tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post1851222580452858071..comments2024-03-26T11:27:35.814-07:00Comments on Tom Stephenson: How do you feel?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-11920172916293449522016-06-27T01:26:45.401-07:002016-06-27T01:26:45.401-07:00I feel betrayed, ashamed, fearful. It's not at...I feel betrayed, ashamed, fearful. It's not at all nice.<br />Now that the Brexit leaders have revealed that the main issues they persuaded people to vote on were all a scam, a ploy that the leave people could see through, I feel even worse. Now that they say they have no plan, I feel worse still.Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726164724131916224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-57574541241723152992016-06-26T12:00:13.224-07:002016-06-26T12:00:13.224-07:00We have ways of making you talk. Yes - hope to see...We have ways of making you talk. Yes - hope to see you in August, if they'll let you in.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-42171932141244985342016-06-26T11:47:32.438-07:002016-06-26T11:47:32.438-07:00Sorry, Tom, I deleted because I broke two rules of...Sorry, Tom, I deleted because I broke two rules of mine: I don't comment on politics; and I don't write about family. <br />In August I'll be in London - hope to see you maybe, Brexit or not. Brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-27395231272287607492016-06-26T11:25:46.289-07:002016-06-26T11:25:46.289-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-44428757148607001252016-06-26T06:27:49.690-07:002016-06-26T06:27:49.690-07:00I'm calling you 'Davros' from now on.I'm calling you 'Davros' from now on.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-88609344246103157442016-06-26T06:27:25.942-07:002016-06-26T06:27:25.942-07:00I always thought you were an alien invader. Now I ...I always thought you were an alien invader. Now I know.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-81091046373534503492016-06-26T05:34:47.735-07:002016-06-26T05:34:47.735-07:00The EU is just a step towards Globalization. Globa...The EU is just a step towards Globalization. Globalization is a step towards The Federation of Planets.Jimmyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06497874766764411664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-62732207785347749272016-06-26T03:54:39.800-07:002016-06-26T03:54:39.800-07:00It wasn't supposed to be funny. It was based o...It wasn't supposed to be funny. It was based on personal experience. I took a casual pot-shot at a distant sparrow with an air-rifle when I was a kid, never dreaming I would hit it. I did hit it, and it took another 6 or 7 shots to finish it off as its mate flew around it in distress and confusion. I became a vegetarian that day, and I still almost cannot bear to think about what I did even now. I did not turn into a psychopath. Psychopaths show no remorse whatsoever.<br /><br />There has been a massive infiltration of people into the world's governments who show marked psychopathic tendencies in the last 30 or so years.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-27392781598293709922016-06-26T03:46:45.535-07:002016-06-26T03:46:45.535-07:00I've just read it (at least I think it was the...I've just read it (at least I think it was the right one) and have joined the site as a follower.<br /><br />Lots of people have commented that I have spent too much time harping on about WW2 here, but if they read Lapouyette's post, they may appreciate how the old saying, 'those who do not remember the past...' applies more now than it ever has since WW2.<br /><br />It is the young who have no real reason to dwell on WW2 OR WW1, and it was the young who could have made the difference in the outcome of the EU referendum, if only half of them could have been bothered to vote. It is, after all, their future.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-30767175464050649422016-06-26T03:37:50.151-07:002016-06-26T03:37:50.151-07:00You and about 50 million other people.You and about 50 million other people.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-41128653958324250432016-06-26T00:39:58.558-07:002016-06-26T00:39:58.558-07:00Psychopaths who murder have usually killed animals...Psychopaths who murder have usually killed animals when they were children. We come across disturbed children torturing and killing animals in my job and I find the metaphor very un-funny.Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-31955735109036750062016-06-25T23:44:17.657-07:002016-06-25T23:44:17.657-07:00'The notion of a European family..' paragr...'The notion of a European family..' paragraph at the end just made me a little teary eyed Tom.libbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05552884005601003691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-78342547388046051902016-06-25T17:15:57.194-07:002016-06-25T17:15:57.194-07:00I read a poignant piece from a blogger I follow th...I read a poignant piece from a blogger I follow that was very moving for the stay contingent. Hope I wrote it down right. <br />lapouyette-unddiedingedeslebens.blogspot.comdonna bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13507579686738843451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-19548526535310185212016-06-25T16:15:32.462-07:002016-06-25T16:15:32.462-07:00It must make a nice change from being numbed and s...It must make a nice change from being numbed and shocked by my foul language.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-33459100631743098072016-06-25T16:06:56.318-07:002016-06-25T16:06:56.318-07:00That's a good one - especially for someone who...That's a good one - especially for someone who lives in Bath.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-89272445871531141892016-06-25T15:43:27.198-07:002016-06-25T15:43:27.198-07:00There is a comedian/satirist on HBO in the States ...There is a comedian/satirist on HBO in the States named Bill Mahr. People love him or hate him; for me, when he says what I think, I like him, other times well... Anyway, his take on Brexit was "Pride and Prejudice won out over Sense And Sensibility. It might be too soon to joke about it, so please forgive me if it is too early for that. I am legend for putting foot in mouth.donna bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13507579686738843451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-6087561309029205172016-06-25T14:22:44.645-07:002016-06-25T14:22:44.645-07:00I read the creature metaphor to my friend Tim at w...I read the creature metaphor to my friend Tim at work yesterday. He's been following the brexit issue closely and was impressed with you for coming up with such an apt way to describe the feelings of so many "out" voters.Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12512800812290518552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-10478219808430447212016-06-25T12:59:45.649-07:002016-06-25T12:59:45.649-07:00Shot yourselves in the foot big time.
A home orch...Shot yourselves in the foot big time. <br />A home orchestrated conspiracy pact, I feel both numb and shocked actually. <br />A Heron's Viewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06563706152609630696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-74038353333510445242016-06-25T11:10:59.995-07:002016-06-25T11:10:59.995-07:00Yes, but not necessarily during Cro's lifetime...Yes, but not necessarily during Cro's lifetime.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-46636208666384405992016-06-25T09:54:16.003-07:002016-06-25T09:54:16.003-07:00You must have given my number to those Indians. T...You must have given my number to those Indians. That made me laugh. You'll just have to remember Alexander Pope's Essay On Man, one of my favorites, with his theory 'what is, is right." It will work out in the end, but then he also posits that "we are all part of the chain, whereby one part is broken, the whole will fall," which is thought provoking.donna bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13507579686738843451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-31594342337051604382016-06-25T07:41:38.368-07:002016-06-25T07:41:38.368-07:00Such confidence!Such confidence!Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-55542315131248569802016-06-25T07:17:12.557-07:002016-06-25T07:17:12.557-07:00The toy metaphor is embarrassing, but the creature...The toy metaphor is embarrassing, but the creature one is tragic.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-18656332439435902792016-06-25T07:14:05.284-07:002016-06-25T07:14:05.284-07:00There is a more accurate one, but I found it too d...There is a more accurate one, but I found it too depressing to include here today.<br /><br />It is about the child who kills another living creature just to see how it feels, then is filled with remorse and sorrow for this act which cannot be undone. It happens.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-28592320050576487422016-06-25T07:12:05.378-07:002016-06-25T07:12:05.378-07:00Probably longer than you will.Probably longer than you will.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-46665816670193243782016-06-25T07:11:44.377-07:002016-06-25T07:11:44.377-07:00In the 1980s, the fashion was for Euro street furn...In the 1980s, the fashion was for Euro street furniture. It all had to be vandal proof when placed in public spaces, and it was all ugly and ubiquitous. Everything else felt just as foreign.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.com