tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408194908462305523.post1586849014774825870..comments2024-03-27T20:54:34.655+00:00Comments on Bagging Area: Monday's Long SongSwiss Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13119322217065850020noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408194908462305523.post-91214031543324909982020-10-01T04:24:50.919+01:002020-10-01T04:24:50.919+01:00Spot on with your post, and just heard Ian Browns ...Spot on with your post, and just heard Ian Browns new single, what an embarrassing effort it isexile 62https://www.blogger.com/profile/00024751047064269793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408194908462305523.post-1257607688306805202020-09-30T17:32:59.979+01:002020-09-30T17:32:59.979+01:00Swanditch sorry if I misunderstood. I do understan...Swanditch sorry if I misunderstood. I do understand your wider point, and i'm as paranoid as the next man/woman. That's why i'm not on social media and i don't own a smart phone, even though i know Smith Glaxo Kline own my DNA and Apple own my dreams. Peace again brother and Adam please bill us for this conversation.<br /> warwick@SRCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408194908462305523.post-73286180583526057382020-09-30T17:04:50.152+01:002020-09-30T17:04:50.152+01:00Let's also keep in mind that the UK and US gov...Let's also keep in mind that the UK and US governments, to name just two, have given people ample reason to distrust and disobey them. I mean not just in the past few years but stretching back some decades now. Swanditchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15316455524375152972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408194908462305523.post-74719932692705189112020-09-30T17:00:50.254+01:002020-09-30T17:00:50.254+01:00Anon you've read me wrong, I wear masks as and...Anon you've read me wrong, I wear masks as and when required and have no objection to any measures I am asked to take to combat this virus. I am making a larger point about the way our societies run, and how it is not in fact possible to get people to be more obedient without taking steps that no one is prepared to take, and that therefore objecting to people resisting masks etc is ultimately futile. Brown et al are still being wankers though.<br /><br />I will also note here that there have been months now of large scale public gatherings in many countries and there has been nary a peep of criticism of these gross violations of social distancing. Swanditchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15316455524375152972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408194908462305523.post-32451615705304817872020-09-30T16:34:41.395+01:002020-09-30T16:34:41.395+01:00Swanditch we all have our own opinions, that is tr...Swanditch we all have our own opinions, that is truly a lovely thing, but hinging your personal liberty on having the freedom not to wear a mask seems out of proportion to the liberties that so many lack in the world. But of course this highly totalitarian police state that we live in does give you the freedom to protest. Me I don't wear a safety belt in my car, my choice, but you see i'm not taking any body else with me when i go head first through the windscreen. Because I wear a mask am I disciplined, or am I not disciplined because I don't wear a safety belt? Life's a morale maze isn't it? peace brother.<br /> warwick@SRCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408194908462305523.post-36950133086404752042020-09-30T08:48:53.200+01:002020-09-30T08:48:53.200+01:00Khayem that's a perfect example of wanting a d...Khayem that's a perfect example of wanting a disciplined population. Now, do you have the will to create it? Do you actually want to see the people disciplined? Swanditchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15316455524375152972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408194908462305523.post-1680680524251720792020-09-30T05:29:43.885+01:002020-09-30T05:29:43.885+01:00An excellent if grimly on point post, Adam. For ev...An excellent if grimly on point post, Adam. For every good news story highlighting and emphasising how caring, compassionate and community-minded we human beings are, it's also brought into sharp relief our capacity for selfishness, divisiness and self-preservation. Celebrity (and what does that really mean these days?) commentary is fine, but I'd like to see more of these brave Twitter warriors propound their theories to a live audience. Preferably one made up of young people like my pre-teen, who would be interested to know why some people's sense of entitlement and particular definition of liberty means they don't give a damn about its impact on others' freedom of choice, now and in the future.<br /><br />The Chocolate Hills track is great, by the way.Khayemhttps://www.mixcloud.com/Khayem_Audio/listens/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408194908462305523.post-28025514729572320662020-09-29T18:14:04.703+01:002020-09-29T18:14:04.703+01:00I wondered if I may have been a bit harsh on Van M...I wondered if I may have been a bit harsh on Van Morrison Lee but I was on a roll by that point. I stand by Brown Eyed Girl being a wedding reception endurance test though. Swiss Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13119322217065850020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408194908462305523.post-43830978019982410412020-09-29T13:23:54.694+01:002020-09-29T13:23:54.694+01:00Excellent post A
Though I have to say Van M has r...Excellent post A<br /><br />Though I have to say Van M has released many superb records since Astral Weeks londonleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08431179744928331353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408194908462305523.post-76297885403261346682020-09-29T12:46:35.915+01:002020-09-29T12:46:35.915+01:00Well argued Adam. What is happening in society tod...Well argued Adam. What is happening in society today confirms what I have always known. There are lots of gullible people and too many ill informed idiots in our country. The super rich are moulding our world into something that benefits them. Politicians are puppets and are leading us down a path of destruction. We are wasting the earth's resources for the benefit of the few. No one wins. A bit bravehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15907402032353720031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408194908462305523.post-46821182698185759722020-09-29T05:22:42.021+01:002020-09-29T05:22:42.021+01:00In a world where, no matter how much we "prog...In a world where, no matter how much we "progress" it still comes down to survival of the fittest, this current pandemic has only gone to prove we are not among the fittest being on the Earth and don't really have any real innate survival capabilities any longer. We are, as a society, weak willed, impatient, and out of touch with any sense of what it really takes deal with suffering because we can't even get past inconvenience.<br />@Swanditch makes a point that our definition of Freedom of Thought and Diversity of Thought can be a price of living in an open society, but it is precisely this price we must do the work necessary to reverse using it as an excuse. <br />Wear A Mask, Protect Lives.Echorichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02853063796135973187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408194908462305523.post-12211113275313408382020-09-29T04:44:41.557+01:002020-09-29T04:44:41.557+01:00Right, any criticism of UK or USA responses must t...Right, any criticism of UK or USA responses must take into account the fact that our populations are not disciplined and that there is zero will to genuinely discipline them. A higher death rate is one of the prices of freedom of thought, of diversity of thought - one of the prices of democracy. And democracy is good, as I am sure all agree.Swanditchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15316455524375152972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408194908462305523.post-24623014455369222642020-09-28T23:44:48.574+01:002020-09-28T23:44:48.574+01:00Yep, as Michael says maybe it's because their ...Yep, as Michael says maybe it's because their populations are ready to do as they're told. China's statistics may need some verification I think. Swiss Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13119322217065850020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408194908462305523.post-81407750261815215362020-09-28T21:54:19.178+01:002020-09-28T21:54:19.178+01:00Even a stopped clock and all. There always has to ...Even a stopped clock and all. There always has to be some small upside to these authoritarian systems and this time it's the fact that they can deal with a pandemic really well because they're people are more willing to do exactly what they're told (S. Korea similarly as they were until relatively recently an authoritarian state). Michael Dohertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11695905281779144243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408194908462305523.post-89041137848560890522020-09-28T21:52:39.618+01:002020-09-28T21:52:39.618+01:00Even a stopped clock and all. There always has to ...Even a stopped clock and all. There always has to be some small upside to these authoritarian systems and this time it's the fact that they can deal with a pandemic really well because they're people are more willing to do exactly what they're told (S. Korea similarly as they were until relatively recently an authoritarian state). Michael Dohertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11695905281779144243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408194908462305523.post-84671951976219164142020-09-28T20:37:16.663+01:002020-09-28T20:37:16.663+01:00Not to disagree with anything you've written -...Not to disagree with anything you've written - in my view celebs should keep their mouths shut on most topics; why do people credit their opinions on anything but their actual job? - but it's worth taking a look at the statistics for China. They are the single lowest, i.e. best, on ALL measures of this virus. If we take their stats at face value (arguable) that would imply that the most successful strategy is that implemented by an authoritarian mass surveillance state with enormous police powers. Food for thought.Swanditchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15316455524375152972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408194908462305523.post-12351324245331531622020-09-28T18:32:09.382+01:002020-09-28T18:32:09.382+01:00Yes Adam your words about society are spot on. The...Yes Adam your words about society are spot on. The reason we are taking all these precautions is because we (our British society) value the elderly and the vulnerable. Society is measured by how it cares for one another. These were the principles of the founding of the NHS and the Welfare State. These are the same principles that must guide us through this pandemic. To shield the vulnerable and elderly and slow the virus down, so that the NHS, it's doctors, nurses and all the carers are not over run. Do whatever it takes. This is something we do as a community, together. It is a great credit to our nation that the vast majority do still believe in the principles of our community. These out spoken musicians don't seem to understand that with liberty comes responsibility. Responsibility to each other and to the medical staff and carers, who i'm sure they themselves, their families and loved ones have benefited from in their lifetimes. <br /> -SRCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408194908462305523.post-42714270197717206512020-09-28T18:19:36.610+01:002020-09-28T18:19:36.610+01:00Another great post Swiss, I agree with what your s...Another great post Swiss, I agree with what your saying. I could let out a foul mouthed tirade about celebrity opinions, anti-maskers and conspiracy nitwits.Jake Sniperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03089542647439200437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408194908462305523.post-45747209772655730592020-09-28T12:10:44.040+01:002020-09-28T12:10:44.040+01:00Great post Adam. It seems to be the same at my pla...Great post Adam. It seems to be the same at my place. MSM is going to be taken over by populists ignoring the reasons why we have to carry masks in the future as well. Of course it is irritating carrying masks but it is still necessary, especially when we winter time is coming. Sometimes I can't stand those fools.Walterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10405547349428737250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408194908462305523.post-68990344062112533062020-09-28T11:01:58.470+01:002020-09-28T11:01:58.470+01:00Great stuff SA. I just don't get the hysterica...Great stuff SA. I just don't get the hysterical reaction to having to wear a facemask. It is a bit of an inconvenience one more thing to remember when you go out and for glasses wearers the 20 seconds of blindness can be a bit disconcerting but nothing compared to when the visor on a helmet when it mists up when you are doing 30 mph which brings we to the twat from that Manchester band who was a scooterist in his teenage years. I bet he was one of the twats that went to those rallies against having to wear a helmet when riding at speed, they did happen in the 80s anyway; not sure if everybody is a bit more sensible now about that but when you take what we are talking about I suspect there are still some rockets who believe that saving you from instant death and having some poor bugger from the emergency services scrape up your brains from the tarmac is an infringement on your right from killing yourself and traumatising others for life<br /><br />We still have Jedward. Is there anything more 2020 than the Grimes brothers a double act who were dismissed by most as being a couple of clowns being the voice of reason in this most fucked-up of yearsdrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12469084438125548989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408194908462305523.post-56044963432421527122020-09-28T08:36:58.108+01:002020-09-28T08:36:58.108+01:00I'm glad to have an excuse to wear a mask that...I'm glad to have an excuse to wear a mask that everyone accepts. What I'm worried about is that at some point governments will have to backtrack and make them illegal so that their face tracking will work. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com