tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12471112.post3337822829874585702..comments2023-08-20T11:07:28.396+01:00Comments on Freeborn John: Question TimePeter Risdonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17792275403997179926noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12471112.post-2614585431885196812007-07-11T17:21:00.000+01:002007-07-11T17:21:00.000+01:00I often wonder the same about the upcoming religio...I often wonder the same about the upcoming religious right in this country substituting Reagan for Thatcher or even Enoch Powell (both signed divorce laws, abortion laws and respectred boundaries of religion and politics)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12471112.post-9601290159092717272007-07-10T18:57:00.000+01:002007-07-10T18:57:00.000+01:00Why would I employ politicians on grounds very dif...Why would I employ politicians on grounds very different from the grounds on which I would hire anyone else?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12471112.post-32842825602974447582007-07-10T00:27:00.000+01:002007-07-10T00:27:00.000+01:00"I think that political candidates should be selec..."I think that political candidates should be selected, in part, according to their moral character"<BR/><BR/><BR/>Why?Peter Risdonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17792275403997179926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12471112.post-65427093316798715382007-07-09T15:33:00.000+01:002007-07-09T15:33:00.000+01:00I think that political candidates should be select...I think that political candidates should be selected, in part, according to their moral character, but I don't think that you can assess their moral character in the simple-minded way implied by those questions. Being neither English nor American, I do not use "moral character" as a code to refer to their sex lives. There again, that usage would have worked quite well for Slick Willie, wouldn't it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com