tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13305228.post113257869703610549..comments2023-11-02T11:32:38.324+00:00Comments on The Joy of Curmudgeonry: Sophistical Machinations: No.8 (Earnest Triviality)Deogolwulfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02197539477668018797noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13305228.post-1133290478259933352005-11-29T18:54:00.000+00:002005-11-29T18:54:00.000+00:00B*gg*rThat's my debating technique gone for a burt...B*gg*r<BR/>That's my debating technique gone for a burton.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13305228.post-1132909827896630092005-11-25T09:10:00.000+00:002005-11-25T09:10:00.000+00:00Oooo!Oooo!Deogolwulfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02197539477668018797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13305228.post-1132842865550236402005-11-24T14:34:00.000+00:002005-11-24T14:34:00.000+00:00With this trick the attempt is to have something a...<EM>With this trick the attempt is to have something accepted as important, which, without special pleading, pomposity, and earnest mugging, would be thought trivial.</EM><BR/><BR/>If I may say so, I think you've mastered it brilliantly.Larry Teabaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08283701267147459665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13305228.post-1132611496624227282005-11-21T22:18:00.000+00:002005-11-21T22:18:00.000+00:00Markets work. You pay for publications, you get p...Markets work. You pay for publications, you get publications. Ditto unemployment, disbility, whatever.deariemehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06654632450454559188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13305228.post-1132591695200464882005-11-21T16:48:00.000+00:002005-11-21T16:48:00.000+00:00Bet it was Dr. Theodore Dalrymple!Bet it was Dr. Theodore Dalrymple!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com