tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3732289311079137948.post4425120431230113443..comments2023-10-29T08:49:09.596+00:00Comments on Welsh Bloggers: Welsh Blogosphere Lacks Audacity of Hope and Change - Denis CampbellUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3732289311079137948.post-3215813578026505102009-07-10T16:44:14.347+01:002009-07-10T16:44:14.347+01:00"Truly we don't have a democracy or polit..."Truly we don't have a democracy or politicians of proper stature."<br /><br />Dear me, this from a apparently professional journalist.<br /><br />It is very easy to bitch and moan about Wales and its democracy. We can write poetically about America like it is some land of the free and a bastion of democracy, the fact remains we are masters of our own destiny. It is always worth looking at other countries, but slavishly measuring ourselves against straw man examples from America is just lazy.<br /><br />Bloggers shouldn’t have to do anything, we are not some unionised, homogenous blob. We just write what we think, dreaming up some crack pot revolution beyond that just seems to set it all up for a fall.<br /><br />Remember, Politics Cymru, a blog, DOES COVER the lobby briefings in the Senedd – guess they don’t deserve a mention when we can recite some West Wing inspired paean to America. America has one of the most corrupting political set ups in the world – where even the President is beholden to big bucks – big bucks that he simply could not have become President without. <br /><br />We must get a sense of perspective here – “Print the flyers, stuff them in post boxes and ignore social media…”<br /><br />I wouldn’t mind if that was based on reality. The fact remains that every credible study shows that television, not the internet is king – Obama raised all those millions online, he then went and spent most of it on TV Advertising. Lets get real about ‘social media’, it is bloody cart before horse.Sweet and Tender Hooliganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02547500394164348186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3732289311079137948.post-75137331877639929712009-07-10T13:33:57.948+01:002009-07-10T13:33:57.948+01:00every terminal report sent to my parents from gram...every terminal report sent to my parents from grammar school said 'this boy can do better' - and it has been massive driver in my life ever since<br /><br />maybe the problem in this country is too much mollycoddling - 'this boy is brilliant and will go a long way' is probably what comp. school terminal reports say nowadays<br /><br />i hated the institutional prejudice and systematical i encountered at grammar school - but it made me 'do better' just to prove to them that i could<br /><br />its a pity that i also proved them rightAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3732289311079137948.post-62639294264576783142009-07-10T12:14:40.438+01:002009-07-10T12:14:40.438+01:00Excellent piece, Denis. It takes a cool hard look ...Excellent piece, Denis. It takes a cool hard look by a 'professional' from 'outside' to show how far behind we are in Wales. Truly we don't have a democracy or politicians of proper stature.Cambria Politicohttp://cambriapolitico.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3732289311079137948.post-24856543470504436772009-07-10T11:48:32.619+01:002009-07-10T11:48:32.619+01:00Wow, erudite, incisive and powerfully written stuf...Wow, erudite, incisive and powerfully written stuff my man. Hope you're enjoying the cricket!Craig (dragonwheels) Whitneyhttp://www.graingerandwhitney.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3732289311079137948.post-57927425352990984432009-07-10T11:43:19.287+01:002009-07-10T11:43:19.287+01:00Absolutely right. We bitch and moan a lot, but don...Absolutely right. We bitch and moan a lot, but don't actually get off our arses to do anything about it. (By WE, I don't been the blogosphere, although we do it to. I mean the Welsh in general).<br /><br />A lot of that is down to conditioning. We are taught of the mines and the chartists, but we're not FIRED UP by it. We're taught about Henry Tudor, but we're not OUTRAGED by it. In short, this country needs a serious kick up the booty.<br /><br />I know.. we all know... that most of our circle of family and friends are content with their big TV and the occasional ticket to the Rugby. Why? <br /><br />Hate to quote something as dodgy as Mel Gibson, but there is a line in that Braveheart movie that sums up how I feel:<br /><br />"You're so concerned with squabbling for the scraps from Longshank's table that you've missed your God-given right to something better."<br /><br />We can have better. We just have to do it!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18363490148416651473noreply@blogger.com