Originally posted by Warbler+Mar 19 2008, 01:38 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Warbler @ Mar 19 2008, 01:38 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-clivex@Mar 19 2008, 12:44 PM
If Mccririck used his space to drone on about workers rights, "oppressed" minorities, the evils of capitalism and how Israel is the most evil state the world has ever seen.....would you still think the same warbler?
be honest now :suspect:
Don't lose sight of the fact Clive, that you're talking about a man who shamelessly took the opportunity at Robin Cook's funeral, to launch a condemnation of Tony Blair and named the Caribbean island on which he was holidaying (against security protocols) and then went even further and turned his tribute took Cook, into an offensive euology to Margaret Thatcher (a politician whom Cook hated even more than Brown or Blair).
This is a man with absolutely no moral compass other than his own selfish believe that he, and only he is right, and his deluded notion that people want to listen to him because he has somethign worth saying.
His reaction on the following Saturday was interesting. He acknowledged that perhaps he should have listened to people who'd advised him not to do it. Clearly he shared his intentions and had been warned about the need to observe some sensitivity to the family and the circumstances that he was seeking to exploit. But with a complete disregard for anything but his own voice, he either couldn't see how inappropriate his conduct was or didn't care. The result was that he hijacked the occasion and turned the focus of attention onto himself at the expense of the deceased. Even then he could only go so far as to say he was sorry that the Cook family felt that way about what he'd said. The man is terminally arrogant in every corpuscle.
Alan Meale would do well to remember this incident too, and I can't personally think of a more shining example that so encapsulates everything so vulgar and unprincipled about this hypocrit who is so keen to chastise others whose conduct he finds distasteful. [/b][/quote]
In the first case Clive allow me to congratulate you in condeming yet another example (and I have to say, they are all to frequent) of McCriricks totally inappropriate behaviour.
I've given your question a little bit more thought though (which is why I used a politicans answer originally). For the purpose of the answer, I will use your (British) definition of Left/ Right so as we avoid any confusion or side tracks.
I would personally find the left ramblings less offensive, but you knew that.
I should say on balance though, I get wound up by sanctimonious and inappropriate individuals spouting left wing ideals, when they have little comprehension of the philosophy, but they are 'trendy' to invoke. I personally wouldn't welcome (nor have I) people's interventions whom I regard as "intellectualy poor" and opportunist. I have riled against those who seek to exploit a platform to pedal a populist opinion (regardless of my own feelings) if I feel they misrepresent it (and worst of all - exploit it for personal gain). Such people (imo) do more damage than good. If you want McCririck as the organ for the disenfranchised right wing I suppose I ought to encourage you. I never liked Ben elton for instance (though his more subtle scripts were better than his stand up).
You mentioned elsewhere there McCririck was "clever" or "not stupid" (i forget which). I'd disagree. I think he's very stupid, but I'd put him in a different category "educated beyond his intelligence". It's a phrase I normally reserve for politicians or the royals, but it returns me to Alexander Pope rather nicely. As regards his great charity work, which was also used in mitigation, as this particular incidence reflects on both. Why has he been so obsessed on being the first person voted off both Big Brother and the Weakest Link? His performance on the latter indicated he wasn't that clever, yet he clearly went there with no obligation to win money for his appointed charity, but rather to pick up his own pay cheque. If he had a grain of integrity towards the charity concerned, surely he'd have hung on in there? Instead he rejoiced in his incorrect answers and his early demise.
I hope that helps?
