Comments on: 1/3 of Brits are gullible? Can’t be.

By: Torbjörn Larsson, OM

Torbjörn Larsson, OM — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 02:28:23 +0000

If you ask 1000 people if they are dead, 6% will say “yes”.

LOL, BA FTW.

By: Nik

Nik — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 06:52:14 +0000

Of course we brits know the moon landings weren’t faked. They were the first thing you Americans did with that alien technology you got at Roswell!

By: IVAN3MAN

IVAN3MAN — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 01:50:30 +0000

Hey Phil, is this thing working?

By: Bad Thinking

Bad Thinking — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 13:58:08 +0000

Top ten UK conspiracy theories

An online poll conducted by 20th Century Fox to mark the release of the new X-Files movie offers up the following depressing statistics (reported by the Guardian):

1. Area 51 exists to investigate aliens (48%)
2. 9/11 was orchestrated by the US gov…

By: JediBear

JediBear — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 11:59:00 +0000

Sounds like you’ve found the Crazy Third in Great Britain. Congrats.

(FWIW, “Americans” only refers to people from the only place in the world called “America.” People from the continents are “North Americans” or “South Americans” respectively. If you want to take in the whole bunch of them, you might try refering to them by hemisphere. *shrug*. Georgians, on the other hand, do have a problem of nomenclature.)

QD: The problem with representative democracy is that the only qualification for office is electability. This means that a system such as ours can only be run by lizards. As someone once said, democracy is the worst kind of government, except for every other kind that’s been tried.

I remain amused by your misuse/misunderstanding of the term “ideology.” (for example, you identify it as distinct from bigotry. Bigotry is a type of ideology. So is skepticism. So is naturalism.) One of these days, I may figure out what it is you’re actually trying to reject, aside of an internally consistent policy position.

By: IVAN3MAN

IVAN3MAN — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 02:08:47 +0000

These links speak volumes:

http://tinyurl.com/2nrfae

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJuNgBkloFE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_mkwB9ayK4&NR=1

Enough said.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 01:58:57 +0000

Quiet Desperation Says:

Unfortunately the UK is very anti US at the moment. As the moon landings were American then people will think they are fake, same with 911.

That’s insanity, though. Just because they dislike what our government is doing at the moment, that’s no excuse to start accepting woo. All that means was there was an intrinsic gullibility under the surface that didn’t need much of a stimulus to activate, so Phil’s conclusion stands.

He, we didn’t hate the UK for the Spice Girls.

Well, OK, maybe a little.

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Oi whats wrong with the spice girls ……

I am British and im far from anti american, infact im borderline anti british, we have lost our identity.