tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post1309004013387060453..comments2024-03-28T10:25:42.597+00:00Comments on TPQ: Getting Off the PotAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-40042829205942913562009-04-03T10:08:00.000+01:002009-04-03T10:08:00.000+01:00Ouch..!Ouch..!Sophienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-26075134783225358372009-04-01T20:20:00.000+01:002009-04-01T20:20:00.000+01:00Sophie, the point was never that authoritarianism ...Sophie, the point was never that authoritarianism lies behind 'shit or get off the pot'. That was the phrase used to hang the article on. Authoritarianism lay behind the sentiment expressed not the phrase which is pretty much what you say it is. <BR/>W are not merely discussing state power versus individual freedoms in a democracy. We are discussing abnormal state power undermining civil AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-86580764110046700392009-03-30T13:07:00.000+01:002009-03-30T13:07:00.000+01:00I don't think authoritanism lies behind 'shit or g...I don't think authoritanism lies behind 'shit or get off the pot'. I believe its one of those one liners used by people in their everyday lives because most of us get on with things and don't intellectualise all things all the time. I think we look for consistency, when consistency doesn't really exsist in ideas or in life. Most people want a position laid out for them all nice and neat.<BR/><BR/Sophienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-19135090388875025252009-03-29T20:46:00.000+01:002009-03-29T20:46:00.000+01:00FionnchĂș, a thought provoking way of putting it. T...FionnchĂș, a thought provoking way of putting it. The balancing of ideological commitment with what is going on alongside it is a struggle against fanaticism and zealotryAMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-19401267044095564722009-03-29T20:21:00.000+01:002009-03-29T20:21:00.000+01:00I appreciate your remarks on the PSNI, the need fo...I appreciate your remarks on the PSNI, the need for common decency between foes in a civilized polity, and the essential commitment to an equality based on respect if not perfect agreement which all aspire towards in a civilized polity. Unless we learn to balance our own ideological commitment with our own ability to listen and live alongside those with whom we disagree, how can anywhere we claimJohn L. Murphy / "FionnchĂș"https://www.blogger.com/profile/16616876266772470719noreply@blogger.com