tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3083855923964640893.post8390232572350206902..comments2023-11-05T10:53:07.638+00:00Comments on Patently Rubbish: Voltaire would be proudpatentlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00602962323262055007noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3083855923964640893.post-49508087417402033002009-10-16T09:29:20.748+01:002009-10-16T09:29:20.748+01:00Voltaire was right; I do not agree with what eithe...<i>Voltaire was right; I do not agree with what either the Guardian or the average climate change apostle has to say, but their right to say it is - or at least should be - absolute.</i><br /><br />I don't think Voltaire is any better. Perhaps he said the voices of all <i>should</i> be heard, but then he misrepresented those who he didn't like so that their voices <i>wouldn't</i> be heard.<br /><br />At least many modern day liberals spare us that kind of hypocrisy: they're openly illiberal.Alberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12407051721186824991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3083855923964640893.post-1389006800478981362009-10-16T09:15:45.537+01:002009-10-16T09:15:45.537+01:00I watched a programme called Vice Squad last night...I watched a programme called Vice Squad last night. In it the police closed a bar down for the night because they had "intelligence" that some people were planning to go to the bar who planned to start violence.Old BEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06974090439936326476noreply@blogger.com