tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86444702734129220.post4276363748739602118..comments2021-04-26T10:06:04.359-07:00Comments on Peelings from the spud of life: Gray Sky thinkingSpudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10934500251389921821noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86444702734129220.post-38466352825704086312011-01-26T15:57:37.286-08:002011-01-26T15:57:37.286-08:00But wouldn't that consistency simply show how ...But wouldn't that consistency simply show how absurd the knee-jerk is?<br /><br />To discipline all who step out of line would be entirely consistent but would lead to ludicrous and unsustainable outcomes; it would make people even more fearful than they are; and it would deny us the chance to test our opinions (including wrong ones) through open interaction with others rather than silence them through fear of the mob, however fragrant, until it forgets again and moves on to its next victim.Spudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10934500251389921821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86444702734129220.post-19045980088910595572011-01-26T07:08:41.713-08:002011-01-26T07:08:41.713-08:00I don't necessarily think Gray is a huge loss,...I don't necessarily think Gray is a huge loss, but what I do ask for is consistency: Why not fire everyone who is suspected of having said boorish things in any context in which he (or, yes, she) might possibly have been overheard, and start clean? It's not like you'll find people who don't _think_ such things, but you might find a few who will be bright enough not to _say_ them.<br /><br />I agree that looking for anything owned by Murdoch to set some sort of moral tone is rather silly. Alas, in the absence, apparently, of real moral issues with which to grapple, most of us great unwashed will settle for something like this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com