Comments on: Even more dubious about demography

By: sm

sm — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 02:36:26 +0000

Ever read Asimov’s R. Daneel Olivaw books? Caves of Steel and The Naked Sun?

MQ — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 18:39:09 +0000

Life was better before all of our Mr. Cunninghams had blogs. Not to mention op-ed columns.

John Emerson — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 13:06:02 +0000

Mr. Deasy:

“And the pity of it that the ignorant Irish Catholics continue to proliferate, being kept alive by the misguided charitable impulses of the English.”

stostosto — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 12:45:14 +0000

“Good afternoon, Mr. Bertram”.

“-”

“The birth-rate in Manchester, you say? Ah, yes. Very serious thing, indeed. But at 1.84 it’s at least above national average”.

“is that so?”

“Yes. But more to the point, it’s much higher than that of Liverpool. It’s only 1.48 for them scally scousers, snort.”

“Oh…”

“Heartening, I should say, eh?”

“Good afternoon, er…”