tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4851253350414065435.post135045776041539957..comments2024-02-03T07:44:59.236+00:00Comments on Musings from Higher Downgate and Elsewhere: What's occuring?DNPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03036724155816464990noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4851253350414065435.post-53210351696572312962010-02-06T18:49:56.215+00:002010-02-06T18:49:56.215+00:00I agree with your sentiments. We live in a world ...I agree with your sentiments. We live in a world that seems to celebrate the mundane, lionise the ordinary and devalue true debate. I'm not sure when I last heard a debate in the true sense of the word. Too often, an exchange of polarised views seems to be a substitute for debate.DNPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03036724155816464990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4851253350414065435.post-39296215224737720052010-02-06T13:17:46.466+00:002010-02-06T13:17:46.466+00:00Do you not feel that in a world full of nuance, un...Do you not feel that in a world full of nuance, uncertainty, greyness, British political life, and in particular the discussion surrounding it, is simply too polarised. The truth about Blair, or Clare Short, or any of it or them, lies in some opaque muddle. For me the polarisation is a product of the emotionally unstable, irrational, and increasingly infantilising borderline personality disorder which is now the characteristic feature of British public life in every aspect from the treatment of villains to dog walking.Spothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05027658858923261262noreply@blogger.com