8 thoughts on “THIS is Sparta?”

1. Hi Raincoaster, I’m sad to say that I’ve been threatened again and am sick of all the unpleasantness and charges of.. oh there’s a list of nasty names. I’m paying for nothing if I adhere to all the restrictions for fear of being hauled into court while his lawyers “find something“, so am ending my internet service. Thanks so much for all your brilliant comments and for your blog too; some great stuff.
   All best wishes,
   Pip x

2. I suppose that means Peter Hitchens does it . Cant see the fascination myself . Debonair Chris is a bit less of a pantomime villain but still an arse if the deepest hue . C Hitchens , or Hitchens minor is in New Statesman this week , so we can fairly say he straddles the spectrum. Or , he is a tart with a living to make ?
   Pleased to see you worrying about immigrants Coasty. Those who do not, universally remove their own children from the eight language schools I am busy escaping from. The whole point of a country is to stop other people taking your stuff . Take that out of the equation and its just a name really, why follow any of the rules ? Sparta had a good way of dealing with minorities of yes those Helots got few benefits and stayed right off the housing list
   Oh since the malevolent cripple Brown is bouncing I will have to return to the fray until he desists in this poor impression of a Prime minister.( To be a real one you have to be elected or something , I read it somewhere )…but only part time .As an aficionado of blogging , you might find the upcoming hostilities interesting , it will be our first virtual war in the UK. I met Iain dale and he was exceedingly nice . Naturally we need every good man and woman to save us from the sweaty embrace of the slavering state , I have the uncomfortable sensation that it is even now nibbling my ear. Eeeew.
   Cheerio

3. Hi Philipa,

   I thought so, when I saw you’d made your blog password-protected. Let me state unequivocally, for the record, that Peter Hitchens is a controlling, self-absorbed ass who deserves to be ridiculed from one pole to the other, except that he probably already believes his fame stretches at least that far. The cruelest, and most just, thing we could possibly do, is to let him know that in the American capital he is known, to the extent that he is known at all, as “Hitchens’ little brother” and in the American media capital, he is completely unknown.

   If I were you I would, of course, post every single communication his lawyers had issued me online, publically, immediately, and I would alert the Guardian, Guido Fawkes (on the off-chance he’d care) and every other media outlet in the isles. Because he’s going after you anyway. Might as well commit the crime if you’re going to do the time anyway.

   newmania, as usual I cannot make out what the hell you are attempting to say. Is it badly translated from the Swahili?

   Christopher Hitchens is a horse’s ass, on that we are agreed, but Pedro is a nothing more nor less than baboon’s swollen netherland, believing itself to be the ruler of all it surveys.

4. Raincoaster you always make me laugh out loud – brilliant comments (and so true).
   I thought I’d take the opportunity to have a long holiday with the kids but it looks like it’s going to piss down. Ahh England: “The Church of England took a different stance to the Met Office as to cause of the floods — senior bishops said that the severe weather were a consequence of the West’s decision to ignore the Bible.”

5. Yes, of course. Because the Bible is so very popular in Afghanistan and Darfur, both of which are rather dry.

   Tell me, if the English love England so much, why is it that as soon as they get a few bills together and four days off they flee the country? Seriously, I wouldn’t spend that much time abroad unless there were a warrant out for my arrest. Is it really that bad there?

   Mind you, I gather it’s easier to get to Paris or Athens than it is to get to most places in the UK. My friend was trying to get from Oxfordshire to a resort in Wales and she realized the only way to get there was to drive the whole way.

6. Yup, that’s about it – it’s 5 hours for me to drive to my friends in Kent, I could get to you in not much more time than that. It cost me £154 to get to London and back on the train, I think it’s £31 to fly to Paris.

7. I thought the Bible had a lot in it about flooding, and that God sort of approved of it–including the drowing of all but half-a dozen people and a private menagerie.

   It’s just one more way he showed his love for the world, apparently, before he hit on having his kid/himself nailed to a tree. Wonder what the Bishop would have thought if there’d been a drought?

   Driving to Wales–they’ve paved the roads? Maybe one day they’ll do the runway at Cardiff International.

   RC, have they cancelled the warrant? Who’d you have to roll over on for that to happen?

   I’m quite vexed–I was relying on the reward to supplement my retirement fund.

   I promise I’d have split it with you. Or even contributed it to the defence fund.

8. Metro, you didn’t read all the way to the end of the Noah bit: he said he’s so over that whole flooding thing. Heck, you didn’t even listen to the lyrics of The Unicorn.

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