Comments on: Fearless http://www.chickyog.net/2007/05/22/fearless/ The weblog of Brighton-based writer Justin McKeating Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:26:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: ZinZin http://www.chickyog.net/2007/05/22/fearless/comment-page-1/#comment-31269 ZinZin Tue, 22 May 2007 19:47:13 +0000 http://www.chickyog.net/2007/05/22/fearless/#comment-31269 Guido is dispicable a libertarian who uses libel laws. Guido is dispicable a libertarian who uses libel laws.

]]> By: Justin http://www.chickyog.net/2007/05/22/fearless/comment-page-1/#comment-31268 Justin Tue, 22 May 2007 17:54:40 +0000 http://www.chickyog.net/2007/05/22/fearless/#comment-31268 And talking of language coming back to haunt, <a href="http://iaindale.blogspot.com/2007/05/i-smell-rat-in-house.html" rel="nofollow">Iain Dale's making jokes about the Katyn massacre</a>. ROFL, or whatever the youth patois is these days. And talking of language coming back to haunt, Iain Dale’s making jokes about the Katyn massacre. ROFL, or whatever the youth patois is these days.

]]> By: Justin http://www.chickyog.net/2007/05/22/fearless/comment-page-1/#comment-31267 Justin Tue, 22 May 2007 17:50:56 +0000 http://www.chickyog.net/2007/05/22/fearless/#comment-31267 One can only hope. One can only hope.

]]> By: dsquared http://www.chickyog.net/2007/05/22/fearless/comment-page-1/#comment-31265 dsquared Tue, 22 May 2007 17:47:41 +0000 http://www.chickyog.net/2007/05/22/fearless/#comment-31265 wildly wrong on the law and facts, and using language that will very likely indeed come back to haunt him. wildly wrong on the law and facts, and using language that will very likely indeed come back to haunt him.

]]> By: ejh http://www.chickyog.net/2007/05/22/fearless/comment-page-1/#comment-31262 ejh Tue, 22 May 2007 15:19:11 +0000 http://www.chickyog.net/2007/05/22/fearless/#comment-31262 There's also something I've never liked about invoking the term "public servant" as if it meant that the individuals concerned could be deprived of the liberties that the critic enjoys, or as if completely different ethical standards can apply provided in private money rather than public money being spent. It's a recipe for bullying and hypocrisy, which is perhaps why there's so much of both. As it happens, "public servants" are not, in fact, barred from expressing political opinions. Nor should they be, they're not the Army. There <i>are</i> restrictions on what they can do and say, and these become more stringent as you up the scale. Now I can't give you chapter and verse on this (I've not been a Civil Servant since 1993) but you <i>can</i> actually find out what the rules are, since they are actually written down so that people munderastand what they are. in other words, these bastard public servants actually have a written code of ethics to which we expect them to abide. What code of ethics do the Mail or Guido Fawkes or any of their fellow critics possess and in what way do they abide by one? There’s also something I’ve never liked about invoking the term “public servant” as if it meant that the individuals concerned could be deprived of the liberties that the critic enjoys, or as if completely different ethical standards can apply provided in private money rather than public money being spent. It’s a recipe for bullying and hypocrisy, which is perhaps why there’s so much of both.

As it happens, “public servants” are not, in fact, barred from expressing political opinions. Nor should they be, they’re not the Army. There are restrictions on what they can do and say, and these become more stringent as you up the scale. Now I can’t give you chapter and verse on this (I’ve not been a Civil Servant since 1993) but you can actually find out what the rules are, since they are actually written down so that people munderastand what they are.

in other words, these bastard public servants actually have a written code of ethics to which we expect them to abide. What code of ethics do the Mail or Guido Fawkes or any of their fellow critics possess and in what way do they abide by one?

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