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Just struck me Birdy boy, this whole hatred of Engles, it isn’t [art of that Manchester Liverpool thing, is it?
The difficulty with weed is that the active element is difficult to judge. More potent strains have been marketed over the last few years.
To make an analogy there is a big difference between the impact of drinking a couple of pints of 1970’s mild ale and drinking half a bottle of turps. Both are alcohol, but the impact is very different.
I would advise that your friend seeks medical help, or at least some form of support from professional/mental health/self help bodies. Psychotic episodes (which you appear to be describing) seldom end well and can lead to very serious long term mental health issues. I would have thought it is unlikely to be a brain tumour. I would also investigate if has a history of illicit drug use, this may also be a factor.
The fact that the author thinks Margate is in Holland leads me to question the level of research he has actually carried out!
It’s a bit like the poem about Scotland that Boris has got himself in trouble with, which talks about refortifying Hadrian’s Wall (which is entirely in England, by the way). It is a bit worrying that a former foreign secretary hasn’t got the basic geographical facts right about the country he lives in.
I find taking the piss out of them works quite well.
Ridicule the fact that they take an anti science stance whilst happily using their science based iPhones and web sites.
Call them hypocrites who denounce science but reach for the medicine cabinet as soon as they get a cough or a cold.
Ask them why they don’t trust conventional science but are happy to rely on it when they are being thrust through the air at hundreds of miles an hour in aircraft that rely on the findings of that science.
The problem with these types of fuck wits is that they cherry pick the science they disregard. They will denounce vaccination but if they get cancer or another serious health condition they are quick to return to conventional medicine.
A good technique borrowed from work carried out with people who have paranoid personality issues is reality testing. Test out acknowledged facts that you and they both share and then develop the themes.
In line with this I ask them about the mechanics of their so called conspiracy theories. If the conspiracy theory involves all palaeontologists, all of the people working in medical research, all of the people in all of the areas of science they think are being manipulated it is a conspiracy involving a considerable proportion of the world’s population, how do all of those people get involved in such a wide spread conspiracy, who pays them and coordinates them, and also if there are that many people involved it’s not really a conspiracy, is it.
Also if these all powerful sources are involved in such a wide spread conspiracy, how come they don’t have the power to shut down the kind of pissy little websites run by a spotty loner in some god forsaken mid west town, which is usually the source of these conspiracy theories.
If you really want to screw with their minds tell them that all of these conspiracy theories are being created as a smoke screen for the real conspiracy and then tap your nose in a knowing fashion.
Advertised right next to a picture of a Twin necked Gibson EDS 1275. The “coolest guitar in rock” right next to the “coolest party in politics”. What’s the odds of that.
To get an idea of how far the Green Party would compromise its principles given the offer of ministerial Jaguars and the slightest sniff of power, have a look at what the Green Party in Ireland did when they went into coalition with Fianna Fail.
At least he has the good grace to admit he’s an idiot. His statement goes a bit south from there.
As an ex member of the RCP (Ray Chadburn Party) he’s used to being in a political party that backs the capitalist class at every turn.
It may just be me, but whilst I can recognise the well meaning, but misguided ways of most leftist parties and people, I despised the RCP and their members more or less from the moment I met them.
We debated them at the Lonsdale pub in Newcastle in the eighties and I’ll never forget the look of shifty embarrassment on their silly juvenile faces when Steve Coleman asked them why, if they supported the IRA, were they not off risking their lives on the Falls Road, rather than striking a pose in Newcastle. Tossers the lot of them
I suppose it’s the same when you look at the slogan, “vote for the case not the face”. Having looked at the collective phizogs of party members, I’ve got to be honest, and I include myself in this, there’s not a lot of eye candy, is there!
I think the party has some sort of 115 year old collective worry that somehow an overwhelming Socialist Parliamentary majority is going to be be accidentally elected by a less than consciously socialist electorate. Judging by the historical evidence from elections, I would say that’s possibly something we don’t need to worry about too much.
If by chance one or two councillors got elected, or even one or two MPs, in such circumstances, I’m fairly sure scrutiny of our case would be all over mass media. So perhaps one or two accidentally elected representatives wouldn’t be such a scary thing.
I think your analysis is a little harsh Adam. I don’t think anyone would claim that 9.4% of voters in Folkestone are committed socialists, but we do also have to recognise the hard work put in by Kent and Sussex branch over the years. The result isn’t just down to the absence of other protest parties.
The lesson to be learned is that a regular presence on the ballot paper and familiarity with the Party increases the vote substantially. A similar effect was noted in South Tyneside back when NE Branch was active and I’m sure it could be repeated elsewhere.
Perhaps we also need to use the fact that we have had what is a very good result in a local election, as part of our publicity. If one of the other minor parties had achieved that result they would be ringing up the BBC claiming they had made the long awaited electoral breakthrough.
Considering the fertile ground that is now emerging in the US, is it not appropriate for us to support the party their and in Canada by organising a speaking tour, as Steve Coleman and Harry Young did (I think it was in the 70’s). I know it might seem a little patronising, but it might generate enough publicity to create more visitors, etc. to the meetings in those parts of the world. We could reciprocate by getting a couple of Comrades from the other side of the pond to come over to the UK and speak at meetings here.
Whilst I understand the importance of internet based activity, I do think that direct inter personal interaction is also really important. The worst it could do would be to improve morale a little bit.
