Comments for John Lilburne

Comment on Pic 428 by freebornjohn

freebornjohn — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:18:53 +0000

It was sometime in the summer of 2000 as you can tell by the cloudiness

And yes, Atilla is excellent, always good for a laugh.

Comment on Pic 428 by Muhamad

Muhamad — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:45:09 +0000

Wow…hey, when did you take that pic? Looks like an easy target from up there? I couldn’t be bothered to go up on it even when I lived there.

I like the stockbroker work.

Comment on Pic 423 by freebornjohn

freebornjohn — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:39:42 +0000

Thanks for the info. It’s a shame because it’s such a great quotation I shall leave it there though otherwise your comment would lose context.

Comment on Pic 423 by Vicente Calibo de Jesus

Vicente Calibo de Jesus — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:02:55 +0000

The Magellan quote is a fabrication of Robert Ingersoll. Magellan never said it. And the Church never declared the earth was flat. The quote is found and nowhere else in Ingersoll’s essay “Individuality.” This may be accessed at http://www.infidels.org/library/historical/robert_ingersoll/individuality.html It’s in the fourth paragraph of his essay

That the world was round was known for more than a thousand years. What wasn’t known was the exact diameter of the globe. Magellan’s voyage provided proof of the sphericity of earth. The notion men thought the earth was flat exaggerates the extent of sway of what the ignorant and the morons held as true. I don’t believe they dominated thinking at any time in human history.

What the Church proclaimed as doctrine was the idea–erroneous–earth was center of the universe.

VICENTE CALIBO DE JESUS
ginesdemafra@gmail.com

Comment on Pic 405 by freebornjohn

freebornjohn — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 00:27:47 +0000

She has a way with words

Comment on Pic 405 by Muhamad

Muhamad — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:56:15 +0000

A magnificent insight.
And oddly enough, I couldn’t help but to think of “Lord of the Rings”.

Comment on Supreme scum by freebornjohn

freebornjohn — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 23:00:07 +0000

I don’t think they worry who is going to disappear next. It’s the old “something must be done” fallacy.

Comment on Supreme scum by Muhamad

Muhamad — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 15:45:32 +0000

You know, initially, I thought it was going to screwing the Muslims in this country but now we know that our politicians wouldn’t only bend over but mostly sell their mama to the highest bidder.

Comment on Pic 374 by freebornjohn

freebornjohn — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:20:25 +0000

I think the traditional European appetite for war has diminished since WWII; by that I mean war within Europe.

Comment on Pic 374 by Muhamad

Muhamad — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:08:16 +0000

Hmm, not sure if Europeans are as ‘bon européen’ as Kurlansky makes them out to be.

Comment on The Mod Squad by freebornjohn

freebornjohn — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 10:46:38 +0000

And my comment that links to this has also been blocked. Comment isn’t very free at all.

Comment on The Mod Squad by freebornjohn

freebornjohn — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 09:03:42 +0000

It may have been the hijacked airliner element but I’ve seen worse on the TV.

Comment on The Mod Squad by M. Cawdery

M. Cawdery — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 08:53:07 +0000

I am surprised that this comment was excluded by the Guardian moderators. I have made much worse in relation to Brown

Comment on Pic 367 by freebornjohn

freebornjohn — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:23:56 +0000

The Brahman is a popular breed in Aus because it can cope with the extreme heat and it also deals well with the constant drought conditions. Such a shame that it will end up at McDonald’s

Comment on Pic 376 by freebornjohn

freebornjohn — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:10:22 +0000

It may be old but it’s still just as valid

Comment on Pic 367 by Muhamad

Muhamad — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:08:10 +0000

What a magnificent beast.

Comment on Pic 376 by Muhamad

Muhamad — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:04:06 +0000

Oh I remember this quote from my good old days of being an undergraduate in the 90’s.

Comment on About by freebornjohn

freebornjohn — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 04:46:24 +0000

I tend to comment at only a couple of sites and the Telegraph isn’t one of them. I indulge in some baiting of Tories and Daily Mail readers, and yes, I realise they are easy targets but all’s fair in love and debate.

As I said before, the thing about Lilburne that appeals to me is that he was against bad government. I see so much debate about big and small government but that’s missing the point. It’s bad government that is the problem. I’ve been asked how I can be a left-libertarian as that must be a contradiction in terms and my answer is always the same: I believe that a nation’s government should provide a decent level of healthcare and other social benefits. I believe that critical infrastructure such as rail and road should also be owned by the citizenry via the government. If this requires a higher level of taxation then I’m happy with that. However, I also believe the government should otherwise keep it’s nose out of a citizen’s affairs and interfere as little as possible.

Thanks for the link to the Lilburne info. I shall delve in later today.

Comment on About by freebornjohn

freebornjohn — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 04:31:05 +0000

To be honest, I’d only glanced at the other site and hadn’t noticed that it was defamatory.

Comment on About by Peter Risdon

Peter Risdon — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 11:14:53 +0000

Incidentally, I wouldn’t dream of trying to tell you what you should put on your blog, but rather was suggesting that one of the links was discreditable. I’ve no intention of making the ISP take that site down, even though it would be simple to do so. I believe strongly in freedom of expression. Freedom for the political activist in Iran or Burma is also freedom for the malevolent criminal. That’s how it has to be.