Comments on: If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less http://slatestarcodex.com/2013/04/12/if-a-clod-be-washed-away-by-the-sea-europe-is-the-less/ In a mad world, all blogging is psychiatry blogging Thu, 06 Aug 2015 00:03:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.4 By: Multiheaded http://slatestarcodex.com/2013/04/12/if-a-clod-be-washed-away-by-the-sea-europe-is-the-less/#comment-43267 Mon, 03 Mar 2014 10:20:43 +0000 http://slatestarcodex.com/?p=414#comment-43267 Holy fucking shit, every one of these is just excellent.

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]]> By: im http://slatestarcodex.com/2013/04/12/if-a-clod-be-washed-away-by-the-sea-europe-is-the-less/#comment-3636 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 07:11:30 +0000 http://slatestarcodex.com/?p=414#comment-3636 That doesn’t actually sound very ideological…

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]]> By: novalis http://slatestarcodex.com/2013/04/12/if-a-clod-be-washed-away-by-the-sea-europe-is-the-less/#comment-3633 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 05:33:42 +0000 http://slatestarcodex.com/?p=414#comment-3633 That’s a spammer — see their link (and google for the comment text).

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]]> By: naath http://slatestarcodex.com/2013/04/12/if-a-clod-be-washed-away-by-the-sea-europe-is-the-less/#comment-3463 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 11:54:34 +0000 http://slatestarcodex.com/?p=414#comment-3463 Assassination whilst in power would have been an AFFRONT TO THE NATION!

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]]> By: naath http://slatestarcodex.com/2013/04/12/if-a-clod-be-washed-away-by-the-sea-europe-is-the-less/#comment-3462 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 11:53:54 +0000 http://slatestarcodex.com/?p=414#comment-3462 Also possible distinguisher:

I do think there is a difference between the death of someone who was actively involved in doing Wrong Things (define as you please) at the time of death, and the death of someone who had in the past done Wrong Things but who was not in a position to do them any longer.

OBL was an actively part of the Al’Q leadership; killing him may (may!) have reduced the amount of terrorist activity perpetrated by Al’Q and saved lives. Thatcher was a senile old lady, she no longer had any power to do anything of import – although her legacy lives on in British politics and her ideas continue to influence today’s leaders her death will not bring that to a stop.

So I think that makes a difference.

However I also don’t think that there’s any reason to “not speak ill of the dead”. Nor to “respect” people who have no earned my respect.

Also to the point of the post – many people are making a huge fuss about “respect” and so forth and saying it’s just *dreadful* that people are dancing on Thatcher’s grave. Both sides of the argument are out in force here…

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]]> By: naath http://slatestarcodex.com/2013/04/12/if-a-clod-be-washed-away-by-the-sea-europe-is-the-less/#comment-3461 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 11:43:05 +0000 http://slatestarcodex.com/?p=414#comment-3461 Trust me, there are people dancing in the streets to celebrate the death of Thatcher.

Also, there is more nuanced commentary. There was more nuanced commentary about Bin Laden too.

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]]> By: Scott Alexander http://slatestarcodex.com/2013/04/12/if-a-clod-be-washed-away-by-the-sea-europe-is-the-less/#comment-3454 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 11:03:05 +0000 http://slatestarcodex.com/?p=414#comment-3454 There are no pictures in this post. If you can be more specific about what picture you’re having a problem with I can try to investigate it. I’ve neither noticed any problems myself or been alerted to any.

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]]> By: Andrew Ducker http://slatestarcodex.com/2013/04/12/if-a-clod-be-washed-away-by-the-sea-europe-is-the-less/#comment-3400 Sun, 14 Apr 2013 15:03:50 +0000 http://slatestarcodex.com/?p=414#comment-3400 Left = towards the socialist end of the capitalist/socialist spectrum.
Liberal = towards the libertarian end of the authoritarian/libertarian spectrum.

In the USA, the two are very intertwined. But elsewhere/elsewhen one can find very authoritarian socialists, for instance. They would be left-wing without being lefty-liberals.

Many of the left-wing in the UK are reasonably authoritarian. What’s important to them is that the working classes do well, not freedom of speech (for instance).

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]]> By: Jonathan Graehl http://slatestarcodex.com/2013/04/12/if-a-clod-be-washed-away-by-the-sea-europe-is-the-less/#comment-3382 Sun, 14 Apr 2013 08:56:18 +0000 http://slatestarcodex.com/?p=414#comment-3382 re: possibly delaying the financial crisis 6 mo: analysis of counterfactual worlds near always comes out the way your ideology would like, doesn’t it? To save time, just skip the ‘analysis’ part – you already have an oracle.

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]]> By: im http://slatestarcodex.com/2013/04/12/if-a-clod-be-washed-away-by-the-sea-europe-is-the-less/#comment-3378 Sun, 14 Apr 2013 07:13:09 +0000 http://slatestarcodex.com/?p=414#comment-3378 P{ossible distinguisher point: Don’t revel in the downfall unless you had a part in causing it.

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