tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-633172162044104844.post904234771741601143..comments2023-11-03T08:52:13.914+00:00Comments on The Moonshine Memoranda: INDIA KNIGHT AND THE DOWN'S SYNDROME or Argumentation by AbuseSelena Dreamyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11629908887644614404noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-633172162044104844.post-46964477377275331522008-12-26T18:14:00.000+00:002008-12-26T18:14:00.000+00:00“A Pedant Writes:Btw, in writing "the lady is loos...<B>“A Pedant Writes:<BR/>Btw, in writing <I>"the lady is loosing the plot"</I> you have inadvertently tripped over one of my betes noirs. I can't remember the last time I saw 'losing' spelled correctly - the internet seems to have made 'loosing' an accepted alternative in rather the same way that 'definately' has taken over from 'definitely' and 'infer' and 'imply' have become interchangeable.”</B><BR/><BR/><BR/>Excellent point, ASU - and very interesting how language itself is subject to “genetic” degeneration, and as good a semantic adjunct to the topic of<I>"the evolutionary fitness of the human species"</I> as any. <BR/><BR/>The plain truth is, that we no longer have a common, or national, gaol like the Queen’s English, but a degeneration of dialects and the increasing proliferation of slangs, instead. Not unlike the continent of Africa, the English language, too, with its grammatical statutes and orthographic order exhorting a march towards a universal <I>lingua</I> is being reclaimed by vegetation: i.e, semantic mannerisms, slangs, dialects and ghetto deviations. <BR/><BR/>As I have said elsewhere, there is a palpable multicultural bias towards a superior, universal language: played with, regenerated and creatively adapted by those who believe in progress, civilization and refinement. Perhaps the transition from the urbane, understated tones of the Queen’s English, its semantic skill, scientific prose and measured, lucid argument, to a plethora of ghetto-speaks also marks the emergence of a social anti-elite! And the end of historically progressive values! Together with an obsessive display of grievance, no doubt, against the notion of linguistic distinction by a clutch of squabbling Babels whose only area of agreement is deep mutual hatred of anything that carries merit, genetically, semantically, culturally or otherwise. <BR/><BR/>DreamySelena Dreamyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11629908887644614404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-633172162044104844.post-74417162029189130452008-12-26T18:06:00.000+00:002008-12-26T18:06:00.000+00:00ASU: “Even allowing for their greater numbers due ...<B>ASU: “Even allowing for their greater numbers due to the trend for later motherhood, they are no more than a natural random occurrence as a percentage of births and therefore blameless in their need for support from society as a whole.”</B><BR/><BR/>I don't blame <I>them</I>! The argument was strictly for a pre-emptive freedom of choice, not denial of care. <BR/><BR/><BR/><B>“I think that if you seek evidence of <I>"An attitude that fêtes its own mediocrity and initiates the irreversible process of its own demise"</I> you will easily find it elsewhere than among innocently afflicted children and their natural defenders - their mothers.”</B><BR/><BR/>Yes, increasingly so - everywhere! <BR/><BR/>Gradually, by degrees, free societies abandon essential freedoms to accommodate the sensitivities of dysfunctional fundamentalists and “biologically correct” philanthropists or other prickly fanatics. It's not just wrong and mistaken - it's fatefully, genetically, disastrous!Selena Dreamyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11629908887644614404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-633172162044104844.post-73720368881464644302008-12-26T17:59:00.000+00:002008-12-26T17:59:00.000+00:00Thank you, gentlemen for your very kind wishes. So...Thank you, gentlemen for your very kind wishes. So much appreciated. And a Happy New Year to you all…<BR/><BR/>I believe I've managed to reclaim my PC. I'm eliminating the trace viral constituents now, but I don't expect any more nasty surprises<BR/><BR/>D.Selena Dreamyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11629908887644614404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-633172162044104844.post-65337354181627584762008-12-24T09:25:00.000+00:002008-12-24T09:25:00.000+00:00May your days be merry & bright, Selena.Peace ...May your days be merry & bright, Selena.<BR/>Peace & Lights<BR/> Sir Percy Stiltonpercy stiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01352733097698649041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-633172162044104844.post-28004665742613541162008-12-23T22:45:00.000+00:002008-12-23T22:45:00.000+00:00Happy Xmas Selena! I hope you are showing your art...Happy Xmas Selena! I hope you are showing your artistically waxed bush to rooms full of punters!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-633172162044104844.post-31124489342448796422008-12-16T22:50:00.000+00:002008-12-16T22:50:00.000+00:00Not sure I am with you on this... I know I would l...Not sure I am with you on this... I know I would love and value a Downs kid, and the future could quickly bring big changes for all kinds of genetic matters.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-633172162044104844.post-55162872142184988732008-12-14T15:02:00.000+00:002008-12-14T15:02:00.000+00:00The only people in a position to decide whether or...The only people in a position to decide whether or not to abort a child are the parents. If you start imposing restrictions on what women are and are not allowed to do with their bodies, it is the end of a woman’s right to choose.<BR/><BR/>In the US, where the Supreme Court has chipped away at a woman’s right to choose to the point of absurdity, abortion can become illegal at any moment.<BR/><BR/>It is not for anyone to decide for anyone else what sort of child or life with a child a parent must choose.<BR/><BR/>All of these arguments against what Minette says are ridiculous.zw212https://www.blogger.com/profile/05634489079323694798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-633172162044104844.post-38993370508992552522008-12-14T14:58:00.000+00:002008-12-14T14:58:00.000+00:00I'm not comfortable with your choice of Downs as a...I'm not comfortable with your choice of Downs as a target for your particular type of incisive logic.<BR/><BR/>Even allowing for their greater numbers due to the trend for later motherhood, they are no more than a natural random occurrence as a percentage of births and therefore blameless in their need for support from society as a whole.<BR/><BR/>If it weren't for the drain on resources caused by the feckless, workshy, shag-happy Neanderthals who choose a lifestyle that contributes nothing but costs us dear - there would be more than enough money and compassion left over to care for the truly vulnerable.<BR/><BR/>The same goes for the amount of GDP taken up by providing for the vacuous consumer-celeb culture exemplified by the way the nation is gripped last night's TV extravaganzas.<BR/><BR/>I don't accept that we are hastening our demise as a species by devoting surplus resources to those genuinely in need or that by doing so we are damaging or limiting the <I>"evolutionary<BR/>fitness of the human species"</I>.<BR/><BR/>I think that if you seek evidence of <I>"An attitude that fêtes its own mediocrity and initiates the irreversible process of its own demise"</I> you will easily find it elsewhere than among innocently afflicted children and their natural defenders - their mothers.<BR/><BR/><B>A Pedant Writes:</B><BR/>Btw, in writing <I>"the lady is loosing the plot"</I> you have inadvertently tripped over one of my betes noirs. I can't remember the last time I saw 'losing' spelled correctly - the internet seems to have made 'loosing' an accepted alternative in rather the same way that 'definately' has taken over from 'definitely' and 'infer' and 'imply' have become interchangeable.All Shook Uphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06815298630864905608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-633172162044104844.post-81960607931979981112008-12-13T15:24:00.000+00:002008-12-13T15:24:00.000+00:00Thank you, Bob and Crushed, for the time and care ...Thank you, Bob and Crushed, for the time and care you have taken over this. So much appreciated. <BR/><BR/>Am at the Library at the moment - being (temporarily) deprived of my PC - must be brief...<BR/><BR/>D.Selena Dreamyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11629908887644614404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-633172162044104844.post-48609195441151486552008-12-12T10:14:00.000+00:002008-12-12T10:14:00.000+00:00So, if the everybody has a right to choose, and th...So, if the everybody has a right to choose, and the parents who don't want to have a child with Downns' syndrom abort it, and the people who do want to have it have it, then the genes of the latter will prevail. So the cold-hearted, rationally calculating people will diminish and the loving, overly emotional people will win. Is that what you want? I guess not. So what do you want? Obligated abortion? I guess not either.<BR/><BR/>You just want to attract attention to the overly emotional liberal mentality that is celebrating the disabled and weaker ones, I guess. Okay.<BR/><BR/>Having read boths columns I must agree and notice that India's column reminds me of my ex-girlfriend, and that is not a compliment. Irrational, being led by emotions, indeed valuing emotions over rational arguments, and thinking nothing of bending the truth, because she has a higher moral. Elberry did a good post on this subject by the way.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02040537651843418484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-633172162044104844.post-44908583772721398212008-12-11T18:39:00.000+00:002008-12-11T18:39:00.000+00:00I have to say, I'm on your side on this one.It is ...I have to say, I'm on your side on this one.<BR/><BR/>It is a king of insidious cruelty that wishes a life into existence, knowing that life will hurt.<BR/><BR/>There is a Down's syndrome lad whose brother brings him to the pub. Nice lad, in so many ways.<BR/>But I always think, he MUST still feel, still pick up, that he's being patronised. Looked down on. That everyone else is different. Sometimes he throws real tantums, and I'm sure it must be that pent up frustration of not knowing why it is that he will never be able to interact the way others do. That others do what they want, drink beer, come and go as they please. whereas he will always do as his brother says.<BR/><BR/>He has a little model mobile phone made of plastic that he puts in front of him when he sits down. I find that quite sad in a way. I guess it helps him fit in. But deep down, he can't be happy.Crushedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02479751225625007588noreply@blogger.com