http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/2004/01/31/robert-kilroy-silk-is-a-waste-of-space/ Everyone has a right to my opinions Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:16:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/2004/01/31/robert-kilroy-silk-is-a-waste-of-space/#comment-294 Robert Sharp » Blog Archive » Solopsim of the present Sat, 11 Feb 2006 22:52:11 +0000 http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/?p=9#comment-294 [...] As I have said before, before, there are times when I feel as though we still exist in some kind of kooky pre-enlightenment era, where nonsense prevails and in the future historians will ridicule us for our narrow mindedness. We have invented the technology to harvest power from the sun, yet our system somehow deems it more appropriate to spend billions on securing a worryingly finite oil supply, instead of at least optimising the solar harvest. Some people genuinely believe that they - and their land - have identities that persist outside their own mind. Others spend millions on make-up, and millions more on make-up remover. [...] [...] As I have said before, before, there are times when I feel as though we still exist in some kind of kooky pre-enlightenment era, where nonsense prevails and in the future historians will ridicule us for our narrow mindedness. We have invented the technology to harvest power from the sun, yet our system somehow deems it more appropriate to spend billions on securing a worryingly finite oil supply, instead of at least optimising the solar harvest. Some people genuinely believe that they - and their land - have identities that persist outside their own mind. Others spend millions on make-up, and millions more on make-up remover. [...]

]]> http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/2004/01/31/robert-kilroy-silk-is-a-waste-of-space/#comment-203 Robert Sharp » Blog Archive » Still defending Political Correctness Mon, 23 Jan 2006 04:33:39 +0000 http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/?p=9#comment-203 [...] Thus politicians, government bodies at all levels and their agencies are more or less obliged to toe- the-PC-line, because they are supposed to be speaking for everyone. The media keeps to the guidelines too, because journalists hope to be speaking to or for everyone. We are very particular about who should and should not be Politically Correct. Robert Kilroy-Silk the TV presenter must be PC, but Robert Kilroy-Silk the politician can say what he wants. How ironic we took him seriously when he claimed we should not, then could not take him seriously when he asked that we should. [...] [...] Thus politicians, government bodies at all levels and their agencies are more or less obliged to toe- the-PC-line, because they are supposed to be speaking for everyone. The media keeps to the guidelines too, because journalists hope to be speaking to or for everyone. We are very particular about who should and should not be Politically Correct. Robert Kilroy-Silk the TV presenter must be PC, but Robert Kilroy-Silk the politician can say what he wants. How ironic we took him seriously when he claimed we should not, then could not take him seriously when he asked that we should. [...]

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