tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post2616362712478128889..comments2024-03-28T09:33:26.444+00:00Comments on No Rock And Roll Fun: How have we even had an immigration debate without Roger Daltrey's opinions being canvassed?Simon Hayes Budgenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07084524317888577404noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-7249787521833236992011-07-05T07:35:34.235+00:002011-07-05T07:35:34.235+00:00@Francis
As with "decimate", there's...@Francis<br />As with "decimate", there's a precise and valuable meaning which is worth preserving. I don't know what dictionary you're using there, but it's wrong.Simon Hayes Budgenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07084524317888577404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-3590096076389888842011-07-04T12:16:10.921+00:002011-07-04T12:16:10.921+00:00e·nor·mi·ty –noun, plural -ties
1. outrageous or h...e·nor·mi·ty –noun, plural -ties<br />1. outrageous or heinous character; atrociousness<br />2. something outrageous or heinous, as an offense<br />3. greatness of size, scope, extent, or influence; immensityFrancishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01653815125880196756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-52189929302581724672011-07-01T17:20:10.686+00:002011-07-01T17:20:10.686+00:00well, as Simon says: "Daltrey's descripti...well, as Simon says: "Daltrey's description of the NHS sounds less like a considered opinion and more like someone who has half-read a Daily Mail editorial and then half-downed a pint of Old Peculiar." There are many such people as well as many a great deal worse. Some of whom are in the comments thread below the story. But these people aren't newsworthy because they aren't Roger Daltrey. I'm sure even if, I dunno, Barry from Mogwai blogged that "let us put the blame where it lies - that is, the door of Blair and Brown and 13 years of open door policy letting in all and sundry, crimials, terrorists etc" then he would get a mention in the Mail.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-3787666648192447852011-07-01T15:02:48.981+00:002011-07-01T15:02:48.981+00:00What is it about singers that makes them think the...What is it about singers that makes them think they're entitled to lecture the rest of us about politics?<br /><br />The thing about politics is, the closer you look at an issue the more complex it gets. No issue is black-and white. The bigger the question, the more fractal layers of complexity it's likely to have.<br /><br />So when people like Daltrey, or Bono, or Paul Weller, or any one of a million others who have only an electric guitar to distinguish themselves from the other saloon bar bores speak out they only manage to make themselves look foolish.<br /><br />..as well as of course the credulous fans who think they need to ape the dress sense and rosette choice of a person merely because they like some of the songs they sing.Mikeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09639836396121576665noreply@blogger.com