tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28918367.post1223337098140174755..comments2024-01-06T02:49:32.833+00:00Comments on Scully's Blog Spot: Justifying our existenceAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14547393240463525682noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28918367.post-27195013188057924942008-10-17T22:22:00.000+00:002008-10-17T22:22:00.000+00:00I think the extra £800 will be going towards updat...I think the extra £800 will be going towards updating all the council's dictionaries to redefine "ban" to be synonymous with "polite request".<BR/><BR/>There's some interesting discussion over on <A HREF="http://adrianshort.co.uk/2008/10/13/138/" REL="nofollow">my blog</A>, but I have to say I'm still at least half in the dark on this whole matter.Adrian Shorthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18250170055363571973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28918367.post-23555372347690432662008-10-17T00:21:00.000+00:002008-10-17T00:21:00.000+00:00"I cannot discern which are anything-free zones"I ..."I cannot discern which are anything-free zones"<BR/><BR/>I think we can be fairly confident that free markets probably prevail in the the middle of the Amazon jungle and the Sahara desert and, perhaps, in Somalia, where anarchy prevails. Everywhere else, markets are apt to be regulated and often fortunately so.<BR/><BR/>We generally look to infrastructures of national laws, enforcement agencies and the courts to define and protect property rights and facilitate transactions. The intelligent discussion is about what systems of laws and regulations are the more conducive to better performance of national economies - when we have resolved issues such as to how we measure "better" in the context.<BR/><BR/>There's no shortage of agreement now on the principle that financial institutions need new regulatory frameworks to prevent repeats of the present crisis downstream but the devil is in the detail.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28918367.post-41779947590250007062008-10-16T23:21:00.000+00:002008-10-16T23:21:00.000+00:00Choice is vital in any democracy, responsibility g...Choice is vital in any democracy, responsibility goes with that right to choose. Aren't we lucky not to have that responsibility anymore, it saves us all having to think and decide for ourselves! Who makes these things up? I reckon Mary Poppins is on the payroll somewhere!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28918367.post-31382156423684872712008-10-16T22:59:00.000+00:002008-10-16T22:59:00.000+00:00That's a very good idea noways, putting area desig...That's a very good idea noways, putting area designation signs on rooftops (flat roofs, anyway).<BR/><BR/>At present, despite the range of facilities within Google Earth, I cannot discern which are anything-free zones, and it would be useful to be able to do so, I feel sure somehow...John M Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06251285057595626917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28918367.post-81767454181459996572008-10-16T20:55:00.000+00:002008-10-16T20:55:00.000+00:00"I humbly put forward my own suggested wording in ..."I humbly put forward my own suggested wording in the picture above."<BR/><BR/>Most commendable.<BR/><BR/>In the 1980s, many local authorities, like the old and subsequently defunct LCC, took to putting up road signs - at some £400 or so a time - announcing the locality was a "Nuclear Free Zone".<BR/><BR/>Of course, this was the completely wrong location and alignment.<BR/><BR/>The messages should have been displayed on roof tops to be read by satellite imaging.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com