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Human stupidity

18/8/2019

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It is a truth, universally acknowledged, that there is no limit to human stupidity. 
 
When I was a student ‘doing’ the Greek Islands in the summer of 1970, I met a man who insisted that air travel was magic. “How else”, he said, “could an aircraft, made of metal and weighing more than 300 tons possibly get off the ground?” I was studying physics at the time, but I decided not to go over the simple principles of aeronautics with him, concluding that he was happy enough in his delusion; his disbelief in the reality of flight was harming no-one but himself, and that hardly at all.
 
The ‘Flat-Earthers’ I’m guessing that most people would, likewise, dismiss as harmless lunatics. The Neo-Creationists are somewhat more problematic. ‘Answers in Genesis’ is a website devoted to the belief in the literal truth of the Book of Genesis, that the universe was created in 4004 BC, and man and dinosaurs co-existed on Earth. These people become dangerous when their beliefs subvert the teachings of cosmology, evolution and geology in our schools. Fortunately, they are generally only found in the southern states of the US of A.
 
But what really worries me, really worries me, is the determination of our new Prime Minister to take this country out of the EU deal or no deal. Even Gove, Blow-Job’s attack-dog, admits, after the revelations in the Sunday Times today, that a ‘No-Deal’ will be a ‘bumpy ride’ … Really? 
 
I take a number of pills for my health, one of which, is to control my blood-pressure. If there are shortages of this medication after a ‘No-Deal B*****’ and I die as a result, will my family be able to sue the British Government for gross incompetence? Are they (the government) really determined to risk the lives and livelihoods of the more than 60 million people in this country for this madness? 
 
Leave the bloody EU by all means; the people voted for it (although the vote was only advisory), but I am a democrat and I will not resist. But risk shortages of food, fuel and medicine? Really? Are they actually prepared to do that? This is stupidity of a level that will make future generations catch their breaths in utter amazement.


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Paul Robertson
18/8/2019 08:41:24 pm

Seldom would I take issue with your good self, and certainly not with your comments on the threat to vital drug supplies, but I do dispute the democratic nature of the referendum and the subsequent interpretation of it's result. It was advisory, its campaigns were based on deliberate untruth, and it produced no mandate for constitutional change. Polling evidence now strongly suggests that public opinion has swung against 'brexit.' Not only should this crass lunacy be resisted, but I would contend that it is a democratic duty so to do.

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Peter Maggs
19/8/2019 08:39:37 am

Don't disagree with you mate. I would do almost anything to stop this 'crass lunacy'. The problem is, the damage has been done. The country is split down the middle. Whatever happens now, half of the population will continue to be very angry, a condition that could well lead to civil unrest.

Corbyn is calling for an election; as the Leader of the Opposition he is constitutionally the 'go-to' next person to attempt to form a government. The trouble is, he's an agit-prop dinosaur; a throwback to the revolutionary socialism of the 1960s and incapable of even uniting his own party let alone the Commons.

I would absolutely love to see a government of national unity led by Ken Clarke and Harriet Harmon, but like many of my aspirations, I cannot see it happening.

There are only two alternative possibilities for healing this festering wound that I can see: a new referendum with a very substantial majority – one way or the other, and/or a proper and orderly departure. The trouble with the latter, is that the issue of the Irish border has no solution, and that is the real ball-breaker.

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