tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post331460596137526808..comments2024-03-29T10:02:55.374+00:00Comments on Nigeness: Spotting a Wrong 'Un: A Lost ArtNigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-71730165182338494812012-10-13T03:16:57.851+01:002012-10-13T03:16:57.851+01:00When I lived in Los Angeles I would meet parents w...When I lived in Los Angeles I would meet parents who would brag that their child had been invited to Neverland and spent time with Michael Jackson. This was after he had been accussed multiple times of molesting chidren, but the parents were more concerned with thier 'social status' than the safety of their children.<br /><br />We can still spot the 'wrong uns. Its just that some parents are willing to sacrifce that knowledge to satisfy their own ego.Ron Rollinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16852012772573977515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-63311082544945957962012-10-12T11:01:08.291+01:002012-10-12T11:01:08.291+01:00...Not that I'm likening him to Jimmy Savile.....<i>...Not that I'm likening him to Jimmy Savile...</i><br /><br />LOLJoey Joe Joe Jr.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-67503053918929007562012-10-11T19:41:50.890+01:002012-10-11T19:41:50.890+01:00The sentimentality and lack of backbone among the ...The sentimentality and lack of backbone among the so-called liberal intelligentsia in this country has brought us to this low point. It is not just the BBC and the at-times laughable criminal justice system that is frozen in the headlights - it seems that the whole public administration in Britain has ceased to function in the way that it should - and did in my memory. I read your comments on The Yard's blog - can I put his head on the spike?mahlermannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-12855490537208215462012-10-11T17:53:31.294+01:002012-10-11T17:53:31.294+01:00I've never met a single person who thought Sav...I've never met a single person who thought Savile was anything but a wrong 'un. Has anyone? If you spend any time with those serial offenders who unlike Savile have been put out of action, not that I recommend it, you soon see that these people can be terrifyingly clever and plausible up close and have absolutely no insight into their condition. Beyond "lock 'em up and leave them there", which a civilized society cannot really do, or not at least without best efforts at remedy and reform, I don't think any society has yet worked out how to deal with them. Perhaps no one ever will. In the meantime, as The Master says over on his blog, we all get worked up about something which in the end is insoluble: the question isn't what we feel about them but what we do about them.<br /><br />I guess Jeremy Hunt wasn't promoted by anyone in their right mind. That's the whole point. It's a bit of a worry really.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06074816573442173758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-80929031585868624232012-10-11T17:35:02.518+01:002012-10-11T17:35:02.518+01:00His round Britain run consisted of....jog through ...His round Britain run consisted of....jog through the town, nearest layby outside the town's boundary, hop into campervan, dismount in layby just outside of the next town. About as genuine as a nineteen bob note. One notes with some satisfaction that our state broadcaster is learning that most basic of lessons <i>those who live in glass houses.....</i> or is it?<br /><br />Regarding governmental stuff, thing is boys and girls, rock-hard place-precipice, we have, as they say, Hobsons choice.maltyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02936465848907794425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-4345431509686472902012-10-11T14:49:24.800+01:002012-10-11T14:49:24.800+01:00It seems Savile was less a 'living saint' ...It seems Savile was less a 'living saint' than a sort of secular fiddling priest. So the BBC now finds itself in a similar position to the Catholic Church...<br /><br />Re Hoont, I'm enjoying how the last re-shuffle is playing out. There three main promotions - Mitchell, Shapps and Hunt - and they're all going wrong, with more to come I reckon.Gareth Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05058241057385364459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-64450513250928652642012-10-11T14:05:18.275+01:002012-10-11T14:05:18.275+01:00But in all seriousness, I'll bet most parents ...But in all seriousness, I'll bet most parents who came into contact with Savile wouldn't have left their daughters alone with him. But once he'd climbed to a certain level of power and celebrity he was no doubt able to manipulate and awe people into acting against their instincts. Brithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00390560583798960760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-34295721594496155992012-10-11T13:25:31.125+01:002012-10-11T13:25:31.125+01:00Saville seems to have started his wrong'un-ing...Saville seems to have started his wrong'un-ing a very long time ago, so the mysterious art must have deserted us in the 1960s. I expect Peter Hitchens would put it down to the 1960s, anyway.<br /><br />You're so right about Jeremy Hunt. Why kick off your career as Health Sec in the midst of an NHS funding crisis by opening up a debate about abortion? And why does he grin so? Brithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00390560583798960760noreply@blogger.com