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By: Clive

Clive — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 14:08:37 +0000

Before I blogged, I was a chatter. And it is in chat that one learns the true extent of mankind’s idiocy. What you are witnessing on the MSM and popular blogsites is the norm – the terrible truth is that most people (in whatever age) have only a casual acquaintance with logic and gain their opinions by a process of osmosis from their peers. By writing such a reasonable and reasoned blog, you, good Doctor, mark yourself out as a member of the insignificant minority that is capable of thought. Come the revolution, you and others like you will be first for the guillotine. Such is life.

The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity

W.B.Yeats, The Second Coming

By: john b

john b — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 12:00:50 +0000

“The current atrocious state of the UK’s education system can be viewed daily on websites”

Hmm. I’m fairly sure that 500 years ago, idiots were passing around handwritten flyers saying “ye Archbishoppe of Canterburye iss a veritable cunte, who wouldst surely hand over thy daughters to bee violated by Saracens”.

By: jameshigham

jameshigham — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 06:47:59 +0000

The smaller blog with a regular readership would seem to be the way to go. Some of those – there was one specimen called ben-e-boi – you wonder what they think a comments section is for.

By: Richard Havers

Richard Havers — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 20:35:15 +0000

Too right. The Scotsman comment section is sinking lower and lower. I can’t be bothered to read them as they are just a series of insider comments or shear garbage.

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Sun, 10 Feb 2008 10:34:31 +0000

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By: CalumCarr

CalumCarr — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 08:39:28 +0000

Agree.

Very popular blogs – eg Iain Dale – have large numbers of comments; often a fair amount of abuse but very little debate. Smaller blogs have much more toing and froing between “commenters” and author with more chance of proper debate.

By: Vicky

Vicky — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 22:25:14 +0000

The so-called ‘quality’ press has dumbed down a lot in the past few years – sloppy, badly-researched journalism will attract moronic commentators. I’ve no idea what is to blame for this – perhaps deadlines are tighter, perhaps reader feedback has steered it that way. And as for the BBC – well, seeing the presenters giggling whilst that nice Brian Cox was trying to explain gravity the other morning…that was the last straw for me. Dora the Explorer for *my* breakfast telly in future!

I’m not an intellectual by any stretch of the imagination, but I’m desperate for a higher quality of journalism *and* discussion (though HYS is always good for a laugh, provided that you steer clear of the ‘serious’ topics, lest the despair for humankind gets too much)

By: Colin Holland

Colin Holland — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 18:11:06 +0000

Tom is absolutely right.
The current atrocious state of the UK’s education system can be viewed daily on websites, and it is a one in a thousand chance of finding a lucid, logical, thought provoking and well spelt comment.