I am glad to see that L. Neil Smith is still alive (given his recent ill health).
As for getting you to write the introduction – does this mean that “libertarian policy” should now be about ignoring the out-of-control growth of the Welfare State (now the vast majority of government spending in most Western countries) and concentrating on the “warfare state” (when military spending has actually been a declining share of the economy for more than 50 years)?
Still it could be worse. The introduction could have been written by your friend (and income provider) “Taki” of the Spectator magazine. And we could all have been invited to praise the “smart and polite” Nazi soldiers who occupied Greece during World War II, to praise the dictatorship of “The Colonels” in Greece and to address “Golden Dawn” events.
And, of course, to sneer at Winston Churchill and pretend that Western policy is controlled by “the Jews” (who delight in deliberately killing “innocent people”) – and how we should ally with the wonderful Hastener regime in Iran (to the delight of Mr Putin In Russia).
At least with your good self writing the introduction (rather than your friend and publishing associate “Taki”) we will spared all this……. (or will we?).
Paul I guess I’ll have to read it, to see what it is you’re worried about. (I’ll read it and see, I promise you that. To be fair.)
Looking at the title of the book, and seeing that Sean had introduced it, I would say – as that (I think) fella Taki said about Elizabeth Taylor – “You’d not need to make love to her at all, for you’d know instinctively what the actual act would be like”.
And so what data are there out there to say that Taki provides Sean with Income then? Do say! And if he did…ummm, er, er, so what then? Is Taki actually an evil man? Do you think so? I think that Sean is entirely capable of writing his way to income without Taki paying him.
And even if he did, what then, eh? Taki is a good and right conservative Man. Whenever has Sean said that he, Sean, is not in his heart a conservative?
Paul, if you sup with other people now and then, who are those that do not view Sean quite as positively as you and I both orgasmically do, then do please use a long spoon.
I used to quite like Taki – thinking his calling New York “the Big Bagel” and so on was just a joke, and accepting that yes certain-people might have money but lack style and grace (after all if I suddenly had money – I would still lack style and grace and make the social mistakes that Taki sneers at – pass the port the wrong way and so on).
Then I came to understand that he (Taki) meant it all – that it was not just kidding around. That he really did hate Jews. The stuff about Jews controlling American policy (an old Nazi lie) and how Israelis wanted to kill “innocent people” in Gaza (and enjoyed doing it) convinced me that I had been mistaken. So I checked up on Taki – what he said and done previously.
And NO a conservative does NOT praise the Nazi occupation of Greece in World War II, or the dictatorship of “the Colonels” – and a conservative certainly does NOT go address “Golden Dawn” events.
I still might agree with Taki about (for example) the biased (and dishonest) nature of the 1965 (Edward Kennedy) Immigration Act – but I now know what he (Taki) is now, so I am wary of him (to put the matter mildly).
Actually it is not in the interests of Sean to associate with Taki – but knowing the self destructive streak in Sean’s character, I am sure that this warning will pass unheeded.
By the way I have noticed that Sean and Taki’s stuff on World War One is the same (sometimes word-for-word) although Sean has yet to start claiming that all British military victories in history were “really” won by its allies (especially the wonderful Prussians……).
I am glad to see that L. Neil Smith is still alive (given his recent ill health).
As for getting you to write the introduction – does this mean that “libertarian policy” should now be about ignoring the out-of-control growth of the Welfare State (now the vast majority of government spending in most Western countries) and concentrating on the “warfare state” (when military spending has actually been a declining share of the economy for more than 50 years)?
Still it could be worse. The introduction could have been written by your friend (and income provider) “Taki” of the Spectator magazine. And we could all have been invited to praise the “smart and polite” Nazi soldiers who occupied Greece during World War II, to praise the dictatorship of “The Colonels” in Greece and to address “Golden Dawn” events.
And, of course, to sneer at Winston Churchill and pretend that Western policy is controlled by “the Jews” (who delight in deliberately killing “innocent people”) – and how we should ally with the wonderful Hastener regime in Iran (to the delight of Mr Putin In Russia).
At least with your good self writing the introduction (rather than your friend and publishing associate “Taki”) we will spared all this……. (or will we?).
Paul I guess I’ll have to read it, to see what it is you’re worried about. (I’ll read it and see, I promise you that. To be fair.)
Looking at the title of the book, and seeing that Sean had introduced it, I would say – as that (I think) fella Taki said about Elizabeth Taylor – “You’d not need to make love to her at all, for you’d know instinctively what the actual act would be like”.
And so what data are there out there to say that Taki provides Sean with Income then? Do say! And if he did…ummm, er, er, so what then? Is Taki actually an evil man? Do you think so? I think that Sean is entirely capable of writing his way to income without Taki paying him.
And even if he did, what then, eh? Taki is a good and right conservative Man. Whenever has Sean said that he, Sean, is not in his heart a conservative?
Paul, if you sup with other people now and then, who are those that do not view Sean quite as positively as you and I both orgasmically do, then do please use a long spoon.
I used to quite like Taki – thinking his calling New York “the Big Bagel” and so on was just a joke, and accepting that yes certain-people might have money but lack style and grace (after all if I suddenly had money – I would still lack style and grace and make the social mistakes that Taki sneers at – pass the port the wrong way and so on).
Then I came to understand that he (Taki) meant it all – that it was not just kidding around. That he really did hate Jews. The stuff about Jews controlling American policy (an old Nazi lie) and how Israelis wanted to kill “innocent people” in Gaza (and enjoyed doing it) convinced me that I had been mistaken. So I checked up on Taki – what he said and done previously.
And NO a conservative does NOT praise the Nazi occupation of Greece in World War II, or the dictatorship of “the Colonels” – and a conservative certainly does NOT go address “Golden Dawn” events.
I still might agree with Taki about (for example) the biased (and dishonest) nature of the 1965 (Edward Kennedy) Immigration Act – but I now know what he (Taki) is now, so I am wary of him (to put the matter mildly).
Actually it is not in the interests of Sean to associate with Taki – but knowing the self destructive streak in Sean’s character, I am sure that this warning will pass unheeded.
By the way I have noticed that Sean and Taki’s stuff on World War One is the same (sometimes word-for-word) although Sean has yet to start claiming that all British military victories in history were “really” won by its allies (especially the wonderful Prussians……).