We would like to apologize for the way in which politicians are represented in this blog. It was never our intention to imply that politicians are weak-kneed, political time-servers who are concerned more with their personal vendettas and private power struggles than the problems of goverment, nor to suggest at any point that they sacrifice their credibility by denying free debate on vital matters in the mistaken impression that party unity comes before the well-being of the people they supposedly represent, nor to imply at any stage that they are squabbling little toadies without an ounce of concern for the vital socal problems of today.
Nor indeed do we intend that readers should consider them as crabby ulcerous little self-seeking vermin with furry legs and an excessive addiction to alcohol and certain explicit sexual practices which some people might find offensive.
We are sorry if this impression has come across.
--Monty Python's Flying Circus, 1972 (slightly misquoted)
JUDITH: Reg, let's go now, please.
REG: Right. In the light of fresh information from Sibling Judith.
STAN: Not so fast Reg.
JUDITH: Reg, for God's sake. It's perfectly simple. All you've got to do is go out of that door now and try to stop the Romans nailing him up. It's happening, Reg. Something's actually happening, Reg, can't you understand?-Ohh!
She rushes out.
REG: Oh dear...another little ego trip from the feminists.
-"The Life of Brian," by Monty Python, 1979
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