Major McPharter
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Bijou Drains wrote:Jeez I can't imaging Steve Coleman cutting a rug at his local disco, The thought of him in disco pants with an open to the navel silk shirt and medallion will now haunt me forever.Perish the thought.Major McPharter wrote:Major McPharter wrote:jondwhite wrote:Whilst reading about perenial candidates I just stumbled upon Bill Boaks, an interesting / eccentric figure,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_BoaksQuote:Road safety was central to his beliefs. He kept a pram loaded down with bricks which he would push on to pedestrian crossings in front of rapidly braking motorists.Quote:Boaks's central campaign point was simple – he wanted the inversion of the law concerning Zebra crossings, so that all roadways would be treated as if they were Zebra crossings except those parts painted as such, thus giving pedestrians the right of way at all times. The idea was that it would save countless lives by increasing drivers' sense of responsibility, and would cause such chaos in urban areas as to force people back onto public transport rather than using private cars.
Would this work? I admit some sympathy for the idea, although it is more highway engineering than political.
Is that the same bill boaks last seen disapearing underneath the no9 bus with his brick laden pram launched through greggs pasty shop??Maybe the spgb membership could all grab a brick laden pram and charge 10 downing street.Might be a kamikaze mission but at least the spgb could go out with a Bang.
Major McPharter wrote:jondwhite wrote:Whilst reading about perenial candidates I just stumbled upon Bill Boaks, an interesting / eccentric figure,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_BoaksQuote:Road safety was central to his beliefs. He kept a pram loaded down with bricks which he would push on to pedestrian crossings in front of rapidly braking motorists.Quote:Boaks's central campaign point was simple – he wanted the inversion of the law concerning Zebra crossings, so that all roadways would be treated as if they were Zebra crossings except those parts painted as such, thus giving pedestrians the right of way at all times. The idea was that it would save countless lives by increasing drivers' sense of responsibility, and would cause such chaos in urban areas as to force people back onto public transport rather than using private cars.Would this work? I admit some sympathy for the idea, although it is more highway engineering than political.
Is that the same bill boaks last seen disapearing underneath the no9 bus with his brick laden pram launched through greggs pasty shop??Maybe the spgb membership could all grab a brick laden pram and charge 10 downing street.
jondwhite wrote:Whilst reading about perenial candidates I just stumbled upon Bill Boaks, an interesting / eccentric figure,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_BoaksQuote:Road safety was central to his beliefs. He kept a pram loaded down with bricks which he would push on to pedestrian crossings in front of rapidly braking motorists.Quote:Boaks's central campaign point was simple – he wanted the inversion of the law concerning Zebra crossings, so that all roadways would be treated as if they were Zebra crossings except those parts painted as such, thus giving pedestrians the right of way at all times. The idea was that it would save countless lives by increasing drivers' sense of responsibility, and would cause such chaos in urban areas as to force people back onto public transport rather than using private cars.Would this work? I admit some sympathy for the idea, although it is more highway engineering than political.
Is that the same bill boaks last seen disapearing underneath the no9 bus with his brick laden pram launched through greggs pasty shop??
I still have my Platform Shoes, if Steve Coleman wants to borrow them for the clapham high street disco rock night.
Bijou Drains wrote:Prakash RP wrote:' The whole idea of socialism/communism is that what is collectively produced should be collectively owned and then shared out amongst all members of society in accordance with their needs. ' ( comment #247 by ALB ) I have strong reservation about the correctness of this ' idea of socialism/ communism '. The pair of shoes I use happens to be the product of the collective labour of a group of workers of a particular shoe factory. Therefore, by this idea of socialism, an insignificant number of people are lawful owners of these shoes. None of any other shoe-factory workers and none of any non-shoe-factory workers are entitled to claim the ownership of these shoes. Nevertheless, this isn't the social ownership that communism stands for. This is a sort of joint ownership of some shareholders or co-op ownership of some ( members of a certain co-op ). Both of these are different forms of private ownership. The lawful owners of shoes may not agree to share out products of their labour ' amongst all members of society ' unless they're paid a large sum of money or its equivalent in kind before parting with their property. Who'd decide, and how would it be decided, whether their demand is right or exorbitant ? Needs of people are not uniform. Nor are all your ' needs ' equally needed. What a sick person urgently need right now is a cure for their sickness, not cigars nor beer nor sex. Who'd and how would they decide whether all the stated ' needs ' of someone are justified and deserve to be granted ? Should the communist society unquestioningly accept whatever someone asks for as their true ' needs ' ? What if someone needs two cigarettes and a glass of beer and someone else needs 20 cigarettes and 20 glasses of beer daily ? Should communism grant ' needs ' of drugs, drinks, smoking, paedophilia, and similar other stuff that's got nothing meaningful for you or anyone else ? Bullet trains do not seem to be luxury in Japan. But Indians are surely not worthy , because India is still lagging far behind Japan, of the luxury of riding in a bullet train. It may not be unbecoming of America, the most advanced civilisation of the world, to undertake a project meant to provide every American citizen with a deluxe private car while for India, it's a dream most unlikely to come true in the near future to make a motorbike or a motor-scooter available to every Indian citizen. It's not unbecoming of America to make stuff like Viagra plentifully available all over America, but it's surely unbecoming of India that has yet to make sanitary pads adequately available to every Indian woman. It's not sensible for a society to accept everything someone claims to need as their just need, nor is it possible for the society to meet their all needs just because both the productive forces and their level of development as well as raw materials and all other necessary means of production are limited and can never outgrow a certain limit. Therefore, authorising a competent body of experts to scrutinise the stated ' needs ' of someone seems to be the only sensible act in this regard. But the scrutiny of someone's claim of ' needs ' means the outright rejection of some ' needs ' and compulsory alteration of some. Thus, referring your claim of ' needs ' to the authorised body for scrutiny turns the principle of ' to each according to their needs ' plain ridiculous, to my way of thinking.Did somebody mention beer? Newcastle broon ale i hope.
On the first day of a world of free access. I will jump behind the bar myself and serve you, i will pull the beer pumps for you all. We can then toast ourselves for a change.Plus the pork scratchings are on me.
Rusty Pigfumbler wrote:'Major McPharter'? What a daft name!Thank you Rusty.Fraternally yoursMajor Angus McPharter retired ex Foreskin Fusiliers
Bijou Drains wrote:alanjjohnstone wrote:According to this test, i speak like a Mackem….just shows again…never trust the BBChttp://www.bbc.com/future/story/20180205-which-british-accent-is-closest-to-your-ownJust took the test and worryingly, so do I!!!!
Blimey have you got a sunderland Top in your wardrobe?
