He started it
The question everyone is asking is of course, is Oliver Kamm the British Steven Den Beste? Those who argue 'yes' would point to his length of post, the clear evidence that he has nothing else to do but blog, his bizarre belief that destroying straw-men constitutes an argument and so on. Those who should 'no' would point out that he seems reasonably well informed on events in the 1970s, 1980s and even the early 1990s.It's difficult to decide. Luckily there's a way out. Most of the stuff that you actually learn from OK (or is that ODeK?) can be found in his Amazon.com book reviews. The rest, e.g. the ludicrous attack on Ryan, or the hysterical obsession with the 'Liberal Democratness' of Nick Barlow is best left to the men in white coats.
As a fully paid-up member of the Conservative Party, I of course would expect nothing more from a Labour party 'brother'. Yet for some reason I still hope for something better than a cut&paste Daily Mail-style political debate (or in OdeK's case I guess a cut&paste from Amazon.com which was cut&paste from the Daily Mail) especially given when he tries hard, he can sometimes be interesting.
posted by Matthew @ 8/06/2003 01:00:00 AM
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