tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508374680487030801.post7285763008090032936..comments2024-03-28T09:49:29.979+00:00Comments on Eccles is saved: Alternative-to-thought for the DayEccleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00357168852208499013noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508374680487030801.post-47666389118851703512014-01-04T06:04:12.998+00:002014-01-04T06:04:12.998+00:00Ah South America, South America....Great Bastian o...Ah South America, South America....Great Bastian of Goodness and Truth. How the devil shines on thee.Our Lady of Good Success-pray for us.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14746510579669229511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508374680487030801.post-32049593501503055342014-01-04T00:11:29.468+00:002014-01-04T00:11:29.468+00:00Well I for one was very disappointed. I so wanted ...Well I for one was very disappointed. I so wanted to hear Prophet Assange, blessings be beneath him, instruct us in his doctrine on the use of artificial means of contraception and how best to apply these teachings in the field. Maybe another time. The Way of Dodohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02768438289001724700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508374680487030801.post-37288196149287656422014-01-03T23:40:10.668+00:002014-01-03T23:40:10.668+00:00Dear Mr Eccles,
The BBC is enormously grateful fo...Dear Mr Eccles,<br /><br />The BBC is enormously grateful for your slightly uninformed conservative commentary and we would like to provide you with the following re-education:<br /><br />1. Your satirical comment that guest editors this week were "chosen for their great wisdom and erudition" misses the point, as they were precisely chosen for those qualities. If you are an idiot, that is not our problem.<br />2. If you see the above point as patronising, that is also your problem. We are the BBC.<br />3. You refer to Mr Strange's solicitor Gareth Peirce in a satirical manner. My I remind you that Ms Peirce has successfully represented people of all shades of left wing opinion against Her Majesty in court and always won, so please do not be too optimistic about remaining solvent if your traddy remarks are not withdrawn, you loser.<br /><br />4. If you are suggesting that a man on the run from sexual offences who has been lawfully deemed extraditable under existing treaties but has gone into hiding in some wog embassy should not have his moment of glory on Thought for the Day, you are simply flouting equality legislation and you should either reconsider your language or flee the country immediately.<br />5. An esteemed voice of the BBC once wrote: "As I have tried to show, modern writing at its worst does not consist in picking out words for the sake of their meaning and inventing images in order to make the meaning clearer. It consists in gumming together long strips of words which have already been set in order by someone else, and making the results presentable by sheer humbug." (Orwell, "Politics and the English Language," 1946)<br />6. And there you have it.<br /><br />Yours sincerely,<br />Controller of Radio 4 (with a capital "C" please)<br />Gwyneth AtkinsonFrereRabithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11164077376680047600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508374680487030801.post-22441010949997215652014-01-03T20:41:17.145+00:002014-01-03T20:41:17.145+00:00'Just Assange at twilight' has made my wee...'Just Assange at twilight' has made my week-end.Adrianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15533152787340723191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508374680487030801.post-1497904250326518402014-01-03T20:36:06.055+00:002014-01-03T20:36:06.055+00:00can't stop laughing!can't stop laughing!gracemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14095192110021084317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508374680487030801.post-42004133386645358922014-01-03T19:41:48.307+00:002014-01-03T19:41:48.307+00:00Darling eccles - I heard the original - which was ...Darling eccles - I heard the original - which was certainly an alternative to thought :) xx JessJessica Hoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00336601507234428836noreply@blogger.com