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Sweet 16

I started this blog sixteen years ago today. Since then I have written the equivalent of several novels in short posts mostly about civil liberties. The British Library is archiving it apparently. One day an historian may analyse just how wrong I was about everything. The Don Quixote in me hopes he'll instead explain how wrong politicians, apparatchiks and social "scientists" were not to agree with me!

Their mightiness in comparison to swordplay have never been clear to me, but I've had occasional indications that my words might have made a difference. I can only hope so. In terms of prosperity and life expectancy, humanity continues to advance, so maybe our political errors don't matter as much as my worries suggest. I must hope for that too. 

Anyway, if you have been, thanks for reading.

11 responses to “Sweet 16”

  1. Rev. Spooner Avatar
    Rev. Spooner

    Still reading; still enjoying; still agreeing; still despairing at times.
    Stay well!

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  2. patently Avatar
    patently

    My pleasure, Tom…

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  3. isp001 Avatar
    isp001

    you might be repeatedly wrong, but it gives me some comfort to see a smart person who overestimates his fellow man in the same way

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  4. MarkC Avatar
    MarkC

    Your occasional posts are the highlight of my blog-reading on the days they appear. A sober, rational, logical and reasonable view of the world is a rare thing and something to be greatly enjoyed. I admire your photography, too.
    Hopefully, you’ll keep writing.

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  5. CherryPie Avatar

    Happy Blogiversary and congratulations on your blog being archived by the British Library.

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  6. Joan Bree Avatar
    Joan Bree

    Happy Blogaversary to you Tom. One thing I have learned in all the years I’ve been reading here is never to argue you. 🙂

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  7. Lord T Avatar
    Lord T

    16 Years! Happy Anniversary.

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  8. Glyn Palmer Avatar
    Glyn Palmer

    What ‘Mark C’ said!

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  9. JuliaM Avatar

    Happy belated Blogiversary!

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  10. james higham Avatar

    We’re the class of 2006, yay!

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  11. John Avatar
    John

    Keep at it, old son. It makes a change to read something sensible on the net.

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Tom is a retired international lawyer. He was a partner in a City of London law firm and spent almost twenty years abroad serving clients from all over the world.

Returning to London on retirement in 2011, he was dismayed to discover how much liberty had been lost in the UK while he was away.

He’s a classical liberal (libertarian, if you must) who, like his illustrious namesake, considers that

“…government even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one.”

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