Towards a Renaissance of Citizens' Balls

[Bismillah]

"Towards a Renaissance of Citizens' Balls. Nothing else will work."<br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://qlipoth.blogspot.com/2006/02/towards-renaissance-of-citizens-balls.html">qlipoth.blogspot.com/2006...balls.html</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br> <p></p><i></i>

[antiaristo]

Simon Hoggart is an establishment toady, we all know that.<br><br>He writes The Spectator wine column.<br><br>He was also one of the many fucking Hilary Quinn.<br>Along with David Blunkett, the blind man who thought he could become prime minister.<br><br>The Guardian is pretty tame and pretty infiltrated these days.<br><br>But it's the best of a bad lot.<br><br>My $0.02 <p></p><i></i>

[Bismillah]

What does Simon Hoggart have to do with anything? He is mentioned nowhere in the entire piece.<!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :rolleyes --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/eyes.gif ALT=":rolleyes"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <p></p><i></i>

[antiaristo]

<!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>The ease with which journalists are seduced by the powerful was nicely illustrated recently by Simon Hoggart in the Guardian. Writing the diary, Hoggart went into some detail as to why Dr David Kelly could not have been murdered. Justifying the depth of his analysis Hoggart stated "I mention this only because the internet mill, favoured by Michael Meacher in his researches into 9/11, will no doubt grind out more conspiracy theories." Hoggart continued, confirming his touching relationship with power, describing Lord Hutton's "soft, educated almost beguiling Ulster accent." In these few words Hoggart proved himself to be completely taken in by the establishment figure whilst dismissing anyone, like Meacher, who might suggest the whole train of events that led to wars in Iraq and Afghanistan had more than a touch of coincidence to them.<hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--> <br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://observer.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,6903,1054495,00.html">observer.guardian.co.uk/c...95,00.html</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--> <p></p><i></i>

[Bismillah]

It's hardly the main point at issue, is it? Simon bleeding Hoggart....<br><br>The point, if it has to be stressed, is that <i>everyone</i> knows 9/11 was an inside job, yet almost <i>no-one</i> is saying so, out loud, in public. It is <i>precisely</i> the situation described in The Emperor's New Clothes. And the main problem is not the standard cowardice and careerism of the average Guardian journalist, but the fact that even those of us who know better don't say so often or loudly enough. <p></p><i></i>