tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17766817.post6209119454001538921..comments2023-11-05T22:35:31.766+00:00Comments on Neil Clark: Happy Christmas!Neil Clarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10479041156190090119noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17766817.post-26907157314573994062008-01-05T01:12:00.000+00:002008-01-05T01:12:00.000+00:00Richard Briers once said that he hated sitting on ...Richard Briers once said that he hated sitting on the Tube. He could not get used to the language of 'fuck' and shit'. The way people talked to one another he said was not civil and dehumanising. <BR/><BR/>I loved the clip Neil.<BR/><BR/>Have you read Roger Scruton's England An Elegy ?Karl Naylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11400585861569394701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17766817.post-72370988208788951192007-12-25T21:17:00.000+00:002007-12-25T21:17:00.000+00:00I've been experimenting with "God Rest Ye Merry" a...I've been experimenting with "God Rest Ye Merry" as a farewell statement, as "Merry Christmas" is freighted with many different meanings. <BR/><BR/>I'm still too boggled just thinking about Christmas to get to the political consequences. I wrote about it <A HREF="http://crosswordbebop.blogspot.com/2007/12/god-rest-ye-merry-gentlemen-and-ladies.html" REL="nofollow">here</A>.<BR/><BR/>Even though we disagree on a number of things, you've been most gentlemanly to me. So God Rest Ye Merry this season...Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15146665485840381349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17766817.post-76932115768577311422007-12-25T05:38:00.000+00:002007-12-25T05:38:00.000+00:00Happy Christmas, Neil - or Happy Holidays, as we p...Happy Christmas, Neil - or Happy Holidays, as we politically correct have to say over here. I don't see eye-to-eye with you on much, but you're a good sport and I look forward to disagreeing with many more blogs of yours in the year to come!Roland Hulmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08979437320446956987noreply@blogger.com