Dear Bronny,

With you all the way!

You Go Girl!

Bronwyn, Examinator & Foxy: you guys keep popping up together –like, like The Three Amigos!
If there’s one, sooner or later there’ll be another, and another, till we have the whole three of you.

I’m not being critical …no, I kinda like it …

Act-tu-ally there's soooo many things I like about you guys ,
I, I just don't know where to begin,

Bronwyn
I like the way you deliver those crafty lines
[“I’ve got no agenda here . I'm only interested in conveying the same sense of reality…” ]
like the way you, act all self-righteous ,
[While you're yawning, these people are struggling to survive. But hey don't let that intrude into your cosy little world]
I like the way you, glare so much,

Examinator,
I like the way you, sing along,
I like the way you, clap your hands,
I like the way you, love to dance to what ever they play
[Bronwyn is a teacher and smart ]

Foxy ,
I like the way you,wear your heart on your sleeve ,
I like the way you, shake your fist ,
I like the way you’re so trusting ,
[With you all the way!You Go Girl]

but most of all....
Yeah..
most of all
mooooost of aaaall
I like the way one an all
You always get it WRONG ,

I like the way you move.....
I like the way you move.....

Horus

Have you got an opinion on Sri Lanka?

Or do you just like doing a Houellebecq - carping from the sidelines?

This thread looks like breaking all records. So far I've been called a dreamer, nasty, imperialistic, mean-spirited, ignorant, an LTTE sympathiser, a revolutionary, a Trotskyist, a Leftist, crafty, self-righteous, a glarer and always WRONG.

And all that from a fourteen post thread! I am impressed.

Dear Horus,

Thank You for your song.
"I like the way you move..."

I'm very flattered by your observation.

However, I'm not sure that you're correct.
Because, Examinator, Bronwyn, CJ,
Belly, RObert, Suze, and many more ...
you'll find are all regular posters on
OLO - and you'll find us appearing together
on just about every interesting thread -
because OLO is moorish and fun. You're
more than welcome to join us. And don't
worry too much about getting things wrong.
Confidence comes not from always being
right but from not being frightened to be
wrong.

As Philip Roth said, "Maybe the best thing
would be to forget being right or wrong
about people and just go along for the ride.
But if you can do that - well, lucky you."

Bronwyn,
"I’ve been called a dreamer, nasty, imperialistic, mean-spirited, ignorant, an LTTE sympathiser, a revolutionary, a Trotskyist, a Leftist, crafty, self-righteous, a glarer and always WRONG".

Ah, but think of the upside in being able to unroll such an impressive list of accusations. It shows people what you’ve endured: you’re a victim too, just like those poor “refugees” ( all somewhat reminiscent of young men in continental Europe flaunting fencing scars).

I think you know my opinions re Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka is no different to a hundred other conflicts that are going on at various venues around the globe. There are contending accounts of events, people who sympathize with the agendas of the left choose to believe what ever account justifies the largest infusion of aid or the largest intake of “refugees”. And there are always plenty of local opportunists willing to play along and act out the roll of victims in the hope it will allow them to trade-up to a more affluent country.

As others have pointed out –the latest most succinctly by The Missus--"utopia is not a place on Earth".Any template you apply to justify Sri Lankan boaties can be applied to a million other “refugees”.And, I have noted those most deserving of the classification of refugees are usually those least able to make the claim.

Your talk of “our fair share” or “small percentages” is just a sugar coating you apply to make your case more palatable.I see you’re already rubbing your hands gleefully and planning for “climate change refugees”.With your thinking there can be no end until everyone is leveled to the lowest common denominator.

But we’ve been here before, various posters point out the deficiencies in your reasoning/accounts.What then happens: in most cases, you don’t respond to the points raised--you simply sidestep them, or worse, declare they aren’t valid ,apparently only because –Bronwyn said so! Then go on your merry way giving your prepared spiel –and thereafter it’s turtles all the way down.

Ay, was that you and Foxy I saw in this video clip?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2c8imenLWsg

Horus

IMO I guess it all depend on why you write on OLO as how you view others.
I Foxy, Bronwyn et al have my respect because they tend to respect me and my motives and neither are fools. I appreciate anyone who can reason or explain their views clearly and don't simply use the 'put downs' in stead of a thought through argument.

BTW the two mentioned are a tiny part of those I respect, on OLO.
It would be easier for me to tell you whose opinions I don't respect...but I wont.

In my last post I gave a whole heap of issues that are worthy of consideration so why not address them? I am interested to read others considered thinking on the subject.