User talk:Nicenjuicy/Archive 1

Peter Hitchens

Miamomimi, you have used the word "neo" on the subjects talk page, whereas I assume you mean "Nero". Since it is not wikietiquette to modify other peoples comments on talk pages, I have not changed it, but thought you should know. Feel free to remove this message if you do not wish it to be on public display longer than neccessary.

BTW, a while ago online there was a genuinely worthwhile book review by Francesca Klug on "A Brief History of Crime", which I can no longer find. You might be better able to track down and cite the print source than I am, if you wish. Philip Cross 10:42, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the book review Philip, I'll ferret. Actually I did mean 'Neo' - from the film The Matrix, hence the martial arts connection - Neo is the character that is trying to save us all which was the reviewers point about Peter Hitchens. Miamomimi 11:38, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

Serious mental slip, the review was actually by Frances Crook in the New Humanist and is here Will add to the Hitchens article. Philip Cross 13:34, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for popping by to tell me. On second reading of your initial comment I thought 'Nero' was quite funny - Hitchens fiddling while Rome burns. It would be even funnier if Rome wasn't actually burning. Miamomimi 13:47, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

I just thought I would stop by to make sure you have not used the word (I can barely bring myself to type it) "cr*p" (the missing letter is an "a"). You haven't. Good. Because if you did, I can assure you that you would soon degenerate into a mindless villian with a passion for smashing broken beer bottles into the faces of random civilians. I had to be sure. But you have been warned.

Only fooling around.

Peter Hitchens is a comical fellow. I think he often sabotages his own efforts to encourage social conservatism by coming across like the ultimate puritan, someone who makes Mary Whitehouse seem like a "right on" hippy/liberal/anarchist icon in comparison. He probably alienates even some conservative-leaning readers when he gets on a soap-box about the "corrupting influence" of Lady Chatterley's Lover or minor swear words that haven't been taboo for about 50 years. Ah well. How do you reason with a true believer? -Neural 16:02, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

So funny, you have a good sense of humour Neural. Sadly I don't think there's a hidden agenda with Peter Hitchens. But yeah, he's a scream. Miamomimi 17:25, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

Deleting talk

Hi there. Please be careful about deleting talk.[1] It's not really on.[2] I appreciate that you might be wishing to remove something that you may have thought better of, so I'm not going to revert your deletion, but please try not to do it again. In general talk is archived, not deleted. Thanks. Laurence Boyce 15:19, 7 September 2006 (UTC)