tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5001867295510218749.post398753415484170293..comments2024-03-20T16:05:23.293+00:00Comments on The Cynical Tendency: Cuts, Kind And UnkindDemetriushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17198549581667363991noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5001867295510218749.post-13381951330198117482010-07-01T15:06:05.346+01:002010-07-01T15:06:05.346+01:00There is a lovely verse by G.K.Chesterton which us...There is a lovely verse by G.K.Chesterton which used to bring me comfort in testing times;<br /><br />"And when the pedants bade us mark<br />What cold mechanic happenings must come,<br />Yet our souls said in the dark,<br />'Belike, but there are likelier things'".<br /><br />I've just tried it again and it doesn't work any more.<br /><br />As you so rightly point out, it's not cuts that the Coition Gummint is talking about, but just slowing the horses from a panicked gallop to a not-quite-so-panicked gallop towards the abyss.<br /><br />They aren't thick these people, and if we can see it surely so can they. In which case their behaviour is a dereliction.Caratacushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03676339602955090535noreply@blogger.com