tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34993014.post5438893634758677766..comments2024-01-13T10:12:47.756+00:00Comments on Ranting Stan: Breaking up is hard to doUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34993014.post-60022489845224917202006-12-02T12:18:00.000+00:002006-12-02T12:18:00.000+00:00I've never liked Livingstone - as you've probably ...I've never liked Livingstone - as you've probably noticed. I've never been sure what his appeal is.<br /><br />Not sure about Phillips. He appears to be genuinely making an effort to rethink his position on multiculturalism and what it really means, but I find it hard to believe he really has changed that much.<br /><br />In the meantime, though, I'm prepared to give him the benefit of the doubt.<br /><br />I guess the workshop title you mean was the "Rivers of blood - was Enoch Powell right?" one? Personally, I don't see anything wrong with that. The title appears emotive because the lefties have made the Powell speech emotive with 30 year of featuring the "Rivers of blood" excerpt (which Powell never said - the correct phrase being "As I look ahead, I am filled with foreboding; like the Roman, I seem to see "the River Tiber foaming with much blood." - a quote from Virgil's "The Aenid").<br /><br />Bearing 7/7 in mind it seems to me like a good time to revisit Powell's prophecy.<br /><br />Ken's idea of a good workshop title would be something like "multiculturalism - a brilliant success or just a great one?"Stanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15007863347348182876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34993014.post-46241400706866684502006-12-01T19:05:00.000+00:002006-12-01T19:05:00.000+00:00Livinsgtone was right about the workshop title tho...Livinsgtone was right about the workshop title though. A sensitive subject needs to be addressed with as little sensationalism as possible.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34993014.post-89024980994845604172006-12-01T18:58:00.000+00:002006-12-01T18:58:00.000+00:00Livingstone is a huge ego peddling his own agenda ...Livingstone is a huge ego peddling his own agenda and pandering to the pathetic victim society instead of doing what he is paid to do, lookmafter London's interests.<br /><br />I am somewhat of an admirer of Phllips who tries to address issues seriuously without the usual bias, the only leader of the CRE so far to actually make one think the organisation may have some merit. Unfortunately, any black man who does that, Bill Crosby is another example, soon becomes an Uncle Tom in the eyes of those whose power comes from playing the oppressed minority card.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com