I remove a picture from my blog because she had not agreed to me including the image of the back of her head!'); return false;">Quote this comment</a></div> It’s all ridiculous really, we are kissing goodbye to the chance of recording life in the new millennium. Apart from my other recent troubles with a camera, one woman once rang me up and demanded that I remove a picture from my blog because she had not agreed to me including the image of the back of her head!
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]]> By: John http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2008/07/17/quote-of-the-day-99/#comment-2883 John Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:52:03 +0000 http://lettersfromatory.wordpress.com/?p=818#comment-2883 Why 'political correctness'? This is nothing to do with political correctness. It's to do with right-wing paranoia of the Daily Mail variety - the deviants and aliens are lurking behind every tree just waiting to grab hold of your kids/wife/property. Political correctness is when people say you shouldn't stop pedophiles from taking photos of kids because pedophiles are a downtrodden misunderstood minority. When somebody says this, then you can talk about 'political correctness'. OK?<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('2883','John'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('2883','John','Why \'political correctness\'? This is nothing to do with political correctness. It\'s to do with right-wing paranoia of the Daily Mail variety - the deviants and aliens are lurking behind every tree just waiting to grab hold of your kids\/wife\/property. Political correctness is when people say you shouldn\'t stop pedophiles from taking photos of kids because pedophiles are a downtrodden misunderstood minority. When somebody says this, then you can talk about \'political correctness\'. OK?'); return false;">Quote this comment</a></div> Why ‘political correctness’? This is nothing to do with political correctness. It’s to do with right-wing paranoia of the Daily Mail variety – the deviants and aliens are lurking behind every tree just waiting to grab hold of your kids/wife/property. Political correctness is when people say you shouldn’t stop pedophiles from taking photos of kids because pedophiles are a downtrodden misunderstood minority. When somebody says this, then you can talk about ‘political correctness’. OK?
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]]> By: Blogpower Roundup - The Matt Wardman Civil Liberties Edition | The Wardman Wire http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2008/07/17/quote-of-the-day-99/#comment-2882 Blogpower Roundup - The Matt Wardman Civil Liberties Edition | The Wardman Wire Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:51:04 +0000 http://lettersfromatory.wordpress.com/?p=818#comment-2882 [...] Yet another Blogpower member has been taking an interest in restrictions on Photographers, and writes about a Walsall man called a “pervert” for taking pictures of his own children in a public park. [...]<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('2882','Blogpower Roundup - The Matt Wardman Civil Liberties Edition | The Wardman Wire'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('2882','Blogpower Roundup - The Matt Wardman Civil Liberties Edition | The Wardman Wire','[...] Yet another Blogpower member has been taking an interest in restrictions on Photographers, and writes about a Walsall man called a “pervert” for taking pictures of his own children in a public park. [...]'); return false;">Quote this comment</a></div> [...] Yet another Blogpower member has been taking an interest in restrictions on Photographers, and writes about a Walsall man called a “pervert” for taking pictures of his own children in a public park. [...]
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]]> By: Stu http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2008/07/17/quote-of-the-day-99/#comment-2881 Stu Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:05:58 +0000 http://lettersfromatory.wordpress.com/?p=818#comment-2881 Incidentally, there was a brilliant <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/jun/05/news.terrorism" rel="nofollow">Guardian article</a> last month on why people taking photographs are seen as a threat. Bruce Schneider blames the movies. He has quite a good point. He also has an astonishing variety of links to other news stories of people being persecuted, harassed or even detained for nothing more than taking photographs.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('2881','Stu'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('2881','Stu','Incidentally, there was a brilliant <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/technology\/2008\/jun\/05\/news.terrorism\" rel=\"nofollow\">Guardian article<\/a> last month on why people taking photographs are seen as a threat. Bruce Schneider blames the movies. He has quite a good point.\n\nHe also has an astonishing variety of links to other news stories of people being persecuted, harassed or even detained for nothing more than taking photographs.'); return false;">Quote this comment</a></div> Incidentally, there was a brilliant Guardian article last month on why people taking photographs are seen as a threat. Bruce Schneider blames the movies. He has quite a good point.

He also has an astonishing variety of links to other news stories of people being persecuted, harassed or even detained for nothing more than taking photographs.

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]]> By: Letters From A Tory http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2008/07/17/quote-of-the-day-99/#comment-2870 Letters From A Tory Sun, 20 Jul 2008 19:52:57 +0000 http://lettersfromatory.wordpress.com/?p=818#comment-2870 It's sad, isn't it. What was once a totally acceptable activity is now considered a threat by many paranoid parents.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('2870','Letters From A Tory'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('2870','Letters From A Tory','It\'s sad, isn\'t it. What was once a totally acceptable activity is now considered a threat by many paranoid parents.'); return false;">Quote this comment</a></div> It’s sad, isn’t it. What was once a totally acceptable activity is now considered a threat by many paranoid parents.
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]]> By: John M Ward http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2008/07/17/quote-of-the-day-99/#comment-2871 John M Ward Sun, 20 Jul 2008 13:52:12 +0000 http://lettersfromatory.wordpress.com/?p=818#comment-2871 I too have "nice cameras" (Olympus OM2n and an E-410), but studiously avoid taking photographs of children nowadays. In years gone by, my neighbours would like me to take photos of their kids because I have such good facilities (which they did not) and they didn't want precious moments to go unrecorded or poorly recorded. I wouldn't do so now, though.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('2871','John M Ward'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('2871','John M Ward','I too have \"nice cameras\" (Olympus OM2n and an E-410), but studiously avoid taking photographs of children nowadays.\n\nIn years gone by, my neighbours would like me to take photos of their kids because I have such good facilities (which they did not) and they didn\'t want precious moments to go unrecorded or poorly recorded. I wouldn\'t do so now, though.'); return false;">Quote this comment</a></div> I too have “nice cameras” (Olympus OM2n and an E-410), but studiously avoid taking photographs of children nowadays.

In years gone by, my neighbours would like me to take photos of their kids because I have such good facilities (which they did not) and they didn’t want precious moments to go unrecorded or poorly recorded. I wouldn’t do so now, though.

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]]> By: stymaster http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2008/07/17/quote-of-the-day-99/#comment-2869 stymaster Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:07:39 +0000 http://lettersfromatory.wordpress.com/?p=818#comment-2869

I wouldn’t blame socialism, but I would blame Labour for stoking the paranoia fires.

Oh, agreed. But I think any government would do the same regardless, not just labour, so they can be seen to be “doing something”. I just don’t think that politics itself is the issue here: more the over-protective paranoia, and I really think it’s media-generated: pervs existed more than 30 years ago when I was a child, in fact there was a fairly famous case of several child sexual assaults and murders in my home town in the 60s or 70s. It just gets more attention these days.

We now frown on any form of financial success. I run a business that employs 30 people. This business provides a livelihood for about 50-60 people. Yet this is somehow a bad thing; people assume that if I have been able to extract a good living for myself, that is at the expense of the interests of my staff

The problem there, of course, is many *do* screw over their staff (and everyone else) in their pursuits. If you are one of the people making a success of business without doing so, then kudos to you, but don’t kid yourself that all successful businesses are the same.

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]]> By: patently http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2008/07/17/quote-of-the-day-99/#comment-2880 patently Fri, 18 Jul 2008 08:29:59 +0000 http://lettersfromatory.wordpress.com/?p=818#comment-2880 Not b*******. We now frown on any form of financial success. I run a business that employs 30 people. This business provides a livelihood for about 50-60 people. Yet this is somehow a bad thing; people assume that if I have been able to extract a good living for myself, that is at the expense of the interests of my staff and I should be taxed into submission.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('2880','patently'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('2880','patently','Not b*******.\n\nWe now frown on any form of financial success. I run a business that employs 30 people. This business provides a livelihood for about 50-60 people. Yet this is somehow a bad thing; people assume that if I have been able to extract a good living for myself, that is at the expense of the interests of my staff and I should be taxed into submission.'); return false;">Quote this comment</a></div> Not b*******.

We now frown on any form of financial success. I run a business that employs 30 people. This business provides a livelihood for about 50-60 people. Yet this is somehow a bad thing; people assume that if I have been able to extract a good living for myself, that is at the expense of the interests of my staff and I should be taxed into submission.

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]]> By: Letters From A Tory http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2008/07/17/quote-of-the-day-99/#comment-2879 Letters From A Tory Fri, 18 Jul 2008 05:52:54 +0000 http://lettersfromatory.wordpress.com/?p=818#comment-2879 Journalists have certainly made things a hell of a lot worse, but the political correctness brigade have been encouraged by the government as part of their drive to appease everyone. I wouldn't blame socialism, but I would blame Labour for stoking the paranoia fires.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('2879','Letters From A Tory'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('2879','Letters From A Tory','Journalists have certainly made things a hell of a lot worse, but the political correctness brigade have been encouraged by the government as part of their drive to appease everyone. I wouldn\'t blame socialism, but I would blame Labour for stoking the paranoia fires.'); return false;">Quote this comment</a></div> Journalists have certainly made things a hell of a lot worse, but the political correctness brigade have been encouraged by the government as part of their drive to appease everyone. I wouldn’t blame socialism, but I would blame Labour for stoking the paranoia fires.
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]]> By: stymaster http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2008/07/17/quote-of-the-day-99/#comment-2878 stymaster Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:38:40 +0000 http://lettersfromatory.wordpress.com/?p=818#comment-2878 <blockquote> This is the inevitable effect of eleven years of socialism - a climate of envy and a hatred of individuality. </blockquote> Don't talk b*******. It's nothing to do with political leanings, and everything to do with parental paranoia stirred up by journalists. A very sad event though.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('2878','stymaster'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('2878','stymaster','<blockquote>\nThis is the inevitable effect of eleven years of socialism - a climate of envy and a hatred of individuality.\n<\/blockquote>\nDon\'t talk b*******. It\'s nothing to do with political leanings, and everything to do with parental paranoia stirred up by journalists. A very sad event though.'); return false;">Quote this comment</a></div>

This is the inevitable effect of eleven years of socialism – a climate of envy and a hatred of individuality.

Don’t talk b*******. It’s nothing to do with political leanings, and everything to do with parental paranoia stirred up by journalists. A very sad event though.

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