That style of ‘debating’ gets less amusing the more you use it.

“a liberal measure aimed at reducing discrimination”.

Really?

Oh well, people can look up the details and make their own minds up about whether or not Bill C-16 is as benign as you suggest.

I suspect that the majority of people, if asked, would consider that Bill C-16 is the thing that represents some kind of ‘alternate reality’.

Terrific clip, Lando – thanks for posting it.

Brillo is great, but he’s the exception. If we had a few more like him, I’d have some faith in TV’s ability to do politics for grown-ups.

Cheers, Ivan. If you get the chance to check out any of Rubin’s shows, I’d be interested to hear what you think.
I believe Rubin to be a charming man with an open, inquiring mind. There have been occasions when […]

Dave Rubin is a good guy.

That ‘explicit agenda’ is merely him changing his mind when the facts change.

He’s a gay man from the old school liberal left whose experiences led him to conclude that there is […]

All that stuff about Americans being stupid is itself so stupid that I can barely muster the enthusiasm to even type to the end of this sentence.

But I think you’ve raised an interesting topic, Dougie. […]

Thanks, Barry. Have you read the second volume of his memoirs? (‘Post everything – Outsider rock and roll’, published in 2011)

There are times in that book when he overplays the ‘I’m smarter than everyone […]

I would refer the right honourable gentleman to our previous discussion on this topic …

And here’s the splendid ‘Showgirl’:

It is generally accepted that the first two Britpop albums were by Suede and The Auteurs. Suede had some good songs, but the production on their album was awful, spoiled by an excess of washy reverb and the vocals […]

We need to get to the bottom of this, Mike.

Have you read this guy’s work? If so, were there any clues there?

On a less facetious note, it may also be possible that the person had mental health issues and […]

What should he have done, if -as he says- nobody was prepared to listen to his story?

That’s a reasonable guess and, in my pessimistic moments, I also fear that a war and /or some major technological catastrophe (perhaps caused by a massive solar flare or by Artificial Intelligence going […]

An excellent discussion, ladies and gents.

Two observations I’d like to put to @mikethep.

You say that Weinstein “allowing himself to be interviewed by Tucker Carlson was a catastrophic misjudgment and the […]

An excellent summary, sir.

The question now is … what next?

Excellent reply, sir, and thanks again for taking the time. I found myself nodding along with much of it (I also think your friend is on to something with that ‘shrill binary of late modernity’ phrase).

I […]

Good luck, Dougie.

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