tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post4214229828984874720..comments2024-03-28T07:16:39.621+00:00Comments on Lallands Peat Worrier: 2016Lallands Peat Worrierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18276270498204697708noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-6073932569456570672016-01-10T18:28:12.317+00:002016-01-10T18:28:12.317+00:00I'm aiming for wry.I'm aiming for wry.Andrew Mortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05562143171249446260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-90041036045555311552016-01-04T14:40:33.584+00:002016-01-04T14:40:33.584+00:00Personally, I'm enjoying being a grumpy old bu...Personally, I'm enjoying being a grumpy old bugger.Bill Hume.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17502709042623139150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-24979805208354716502016-01-03T16:48:38.726+00:002016-01-03T16:48:38.726+00:00No. The older I get, the more stuff I find to get ...No. The older I get, the more stuff I find to get snotty about.<br />Life is getting too short to start indulging in tolerance and forbearance.Humerous Vegetablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06749447163866759111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-21351498871163160422016-01-03T15:41:49.088+00:002016-01-03T15:41:49.088+00:00Excellent plea for sanity. I would suggest this is...Excellent plea for sanity. I would suggest this is complemented by the following analysis/advice<br />http://wingsoverscotland.com/towards-a-better-kinder-2016/Fourfolksachehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12651190231842907126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-46792112937270922302016-01-03T13:09:36.955+00:002016-01-03T13:09:36.955+00:00Place a long lugubrious IM Jolly "helloooo&qu...Place a long lugubrious IM Jolly "helloooo" at the head of this and it reads better. This said,of course,with a twinkle in either skinned eye,coming from that bleaker portion of my personality more fizzy than sparkling.<br /><br />More bravery,more confidence for sure in the on-going cause for independence for Scotland. kailyard ruleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11098989013431186162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-861688757541218082016-01-03T12:47:03.376+00:002016-01-03T12:47:03.376+00:00We humans are all flawed, some much worse than oth...We humans are all flawed, some much worse than others. The ability to empathise with others though is missing in many.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05934836123529194653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-56467624418658652342016-01-03T04:25:57.477+00:002016-01-03T04:25:57.477+00:00"think with a different vocabulary"
Ah ..."think with a different vocabulary"<br /><br />Ah indeed, and act with a different vocabulary. Language in both Thought and Action.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-10690455323947187432016-01-03T03:05:08.878+00:002016-01-03T03:05:08.878+00:00'Tis in ourselves we are thus or thus...'Tis in ourselves we are thus or thus...Conan the Librarian™https://www.blogger.com/profile/01904339261121451779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-24444959704833445692016-01-02T23:59:43.634+00:002016-01-02T23:59:43.634+00:00I really liked this. I read people unleashing the ...I really liked this. I read people unleashing the most dreadful hatred filled words upon those who should be comrades. Many look at the person, the punctuation, the failings of others and stick the crowbar in the gap and pull, rather than either quietly agreeing or disagreeing. And aye, as we get older, the pride in our range of put downs, patronising and "obvious" superior being, language and knowledge, should in a mature mind, become shame and regret in dreadful assumption. We were all young once. Lets be good to each other. Listen. Defer. And speak even though our voices may shake, without malice. We win when we come from a good place. And we win when we address the politics, not the personal traits or failings of the people we engage with.Neilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13959528685165205482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-57205625668572989182016-01-02T21:33:45.517+00:002016-01-02T21:33:45.517+00:00Mightn't the "more basically kind" r...Mightn't the "more basically kind" resolution be more suited to 2017? 2016 is probably the year when the European Union is finally going to get slaughtered. It's a time to be bloody, bold and resolute. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-79258815031875774112016-01-02T19:59:34.620+00:002016-01-02T19:59:34.620+00:00T'internet is a technological ocean and, as in...T'internet is a technological ocean and, as in real life, we feel little of the pain of those on the other side.Davie P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10945599679946639142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-54993345897368918352016-01-02T19:57:03.558+00:002016-01-02T19:57:03.558+00:00Flyting is part of our auld culture, well I suppos...Flyting is part of our auld culture, well I suppose of many cultures, but it is certainly a distinctive part of Scottish culture.<br /><br />Brusqueness I think is OK. I had a ritual exchange of insults with Alan Bissett some weeks ago on Twitter which ended amicably enough. But you don't go behind people's backs when flyting so I can't engage when others are attacking Mr Bissett.<br /><br />Auden said 'We must love one another or die’. We needn’t go that far thankfully; perhaps ‘We must tolerate one another when engaged in rational discourse’.<br /><br />We all have stuff that gets our goat, e.g. Elaine C Smith doing her Queen of Working-Class Couth act (so influential on the Blessed Nicola), which irritates me more than it should, but compared to the mainstreaming of anti-Semitism in leftwing thought it ain’t the proverbial hill of beans. We all need to cultivate a sense of proportion.Edwin Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05317173893948248954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-87392747696557307492016-01-02T18:14:02.585+00:002016-01-02T18:14:02.585+00:00Probably not. Probably not. J. R. Tomlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01109874615059334200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-45404857860470909992016-01-02T17:50:37.926+00:002016-01-02T17:50:37.926+00:00An admirable hope, but I fear it may be a vain one...An admirable hope, but I fear it may be a vain one. This is not because human nature is getting worse (though that can't be ruled out) but because much modern technology encourages irresponsibility and therefore licenses nastiness. I'm thinking here mainly of social media and blogs which allow anonymous and pseudonymous messaging.<br /><br />Face to face with a live human being there are strong incentives to be polite, if not actively pleasant. This sense of personal responsibility remains, maybe more weakly, when posting online under a real name. But anonymity and brevity encourage the quick put-down and the cutting insult.<br /><br />Politics is increasingly migrating to the cyber world and the print media are in apparently terminal decline. It's possible we may yet develop more civilised forms of online discourse. But I wouldn't bet even my most tattered shirt on it.Dennis Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04533079746508505314noreply@blogger.com