Comments on: Guido Fawkes (aka Paul Staines) : The Plonker http://www.bloggerheads.com/archives/2007/01/guido_fawkes/ Tim Ireland on tabloids, media, blogs and politics Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:32:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: 1820 http://www.bloggerheads.com/archives/2007/01/guido_fawkes/comment-page-1/#comment-24873 1820 Mon, 12 Feb 2007 16:13:51 +0000 http://www.bloggerheads.com/wp/2007/01/guido_fawkes/#comment-24873 <strong>A Staines on Society</strong> Paul Delaire-Staines* blogging career is over. Not because his veneer of disrespectability has been exposed, nor because of those awful allegations of BNP connections. These are the least of his worries. It's just that if you can present yourself as... A Staines on Society

Paul Delaire-Staines* blogging career is over. Not because his veneer of disrespectability has been exposed, nor because of those awful allegations of BNP connections. These are the least of his worries. It's just that if you can present yourself as…

]]> By: Manic http://www.bloggerheads.com/archives/2007/01/guido_fawkes/comment-page-1/#comment-24862 Manic Fri, 09 Feb 2007 17:56:33 +0000 http://www.bloggerheads.com/wp/2007/01/guido_fawkes/#comment-24862 Tch. I hate it when people waste their right of reply.xenephonpetri: Please look at the issue in detail; quantity does not always equal quality. Tch. I hate it when people waste their right of reply.xenephonpetri: Please look at the issue in detail; quantity does not always equal quality.

]]> By: xenephonpetri http://www.bloggerheads.com/archives/2007/01/guido_fawkes/comment-page-1/#comment-24861 xenephonpetri Fri, 09 Feb 2007 15:45:17 +0000 http://www.bloggerheads.com/wp/2007/01/guido_fawkes/#comment-24861 you might as well. you might as well.

]]> By: Manic http://www.bloggerheads.com/archives/2007/01/guido_fawkes/comment-page-1/#comment-24860 Manic Thu, 08 Feb 2007 10:36:52 +0000 http://www.bloggerheads.com/wp/2007/01/guido_fawkes/#comment-24860 Hahahahaha! Oh, please stop... you're going to make me cry. Hahahahaha! Oh, please stop… you're going to make me cry.

]]> By: xenephonpetri http://www.bloggerheads.com/archives/2007/01/guido_fawkes/comment-page-1/#comment-24859 xenephonpetri Thu, 08 Feb 2007 10:23:09 +0000 http://www.bloggerheads.com/wp/2007/01/guido_fawkes/#comment-24859 "your Freudian slip is too delicious to pass up; you've just inferred that Paul Staines 'only' contributes as *some* of "the many more people that comment on Fawkes' site"."how would I know?and you dont want to respond to the fact that his site has many more contributors than yours? "your Freudian slip is too delicious to pass up; you've just inferred that Paul Staines 'only' contributes as *some* of "the many more people that comment on Fawkes' site"."how would I know?and you dont want to respond to the fact that his site has many more contributors than yours?

]]> By: Manic http://www.bloggerheads.com/archives/2007/01/guido_fawkes/comment-page-1/#comment-24858 Manic Wed, 07 Feb 2007 12:07:10 +0000 http://www.bloggerheads.com/wp/2007/01/guido_fawkes/#comment-24858 Hello xenephonpetri, and welcome to a website that offers 'right of reply'. I trust you enjoy this novelty during your stay while you fight Guido's battles for him.Now the pleasantries are out of the way, let's deal with your comments"You are a monumental bore, clearly obssessed [sic] by your more successful rival."This claim is a common one, and it has been dealt with in this post (see the 'arson' metaphor) and here:<a href="http://www.bloggerheads.com/archives/2007/01/briefing_astro-turfers.asp" rel="nofollow">http://www.bloggerheads.com/archives/2007/01/brie...</a>Admittedly, you may have difficulty seeing this forest for the trees... as there are many and you count among their number."shame you can't stop posting in Mr. Fawkes' site."I rarely do so these days, xenephonpetri... but that doesn't stop his anonymous contributors from claiming that every negative comment is an anonymous contribution from me and/or 'New Labour astro-turfers'."there are many more people that comment on Fawkes' site and they're not all him you mental."I'm tempted to just leave you to read the previous answer and work the rest out for yourself... but your Freudian slip is too delicious to pass up; you've just inferred that Paul Staines 'only' contributes as *some* of "the many more people that comment on Fawkes' site".:o)On this subject, Iain Dale bears watching, too:<a href="http://www.bloggerheads.com/guido_fawkes/2007/02/manics-tips-for-becoming-successful_02.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.bloggerheads.com/guido_fawkes/2007/02/...</a> Hello xenephonpetri, and welcome to a website that offers 'right of reply'. I trust you enjoy this novelty during your stay while you fight Guido's battles for him.Now the pleasantries are out of the way, let's deal with your comments"You are a monumental bore, clearly obssessed [sic] by your more successful rival."This claim is a common one, and it has been dealt with in this post (see the 'arson' metaphor) and here:http://www.bloggerheads.com/archives/2007/01/brie...Admittedly, you may have difficulty seeing this forest for the trees… as there are many and you count among their number."shame you can't stop posting in Mr. Fawkes' site."I rarely do so these days, xenephonpetri… but that doesn't stop his anonymous contributors from claiming that every negative comment is an anonymous contribution from me and/or 'New Labour astro-turfers'."there are many more people that comment on Fawkes' site and they're not all him you mental."I'm tempted to just leave you to read the previous answer and work the rest out for yourself… but your Freudian slip is too delicious to pass up; you've just inferred that Paul Staines 'only' contributes as *some* of "the many more people that comment on Fawkes' site".:o)On this subject, Iain Dale bears watching, too:http://www.bloggerheads.com/guido_fawkes/2007/02/...

]]> By: xenephonpetri http://www.bloggerheads.com/archives/2007/01/guido_fawkes/comment-page-1/#comment-24857 xenephonpetri Wed, 07 Feb 2007 11:18:39 +0000 http://www.bloggerheads.com/wp/2007/01/guido_fawkes/#comment-24857 there are many more people that comment on Fawkes' site and they're not all him you mental. there are many more people that comment on Fawkes' site and they're not all him you mental.

]]> By: xenephonpetri http://www.bloggerheads.com/archives/2007/01/guido_fawkes/comment-page-1/#comment-24856 xenephonpetri Wed, 07 Feb 2007 11:15:40 +0000 http://www.bloggerheads.com/wp/2007/01/guido_fawkes/#comment-24856 You are a monumental bore, clearly obssessed by your more successful rival.shame you can't stop posting in Mr. Fawkes' site. You are a monumental bore, clearly obssessed by your more successful rival.shame you can't stop posting in Mr. Fawkes' site.

]]> By: Manic http://www.bloggerheads.com/archives/2007/01/guido_fawkes/comment-page-1/#comment-24855 Manic Fri, 02 Feb 2007 13:28:03 +0000 http://www.bloggerheads.com/wp/2007/01/guido_fawkes/#comment-24855 Hello, F0ul.You've just caught me on my way out, so for now you'll mostly have to settle for some further reading as my response:<a href="http://www.bloggerheads.com/archives/2007/01/briefing_astro-turfers.asp" rel="nofollow">http://www.bloggerheads.com/archives/2007/01/brie...</a><a href="http://www.politicalpenguin.org.uk/component/option,com_jd-wp/Itemid,32/p,89/" rel="nofollow">http://www.politicalpenguin.org.uk/component/opti...</a><a href="http://www.bloggerheads.com/archives/2007/01/the_new_conserv.asp" rel="nofollow">http://www.bloggerheads.com/archives/2007/01/the_...</a><a href="http://www.bloggerheads.com/archives/2007/01/this_will_seem.asp" rel="nofollow">http://www.bloggerheads.com/archives/2007/01/this...</a>As for this..."through the power of a few free hotmail, gmail and Yahoo email addresses you could make yourself look really popular - how do we know that isn't the case on this site?"... I can only say that - if this is the case - it begs the question why there aren't more comments here. I mean, if you're going to pad your lunch-box, you want to do it right... right? Hello, F0ul.You've just caught me on my way out, so for now you'll mostly have to settle for some further reading as my response:http://www.bloggerheads.com/archives/2007/01/brie...http://www.politicalpenguin.org.uk/component/opti...http://www.bloggerheads.com/archives/2007/01/the_...http://www.bloggerheads.com/archives/2007/01/this...As for this…"through the power of a few free hotmail, gmail and Yahoo email addresses you could make yourself look really popular – how do we know that isn't the case on this site?"… I can only say that – if this is the case – it begs the question why there aren't more comments here. I mean, if you're going to pad your lunch-box, you want to do it right… right?

]]> By: F0ul http://www.bloggerheads.com/archives/2007/01/guido_fawkes/comment-page-1/#comment-24854 F0ul Fri, 02 Feb 2007 13:14:50 +0000 http://www.bloggerheads.com/wp/2007/01/guido_fawkes/#comment-24854 Interesting article - but I think it tells me much more about you, Tim, than Guido!You have misunderstood one very important aspect of Blogging - there are no hard and fast rules - that's why the Internet is such a cool medium.Your whole page of wingeing complaints are based on your own idea that there is only one way of blogging - and that is your way.I have news for you. The internet is only top down as far as technical standards are involved. Everything else starts at the bottom and works its way to the top. You may not like what Guido has done with his interpretation of a blog but that doesn't mean he's wrong - considering that he's the one who gets a mention when the subject is political blogs, it would seem that he's doing it correctly!As for your point about anon postings - you do realise that its perfectly possible to do the same using this system? OK, it will take a little longer - but through the power of a few free hotmail, gmail and Yahoo email addresses you could make yourself look really popular - how do we know that isn't the case on this site? ;)Delete this post? Go on, you know you want to! ;) Interesting article – but I think it tells me much more about you, Tim, than Guido!You have misunderstood one very important aspect of Blogging – there are no hard and fast rules – that's why the Internet is such a cool medium.Your whole page of wingeing complaints are based on your own idea that there is only one way of blogging – and that is your way.I have news for you. The internet is only top down as far as technical standards are involved. Everything else starts at the bottom and works its way to the top. You may not like what Guido has done with his interpretation of a blog but that doesn't mean he's wrong – considering that he's the one who gets a mention when the subject is political blogs, it would seem that he's doing it correctly!As for your point about anon postings – you do realise that its perfectly possible to do the same using this system? OK, it will take a little longer – but through the power of a few free hotmail, gmail and Yahoo email addresses you could make yourself look really popular – how do we know that isn't the case on this site? ;)Delete this post? Go on, you know you want to! ;)

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