You and I are both from the working class, so we are not natural friends
of the rich or the establishment, even though we often admire the
enterprising. We are both enemies of corruption, whether practised by
businesspeople or politicians.
Who isn't for that?
You and I both reached (were elected to) senior positions in the Liberal
Party in England in the 1960/70s, so I like to think that we couldn't have
reached those positions unless we were both considered to be reasonably
fair-minded by our peers.
My father did politics, I've never
done politics.
Yet both of us are sometimes anathematised by some who consider
themselves to be gloriously free from the normal courtesies
You may think you know what I mean
when I say what I do
but you have to know what I mean
before you can interpret
or analyze it. In order
to do that you have to ask rather than
assume. You might
begin with American grammar not being
Latin based as is English.
because they are so obviously and 100% *right* in what they emote about,
whether it's
aesthetics,
yes
sexuality,
yes
politics,
I'm a liberal
economics,
Fool me once its learning,
fool me twice I'm stupid
and I'm not stupid. I
suspect
the rules of economics have
more to do with art than
science.
So does the NYTimes. They put
that last article on behavioral
economics
in today's Arts and Leisure
section.
history,
I've seen more lies called history
than you've written articles for
the internet
Same as economics, fool me
once, etc.
philosophy,
Don't know much.
race,
I can smell racism.
science or
Know who to ask.
just about anything.
Gentleman is an
interesting term with an interesting history but it will have to
wait.
Never write anything that
your grandchild won't be proud of.
Ray Evans
Harrell
