johnlawrenceaspden

That's the spirit! What fun you must have imagining them all fighting about who's real...

I do hope that city isn't called R'lyeh.....

They sound like great Gods, and I'll believe in them even though they don't exist. Where do we meet up to sing?

A bit like the consensus that most gods don't exist.

As long as he's on the road I got no problem with that! A brave man.

Don't get me wrong, I've hated and feared cars since I was a boy. But some greenwashing fuckers and their shills in the 'bike lobby' legalising riding motorbikes in what used to be safe places has hardly improved matters.

Now there's nowhere safe to ride a bike or walk, or for children to play.

Fuck cars and fuck motorbikes.

Also, 60 pounds my arse. You might get the odd actual bicycle with a little electric motor attached, but most of them are the same weight and speed as mopeds. And they don't stay "restricted to 20mph" for long.

I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.

Not that that particularly helps.....

Thank you for the correction! Where can I find the list of philosophical axioms espoused by the Whigs?

err, no?

Sure, but that's the only system we know is stable even over the hundred years or so we've been doing the experiment.

I would be cautiously in favour of STV, but PR systems seem to get rid of the 'you can vote the bastards out' feature in favour of permanent government by the same people in various coalitions.

Being able to change the government without violence is, I think, the only real argument in favour of representative democracy, and it's an important feature, because it's what stops democracies having periodic civil wars, and focuses the parties on at least trying to appear to represent the median voter.

So kind! Thank you.

Forgive me, I am editing it in-place as more thoughts occur to me, so do make sure you still agree with it when I stop doing that, and edit your comment appropriately.