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- Comment on Gordon Brown: MPs have personal beliefs, but also solemn duties. That’s why they must reject the assisted dying bill this week 1 week ago:
Every one of these fuckers arguing against assisted dying are religious. Every fucking one of them.
- Comment on How the use of a word in the Guardian has gotten some readers upset 3 weeks ago:
You’re finally talking sense.
- Comment on How the use of a word in the Guardian has gotten some readers upset 3 weeks ago:
And “Rookie Mistake”? Is that Kipling too?
- Comment on How the use of a word in the Guardian has gotten some readers upset 3 weeks ago:
Why did you start this post with the American phrase “Rookie mistake”? You probably thought that it pithily encapsulated something to do with your point. Or maybe you’re just a… what is it you young people say? A “memelord”?
- Comment on How the use of a word in the Guardian has gotten some readers upset 3 weeks ago:
Gotten is a perfectly good English word. “Stiff upper lip,” that supposed touchstone of the English character, was first used in the United States. Grammar is largely a matter of fashion. If you find yourself questioning the vocabulary choices of various publications because you think they ought to be more English might I suggest having a nice cup of tea or a tasty beverage of your choice instead?