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The Guardian is pretending to be a serious newspaper again. Peter Briffa slaps ‘em down (or, considering Peter’s suggestion, up.)

UPDATE. David Thompson on the Guardian’s indulgent guilt.

Posted by Tim B. on 03/21/2008 at 11:22 AM

  1. The Axis of Hand-Wringing does have a certain wring to it.

    Posted by SoberHT on 2008 03 21 at 11:44 AM • permalink

  2. #1: That is great coinage.

    It’s pretty obvious that leftists have a cultural death wish, but before they do finally succeed in garroting the civilization they inherited with the laces from their ugly shoes, it would be interesting to have some idea as to what they’re going to replace this world-not-of-their-own-making with. I suspect the brutish fellows who lurk in the corners of our society (and that actually overrun large parts of the world outside of our society) would probably wind up depriving all these parlor pinkos of the opportunity for remaking civilization from the dirt-floor up.

    Posted by paco on 2008 03 21 at 12:47 PM • permalink

  3. my favourite line from Phantom Guilt Syndrome

    After all, rending one’s garments and saying, very loudly, “it’s all my fault” is only a notch and a half away from saying “it’s all about me.”

    must point that out to certain relatives

    Posted by missred on 2008 03 21 at 01:04 PM • permalink

  4. "The Guardian is pretending to be a serious newspaper again.”

    The Guardian is a practitioner of journalism like the Three Stooges were practioners of Socratic Dialogue.

    Posted by Dave Surls on 2008 03 21 at 01:07 PM • permalink

  5. Good thing I’m on spring break this week.  This hysterical giggling would be difficult to explain to my co-workers.

    Posted by Achillea on 2008 03 21 at 01:45 PM • permalink

  6. The Axis of Hand-Wringing

    Mr Eugenides, that is genius.

    Posted by Spiny Norman on 2008 03 21 at 02:45 PM • permalink

  7. "Axis of Hand-Wringing”??
    Should it be “Axes for Hand-Wringing”: chop, chop; no hands, no wringing?

    My bad 8^0

    Cheers

    Posted by J.M. Heinrichs on 2008 03 21 at 06:03 PM • permalink

  8. In a cage match (or any minor confrontation) the Axis of Hand Wringers would lose, hands down, to the Allies of Neck Wringers.  Pussies.

    Posted by RebeccaH on 2008 03 21 at 06:39 PM • permalink

  9. This is funny: Guardian readers voiced their own ecstasy of indignation:
    Air travel is disgusting both in the air and on the ground.
    NOBODY who flies casually can call themselves ethical. 

    1. Lefties don’t get out of their ivory towers much,
    2. Lefties are insanely scared of the Real World out there,
    3. Lefties are all about to morph into Luddites, and look what happened to them.

    Posted by Barrie on 2008 03 21 at 06:40 PM • permalink

  10. I’ll take the Guardian seriously only if John Pilger is sacked. 
    Pilger tried to start his own radical red London paper, quickly fell in a heap with others, losing millions, - and the Guardian then took him back in.  Enough said.

    Posted by Barrie on 2008 03 21 at 06:45 PM • permalink

  11. Another worthy quote from Phantom Guilt Syndrome:

    I was once asked why I didn’t have more empathy with the political left. “I don’t dislike myself enough,” I replied...

    Posted by SwinishCapitalist on 2008 03 21 at 07:48 PM • permalink

  12. [quote]“Axis of Hand-Wringing”

    Beyond brilliant.
    Pleased he didn’t copyright it.

    Posted by Bonmot on 2008 03 21 at 09:25 PM • permalink

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