The World

I think I’m going to take the precaution of closing the comments section on this posting, before I open it – so to speak.

But, a couple of final thoughts. First, I am amazed by how many people read that article as a passionate call for the formation of a world government, rather than a dispassionate discussion of the possibility. I began to wonder if I had misunderstood my own article. But I was re-assured (if that’s the word), by a discussion with my sister, who described the piece as – “A slightly dull discussion of a school-boy debating topic that went – on the one hand, on the other hand, probably not.” That seems fair enough to me.

But – amidst all my whinging about my flame mail – I would like to thank my critics for introducing me to a good, new word. Despite being ardent defenders of “democracy” in the abstract, many of these people seem deeply contemptuous of American voters who are stupid enough to do things like vote for Barack Obama, or fail to realise that they are being hoaxed over global warming. These people are dismissed as blind followers of the elite and so are referred to as “the sheeple”, rather than the people. I like that.