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| Started by | Folderol <folderol@ukfsn.org> |
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| First post | 2012-01-11 21:39 +0000 |
| Last post | 2012-01-14 17:42 +0000 |
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Getting close to raspberry pi time Folderol <folderol@ukfsn.org> - 2012-01-11 21:39 +0000
Re: Getting close to raspberry pi time Martin Hansen <mhh@shrewsbury.org.uk> - 2012-01-12 01:11 -0800
Re: Getting close to raspberry pi time SG nws <nwsgrp@ntlworld.com> - 2012-01-12 15:26 +0000
Re: Getting close to raspberry pi time Chris Evans <chris@cjemicros.co.uk> - 2012-01-12 16:03 +0000
Re: Getting close to raspberry pi time Mark Beerling <invalid@online.de> - 2012-01-12 17:57 +0100
Re: Getting close to raspberry pi time Tim Hill <tim@invalid.org.uk> - 2012-01-14 17:37 +0000
Re: Getting close to raspberry pi time SG nws <nwsgrp@ntlworld.com> - 2012-01-14 21:02 +0000
Re: Getting close to raspberry pi time Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-01-15 02:51 +0100
Re: Getting close to raspberry pi time SG nws <nwsgrp@ntlworld.com> - 2012-01-15 02:44 +0000
Re: Getting close to raspberry pi time Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-01-15 15:45 +0100
Re: Getting close to raspberry pi time SG nws <nwsgrp@ntlworld.com> - 2012-01-15 17:48 +0000
Re: Getting close to raspberry pi time Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-01-16 06:24 +0100
Re: Getting close to raspberry pi time Russell Hafter News <see.sig@walkingingermany.invalid> - 2012-01-16 08:43 +0000
Re: Getting close to raspberry pi time Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-01-16 19:48 +0100
Re: Getting close to raspberry pi time Russell Hafter News <see.sig@walkingingermany.invalid> - 2012-01-16 19:52 +0000
Re: Getting close to raspberry pi time SG nws <nwsgrp@ntlworld.com> - 2012-01-16 20:37 +0000
Re: Getting close to raspberry pi time Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-01-17 07:38 +0100
Re: Getting close to raspberry pi time Dave Symes <dave@triffid.co.uk> - 2012-01-17 08:33 +0000
Re: Getting close to raspberry pi time Russell Hafter News <see.sig@walkingingermany.invalid> - 2012-01-17 10:20 +0000
Re: Getting close to raspberry pi time SG nws <nwsgrp@ntlworld.com> - 2012-01-17 11:47 +0000
Re: Getting close to raspberry pi time Dave Higton <davehigton@dsl.pipex.com> - 2012-01-17 20:11 +0000
Re: Getting close to raspberry pi time Dave Symes <dave@triffid.co.uk> - 2012-01-17 21:17 +0000
Re: Getting close to raspberry pi time SG nws <nwsgrp@ntlworld.com> - 2012-01-17 23:10 +0000
Re: Getting close to raspberry pi time Russell Hafter News <see.sig@walkingingermany.invalid> - 2012-01-17 10:23 +0000
Re: Getting close to raspberry pi time Fred Bambrough <fred@[127.0.0.1]> - 2012-01-17 11:32 +0000
Re: Getting close to raspberry pi time SG nws <nwsgrp@ntlworld.com> - 2012-01-17 11:52 +0000
Re: Getting close to raspberry pi time M Harding <riscos@mdharding.org.uk> - 2012-01-17 12:18 +0000
Re: Getting close to raspberry pi time SG nws <nwsgrp@ntlworld.com> - 2012-01-17 22:54 +0000
Re: Getting close to raspberry pi time M Harding <riscos@mdharding.org.uk> - 2012-01-18 10:16 +0000
Re: Getting close to raspberry pi time Bryn Evans <d@a.invalid> - 2012-01-18 14:42 +0000
Re: Getting close to raspberry pi time Jim Lesurf <noise@audiomisc.co.uk> - 2012-01-17 12:31 +0000
Re: Getting close to raspberry pi time SG nws <nwsgrp@ntlworld.com> - 2012-01-17 23:04 +0000
Re: Getting close to raspberry pi time Jim Lesurf <noise@audiomisc.co.uk> - 2012-01-18 09:28 +0000
Re: Getting close to raspberry pi time SG nws <nwsgrp@ntlworld.com> - 2012-01-18 12:41 +0000
Re: Getting close to raspberry pi time Jim Lesurf <noise@audiomisc.co.uk> - 2012-01-18 15:50 +0000
Re: Getting close to raspberry pi time SG nws <nwsgrp@ntlworld.com> - 2012-01-18 21:10 +0000
Re: Getting close to raspberry pi time SG nws <nwsgrp@ntlworld.com> - 2012-01-18 23:54 +0000
Re: Getting close to raspberry pi time Russell Hafter News <see.sig@walkingingermany.invalid> - 2012-01-21 18:05 +0000
Re: Getting close to raspberry pi time (OT) Peter Young <pnyoung@ormail.co.uk> - 2012-01-21 18:55 +0000
Re: Getting close to raspberry pi time M Harding <riscos@mdharding.org.uk> - 2012-01-21 20:22 +0000
Re: Getting close to raspberry pi time "Ste (news)" <steve@revi11.plus.com> - 2012-01-14 17:42 +0000
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| From | Folderol <folderol@ukfsn.org> |
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| Date | 2012-01-11 21:39 +0000 |
| Subject | Getting close to raspberry pi time |
| Message-ID | <20120111213925.73f1d016@office> |
Production is under way now :) Anyone know the state of play for RICO OS flavouring in the pi? -- Will J G
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| From | Martin Hansen <mhh@shrewsbury.org.uk> |
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| Date | 2012-01-12 01:11 -0800 |
| Message-ID | <6de71dd2-9838-4b89-9aed-c2b80e287c45@u20g2000yqb.googlegroups.com> |
| In reply to | #3279 |
On Jan 11, 9:39 pm, Folderol <folde...@ukfsn.org> wrote: > Production is under way now :) > > Anyone know the state of play for RICO OS flavouring in the pi? > > -- > Will J G Last I heard there were on going licensing issues; http://www.raspberrypi.org/forum/distributions/risc-os-on-raspberry-pi/page-2/#p25164 I suspect Raspberry Pi will end up being too busy to be bothered with this nonsense. I'll post news as soon as I get any on RISCOScode. In the meantime, there is an ePetition linked to from RISCOScode to sign if you are as angry as I am that Inland Revenue rules meant the Pi will NOT be made in the UK. Essentially, electrical components entering the UK are taxed, but an assembled circuit board is not. Result : Government does not get the money anyway and UK manufacturing does not get the work (with a recession looming). Nuts! Regards, Martin http://www.RISCOScode.com
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| From | SG nws <nwsgrp@ntlworld.com> |
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| Date | 2012-01-12 15:26 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <gemini.4f0efbaa00318e280a18%nwsgrp@ntlworld.com> |
| In reply to | #3283 |
Martin Hansen wrote: > there is an ePetition linked to from RISCOScode to sign > if you are as angry as I am that Inland Revenue rules meant the Pi will > NOT be made in the UK. > Essentially, electrical components entering the UK are taxed, but an > assembled circuit board is not. Result : Government does not get the money > anyway and UK manufacturing does not get the work (with a recession > looming). Nuts! More or less the whole of the tax regime is nuts - this is just a v. tiny e.g. of it. -- Stewart Goldwater http://janusg.co.nr
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| From | Chris Evans <chris@cjemicros.co.uk> |
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| Date | 2012-01-12 16:03 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <ant121647e61pErr@client.cjemicros.co.uk> |
| In reply to | #3283 |
In article <6de71dd2-9838-4b89-9aed-c2b80e287c45@u20g2000yqb.googlegroups.com>, Martin Hansen <URL:mailto:mhh@shrewsbury.org.uk> wrote: > On Jan 11, 9:39 pm, Folderol <folde...@ukfsn.org> wrote: > > Production is under way now :) > > > > Anyone know the state of play for RICO OS flavouring in the pi? > > > > -- > > Will J G > > Last I heard there were on going licensing issues; > http://www.raspberrypi.org/forum/distributions/risc-os-on-raspberry-pi/page-2/#p25164 > I suspect Raspberry Pi will end up being too busy to be bothered with > this nonsense. > > I'll post news as soon as I get any on RISCOScode. > > In the meantime, there is an ePetition linked to from RISCOScode to > sign if you are > as angry as I am that Inland Revenue rules meant the Pi will NOT be > made in the UK. It is EU rules and has been for many years, not a recent UK matter. This has been pointed out by me and others in the RPi forum but many people seem to be ignoring facts:-( > Essentially, electrical components entering the UK are taxed, but an > assembled > circuit board is not. Result : Government does not get the money > anyway and UK > manufacturing does not get the work (with a recession looming). Nuts! I suspect there must be some logic to it as it has been stuck to for many years (10-15?) though it beats me, what it is! Chris Evans -- CJE Micro's / 4D 'RISC OS Specialists' Telephone: 01903 523222 Fax: 01903 523679 chris@cjemicros.co.uk http://www.cjemicros.co.uk/ 78 Brighton Road, Worthing, West Sussex, BN11 2EN The most beautiful thing anyone can wear, is a smile!
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| From | Mark Beerling <invalid@online.de> |
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| Date | 2012-01-12 17:57 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <a60a7c5052.freenet@beerling.online.de> |
| In reply to | #3291 |
In message <ant121647e61pErr@client.cjemicros.co.uk>
Chris Evans <chris@cjemicros.co.uk> wrote:
> In article <6de71dd2-9838-4b89-9aed-c2b80e287c45@u20g2000yqb.googlegro
> ups.com>,
> Martin Hansen <URL:mailto:mhh@shrewsbury.org.uk> wrote:
...
>> as angry as I am that Inland Revenue rules meant the Pi will NOT be
>> made in the UK.
> It is EU rules and has been for many years, not a recent UK matter. This has
> been pointed out by me and others in the RPi forum but many people seem to
> be ignoring facts:-(
>> Essentially, electrical components entering the UK are taxed, but an
>> assembled
>> circuit board is not. Result : Government does not get the money
>> anyway and UK
>> manufacturing does not get the work (with a recession looming). Nuts!
> I suspect there must be some logic to it as it has been stuck to for many
> years (10-15?) though it beats me, what it is!
I can remember Clive Sinclair complaining about this ca. 30 years ago.
--
Mark Beerling
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| From | Tim Hill <tim@invalid.org.uk> |
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| Date | 2012-01-14 17:37 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <525187681etim@invalid.org.uk> |
| In reply to | #3293 |
In article <a60a7c5052.freenet@beerling.online.de>, Mark Beerling <invalid@online.de> wrote: > In message <ant121647e61pErr@client.cjemicros.co.uk> Chris Evans > <chris@cjemicros.co.uk> wrote: [Snip] > > I suspect there must be some logic to it as it has been stuck to for > > many years (10-15?) though it beats me, what it is! > I can remember Clive Sinclair complaining about this ca. 30 years ago. ISTR those rules were introduced to protect europe's component industry. If your response is 'what component industry?' please write to your MP. -- Tim Hill of timil.com . . . * supports TFT & shares in cheaper ethical telecoms http://tjrh.eu/phone * has a genuine & spam-proof address for Usenet http://www.invalid.org.uk/ * accepts incoming email: substitute postmaster@ for tim@ ... "Sleep seldom visits sorrow; when it doth, it is a comforter" Tempest, Act ii, Sc.1
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| From | SG nws <nwsgrp@ntlworld.com> |
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| Date | 2012-01-14 21:02 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <gemini.4f11ed820007c7550564%nwsgrp@ntlworld.com> |
| In reply to | #3313 |
Tim Hill wrote: >>> I suspect there must be some logic to it as it has been stuck to for >>> many years (10-15?) though it beats me, what it is! >> I can remember Clive Sinclair complaining about this ca. 30 years ago. > ISTR those rules were introduced to protect europe's component industry. > If your response is 'what component industry?' please write to your MP. See here: http://www.truefreetrade.org/pft7.htm -- Stewart Goldwater http://janusg.co.nr
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| From | Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> |
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| Date | 2012-01-15 02:51 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <almarsoft.4461667011498553945@news.orange.fr> |
| In reply to | #3316 |
On Sat, 14 Jan 2012 21:02:58 +0000, SG nws <nwsgrp@ntlworld.com> wrote: > See here: http://www.truefreetrade.org/pft7.htm tl;dr Is there a less pretentious, less verbose version for those of us with short attention spans? Best wishes, Ri...where was I?...ck :-)
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| From | SG nws <nwsgrp@ntlworld.com> |
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| Date | 2012-01-15 02:44 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <gemini.4f123d750018c8f804d0%nwsgrp@ntlworld.com> |
| In reply to | #3318 |
Rick Murray wrote: > SG nws wrote: >> See here: http://www.truefreetrade.org/pft7.htm > Is there a less pretentious, less verbose version for those of us with > short attention spans? Trade is not invasion. It does not involve aggression on one side and resistance on the other, but mutual consent and gratification. There cannot be trade unless the parties to it agree, any more than there can be a quarrel unless the parties to it differ.... Civilized nations, however, do not use their armies and fleets to open one anoother's ports to trade. What they use their armies and fleets for is, when they quarrel, to close one another's ports. And their effort then is to prevent the carrying in of things more than the bringing out of things -- importing rather than exporting. For a people can be more quickly injured by preventing them from getting things than by preventing them from sending things away. Trade does not require force. Free trade consists simply in letting people buy and sell as they want to buy and sell. It is protection that requires force, for it consists in preventing people from doing what they want to do. Protective tariffs are as much the application of force as blockading squadrons, and their object is the same -- to prevent trade. The difference between the two is that blockading squadrons are a means whereby nations seek to prevent their enemies from trading; protective tariffs are a means whereby nations seek to prevent their own people from trading. What protection teaches us, is to do to ourselves in time of peace what enemies seek to do to us in time of war. - Henry George Shorter: If protection made sense, why not put up tariff barriers between say Manchester and London? Or shorter still - trade, good; protection, bad. -- Stewart Goldwater http://janusg.co.nr
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| From | Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> |
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| Date | 2012-01-15 15:45 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <almarsoft.2989424203960838690@news.orange.fr> |
| In reply to | #3319 |
On Sun, 15 Jan 2012 02:44:05 +0000, SG nws <nwsgrp@ntlworld.com> wrote: > ; protective tariffs are a means whereby > nations seek to prevent their own people from trading. That's sort of what I thought this was getting at. Which leads to the obvious question - what sort of government would implement a means to prevent its own people from effectively trading? If the RPi is made overseas as a result, hasn't this just demonstrated that such a policy is ultimately damaging? [employment going elsewhere while unemployment rising locally...] Best wishes, Rick.
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| From | SG nws <nwsgrp@ntlworld.com> |
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| Date | 2012-01-15 17:48 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <gemini.4f131188000b7e3302ec%nwsgrp@ntlworld.com> |
| In reply to | #3322 |
Rick Murray wrote: > SG nws wrote: >> protective tariffs are a means whereby nations seek to prevent their >> own people from trading. > That's sort of what I thought this was getting at. Which leads to the > obvious question - what sort of government would implement a means to > prevent its own people from effectively trading? And does that not lead to the obvious answer? > If the RPi is made overseas as a result, hasn't this just demonstrated > that such a policy is ultimately damaging? [employment going elsewhere > while unemployment rising locally...] It would seem to. :-) "We cannot safely leave politics to politicians, or political economics to college professors. The people themselves must think, because the people alone can act. - Henry George -- Stewart Goldwater http://janusg.co.nr
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| From | Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> |
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| Date | 2012-01-16 06:24 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <4f13b480$0$5695$ba4acef3@reader.news.orange.fr> |
| In reply to | #3324 |
On 15/01/2012 18:48, SG nws wrote: > And does that not lead to the obvious answer? Pretty much. > "We cannot safely leave politics to politicians, or political economics > to college professors. The people themselves must think, because the > people alone can act. - Henry George Not necessarily. Hold a referendum on Europe and watch the British screw themselves over having been given two-plus decades of reasons why everything that goes wrong in the world is either Europe's fault, or something to do with the French. Sometimes we need to be protected from ourselves. But right now, it's looking more like we need to be protected from our own governments. Best wishes, Rick.
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| From | Russell Hafter News <see.sig@walkingingermany.invalid> |
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| Date | 2012-01-16 08:43 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <52525e2ed5see.sig@walkingingermany.invalid> |
| In reply to | #3331 |
In article <4f13b480$0$5695$ba4acef3@reader.news.orange.fr>, Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > > "We cannot safely leave politics to politicians, or > > political economics to college professors. The people > > themselves must think, because the people alone can > > act. - Henry George > Not necessarily. Hold a referendum on Europe and watch the > British screw themselves over having been given two-plus > decades of reasons why everything that goes wrong in the > world is either Europe's fault, or something to do with > the French. The crucial point in the Henry George quote is "The people themselves must think". Unfortunately, they, by and large, do not, often preferring to be spoon-fed tendentious rubbish by those with a particular point-of-view. -- Russell http://www.russell-hafter-holidays.co.uk Russell Hafter Holidays E-mail to enquiries at our domain Need a hotel? <http://www.hrs.com/?client=en__blue&customerId=416873103>
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| From | Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> |
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| Date | 2012-01-16 19:48 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <4f1470ff$0$5692$ba4acef3@reader.news.orange.fr> |
| In reply to | #3333 |
On 16/01/2012 09:43, Russell Hafter News wrote: > The crucial point in the Henry George quote is "The people > themselves must think". Unfortunately, they, by and large, > do not, often preferring to be spoon-fed tendentious rubbish > by those with a particular point-of-view. My physics teacher told me to question everything, and not believe what was written - even in a textbook - until I've proved it to myself. I gather he was something of a rarity, and if there are others who educate children to believe that which they are told by a supposed authority figure, how are they to know any difference? Indeed, looking at the sudden storm in a teacup that is the idea of a referendum for Scottish independence, one might suggest that most people are NOT aware of all of the facts, and most carry a romantic motion for/against Scotland. This isn't to say the country shouldn't vote, but only once the facts are clear and available for everybody to analyse and discuss. Not because some jerk in Westminster woke up with a headache and thought "what can I screw up today?". Problem is, everybody has a vested interest these days. From the Opposition to the ConDems to The Sun to the guy in the pub. And I'm sure they will tell you everything they want you to hear while carefully editing out the rest. How is Joe Average supposed to make sense of all the conflicting nonsense, to arrive at a logical conclusion? Best wishes, Rick.
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| From | Russell Hafter News <see.sig@walkingingermany.invalid> |
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| Date | 2012-01-16 19:52 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <52529b6e1asee.sig@walkingingermany.invalid> |
| In reply to | #3337 |
In article <4f1470ff$0$5692$ba4acef3@reader.news.orange.fr>, Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > On 16/01/2012 09:43, Russell Hafter News wrote: > > The crucial point in the Henry George quote is "The > > people themselves must think". Unfortunately, they, by > > and large, do not, often preferring to be spoon-fed > > tendentious rubbish by those with a particular > > point-of-view. > My physics teacher told me to question everything, and > not believe what was written - even in a textbook - until > I've proved it to myself. I gather he was something of a > rarity, and if there are others who educate children to > believe that which they are told by a supposed authority > figure, how are they to know any difference? That is a difficult one. TBH most (all) education systems simply do not have the time for everyone to question everything. On the other hand, I can give you a seriously worrying (from the point of view of getting voters to think about what they are voting for) incident from the 1987 general election campaign... I was out canvassing with three or four others, walking through an estate on the edge of Dunblane. Suddenly a window was thrown open and a woman shouted at at one of us "Are you no' Alison H.....n?" Alison acknowledged that she was. "Your husband's on the telly, aye?" Alison again acknowledged that that was true. "Whit party's youse all for? I'm voting or you." The chief canvasser told her which party we were campaigning for, and then made another tick on her list. -- Russell http://www.russell-hafter-holidays.co.uk Russell Hafter Holidays E-mail to enquiries at our domain Need a hotel? <http://www.hrs.com/?client=en__blue&customerId=416873103>
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| From | SG nws <nwsgrp@ntlworld.com> |
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| Date | 2012-01-16 20:37 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <gemini.4f148a6f002cdd880af8%nwsgrp@ntlworld.com> |
| In reply to | #3337 |
Rick Murray wrote: > Problem is, everybody has a vested interest these days. From the > Opposition to the ConDems to The Sun to the guy in the pub. And I'm > sure they will tell you everything they want you to hear while > carefully editing out the rest. How is Joe Average supposed to make > sense of all the conflicting nonsense, to arrive at a logical > conclusion? He can't - as long as the operative filter is his vested interest: he will form a judgement - right or wrong - based on this vested interest. And I will add that a /logical/ conclusion will often not be the right conclusion for logic works on polarities - it can only weigh two factors at a time - one against the other. The real world is much more complex. How then - on what basis - can one form a right judgement? How is a (law court) judge supposed to act? Is this the basis on which one is encouraged to judge? And, in trying to determine the shape of an object we are not going to get very far if we are confined to a consideration of whether it is triangular or circular when, in fact, the object is square. (I have in mind here, stuff like "Newsnight".) -- Stewart Goldwater http://janusg.co.nr
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| From | Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> |
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| Date | 2012-01-17 07:38 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <4f151779$0$5700$ba4acef3@reader.news.orange.fr> |
| In reply to | #3339 |
On 16/01/2012 21:37, SG nws wrote: > triangular or circular when, in fact, the object is square. Meh, a square is just a Friday triangle. ;-) Seriously though - The People should decide, but we've shown that The People cannot be relied upon to make the correct decision, working by emotions or, as Russell mentioned, who-knows-who rather than anything resembling functional logic. Where does this leave democracy? This is probably something politicians are *supposed* to do, but - as was to be expected - it all get a bit corrupted. Maybe rather than fixing The People, or The Question, it is The System itself that needs fixing? Certainly one that holds the government to greater accountability to the people it represents would be a good start. Best wishes, Rick.
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| From | Dave Symes <dave@triffid.co.uk> |
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| Date | 2012-01-17 08:33 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <5252e11dc2dave@triffid.co.uk> |
| In reply to | #3343 |
In article <4f151779$0$5700$ba4acef3@reader.news.orange.fr>, Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: [Snippy] > Seriously though - The People should decide, but we've shown that The > People cannot be relied upon to make the correct decision, working by > emotions or, as Russell mentioned, who-knows-who rather than anything > resembling functional logic. > Where does this leave democracy? All my life, well until recently, I've been in favour of proportional representation as an electoral system, however, just before the referendum a while back, we saw a version of PR in action with the election of the new Labour party leader, whereby the lowest common denominator won. Regardless of your political leanings, the current incumbent is probably second only to Michael Foot in the LCD stakes. Thereafter we had the referendum about the sh one tee crippled and useless system proposed by the politicians. For both myself and Fay (Both as already noted lifelong advocated of PR) it was deluge of cold water, and it caused us to re-assess. Where does this leave democracy... In a bit of a hole, but at least we do have a democracy unlike a lot of other places we see on the box. I guess one small positive ATM. During this economically bad time, we do at least have two parties pulling *mostly* in the same direction. Dave -- Dave Triffid
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| From | Russell Hafter News <see.sig@walkingingermany.invalid> |
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| Date | 2012-01-17 10:20 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <5252eadd3csee.sig@walkingingermany.invalid> |
| In reply to | #3345 |
In article <5252e11dc2dave@triffid.co.uk>, Dave Symes <dave@triffid.co.uk> wrote: > > Where does this leave democracy? > All my life, well until recently, I've been in favour of > proportional representation as an electoral system, > however, just before the referendum a while back, we saw > a version of PR in action with the election of the new > Labour party leader, whereby the lowest common > denominator won. [Snip] > Thereafter we had the referendum about the sh one tee > crippled and useless system proposed by the politicians. > For both myself and Fay (Both as already noted lifelong > advocated of PR) it was deluge of cold water, and it > caused us to re-assess. I could write huge amounts on this, but will not as it is really too OT, but... The AV referendum was a farce. Perhaps we need a body to which all campaign statements have to be passed in advance for checking as to whether they are actually true. I could nominate half-a-dozen people from this group who would do the job admirably. :-) A good arguement for proper PR (see below) comes from my own experience. From 1980 to 1999 I lived in a marginal constituency with (IMO) an absolutely apalling person as MP. I was always forced to vote (and canvass) for the person I (and the papers) thought most likely to get rid of him, but only in 1997 did we succeed. Now I live in a pretty safe constituency, so I can vote for who I would like to see elected, albeit in the pretty certain knowledge that they will not be. I have been amused by the recent comments from certain tory anti-Europe-nutters about why cannot we become just like Switzerland. They clearly have not looked at the Swiss political system at Federal level: 1. The Swiss Federal government has nothing like the power of the Westminster parliament as most things of every day importance are decided at cantonal or community level. Income Tax, for example, is constitutionally forbidden to the federal government. 2. The Swiss House of Commons equivalent is elected by proportional representation, using an *open* list system. This means that while you vote for a party, you also specifically vote for individuals. If there is someone in your pary that you cannot stand, you can cross them off the list. If there is someone that you think would be really good, then you cn vote for them twice. You can also add people from a different party to your list if you want. 3. By convention, all governments are always coalitions of the three or four largest parties, so you always have two social democrats as well as one or two liberals, one or two christian democrats etc. I now promise to keep quiet on this. -- Russell http://www.russell-hafter-holidays.co.uk Russell Hafter Holidays E-mail to enquiries at our domain Need a hotel? <http://www.hrs.com/?client=en__blue&customerId=416873103>
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| From | SG nws <nwsgrp@ntlworld.com> |
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| Date | 2012-01-17 11:47 +0000 |
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Dave Symes wrote: > one small positive ATM. During this economically bad time, we do > at least have two parties pulling *mostly* in the same direction. So the diresction is irrelevant?! -- Stewart Goldwater http://janusg.co.nr
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