Comments on: We Need a Sceptic http://twopointouch.com/2006/blogs/we-need-a-sceptic/ web 2.0, blogs and social media Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:18:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: stephan michael http://twopointouch.com/2006/blogs/we-need-a-sceptic/comment-page-1/#comment-10681 stephan michael Tue, 20 Mar 2007 02:06:05 +0000 http://twopointouch.com/2006/09/22/we-need-a-sceptic/#comment-10681 <strong>stephan michael...</strong> I Googled for something completely different, but found your page...and have to say thanks. nice read.... stephan michael…

I Googled for something completely different, but found your page…and have to say thanks. nice read….

]]> By: Ian Delaney http://twopointouch.com/2006/blogs/we-need-a-sceptic/comment-page-1/#comment-497 Ian Delaney Fri, 22 Sep 2006 19:29:00 +0000 http://twopointouch.com/2006/09/22/we-need-a-sceptic/#comment-497 Mmmm yeah. But it's satire. If it bites, then it has some element of truth. If it doesn't, then it doesn't. One other thing. Satirists only ever target the rich and powerful. That's its function. If these people can't bear a little criticism then they need to develop thicker skins. Mmmm yeah. But it’s satire. If it bites, then it has some element of truth. If it doesn’t, then it doesn’t.

One other thing. Satirists only ever target the rich and powerful. That’s its function. If these people can’t bear a little criticism then they need to develop thicker skins.

]]> By: Rob http://twopointouch.com/2006/blogs/we-need-a-sceptic/comment-page-1/#comment-496 Rob Fri, 22 Sep 2006 19:11:36 +0000 http://twopointouch.com/2006/09/22/we-need-a-sceptic/#comment-496 Dead 20 hasn't got a publisher so no-one is accountable. Dead 20 hasn’t got a publisher so no-one is accountable.

]]> By: Ian Delaney http://twopointouch.com/2006/blogs/we-need-a-sceptic/comment-page-1/#comment-494 Ian Delaney Fri, 22 Sep 2006 15:58:21 +0000 http://twopointouch.com/2006/09/22/we-need-a-sceptic/#comment-494 Satirists quite often hide their identity. In the UK magazine Private Eye, for example, medical scandals are covered by a correspondent called 'M.D.', architecture by 'Piloti', agrigulture by 'old muckspreader', etc. Anonymity protects the writers from attack and allows them to be more outspoken in their criticism. Though sadly, it hasn't protected the publishers, who have been taken to court many times. Satirists quite often hide their identity. In the UK magazine Private Eye, for example, medical scandals are covered by a correspondent called ‘M.D.’, architecture by ‘Piloti’, agrigulture by ‘old muckspreader’, etc. Anonymity protects the writers from attack and allows them to be more outspoken in their criticism. Though sadly, it hasn’t protected the publishers, who have been taken to court many times.

]]> By: Rob http://twopointouch.com/2006/blogs/we-need-a-sceptic/comment-page-1/#comment-493 Rob Fri, 22 Sep 2006 15:28:53 +0000 http://twopointouch.com/2006/09/22/we-need-a-sceptic/#comment-493 I think the point is that it’s fine to be critical so long as you are prepared to identify yourslef. Being anonymous let’s Skeptic do stuff that other people would not because they’d be seen as rude. I think the point is that it’s fine to be critical so long as you are prepared to identify yourslef. Being anonymous let’s Skeptic do stuff that other people would not because they’d be seen as rude.

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