Blogwar
Noting that Ryan of Beatnik Salad says he has been [edit] minded to ban Oliver Kamm from his comments box for 'muck-raking' makes me jealous that this blog is in no blogwars. Their petty, pointless yet satisfying nature is exactly what this blog stands for. Thus for today only I am going to ban Nick Barlow from making any comments, in protest at his success in the Guardian blog awards.I also repeat a comment I left on Stephen Pollard's site, in response to an argument against sentimental nonsense (or was it 'common sense'?)
I've seen the argument said many times over the past week, and repeated here, that of course trust in the BBC should be higher than the government, because a government is political.
I do not understand this argument. Just because something is political doesn't mean it can't be trusted. Trust in, and support for a government are two distinct things.
In a week in which many have criticised the cynicism people hold in politicians, such articles, which basically say that in this country only 40% of the people can ever trust their government, are part of the problem.
On a more general point, when people start criticising others' political beliefs as 'sentimental nonsense' is similar to when they start referring to their own as 'common sense'. It suggests they are losing the argument.
posted by Matthew @ 1/31/2004 10:34:00 AM
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