tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15895111.post1600703926498094620..comments2023-11-03T12:44:19.948+01:00Comments on Orwell's Picnic ~: Brutalist by name, brutal by natureHilary Jane Margaret Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03771332473693479830noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15895111.post-7626039534432383892011-12-13T23:28:35.578+01:002011-12-13T23:28:35.578+01:00There are, of course, appallingly ugly developmen...There are, of course, appallingly ugly developments. However, many so-called "sink" estates of today were built and landscaped pretty well. They were very desirable places for people to go to live when new. <br /><br />In those days, councils could pick their tenants. They were looking for the respectable working class, people in regular employment with a history of paying their rents.<br /><br />Then such "discrimination" was outlawed. There was a huge effort from the Sixties to eliminate all differences between the treatment of the deserving and undeserving poor.<br /><br />Quite a small proportion of "rough" families (who know their rights very thoroughly) can terrorise an area and drag it down. Combine this with the anti-achievement ethos of "progressive" education and people are locked in.<br /><br />I have a friend who runs his own successful accountancy practice who came from such an area before it was degraded. He went back to have a look at it recently and said it was the most depressing experience. Whilst quite a few of his contemporaries had made moderately successful careers, he doubted whether anyone from the area could do so now,Edward Spaltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04168350315689612490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15895111.post-74946286930693950852011-12-13T19:20:22.419+01:002011-12-13T19:20:22.419+01:00Miss White, this exposition of the importance of b...Miss White, this exposition of the importance of beauty is exactly what I'm talking about. I grew up down the block from a New York City housing project, which actually was a touch less hideous than the one in your post. It was the very same projects that produced the rap group The Wu-Tang Clan. We really need people who preach beauty and truth to counter those who've been preaching ugly and lies for the better part of a half-century now.Steve T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02887043259071906836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15895111.post-53231200562193751282011-12-13T10:47:43.695+01:002011-12-13T10:47:43.695+01:00Most of them are regular O's P. readers, thoug...Most of them are regular O's P. readers, though some won't admit it.HJWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15895111.post-60298509851679722162011-12-12T14:57:08.264+01:002011-12-12T14:57:08.264+01:00Interestingly, The New Liturgical Movement blog po...Interestingly, The New Liturgical Movement blog posted, the hour long, "Why Beauty Matters" by Scruton this morning.Teresa B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15076392000073341695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15895111.post-31823949782309369462011-12-12T12:49:14.718+01:002011-12-12T12:49:14.718+01:00No matter the excuse makers say, beauty is not sub...No matter the excuse makers say, beauty is not subjective, it is objective, hence God gave the ability to discern beauty. What we so often see is an "excusism" by those of poor taste or otherwise who give us ugly in any form. Are they mean? I think so!Gene Peckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13918998190743837988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15895111.post-82988995475074524412011-12-11T20:57:06.919+01:002011-12-11T20:57:06.919+01:00Oh the ROM!!!
Don't get me started!Oh the ROM!!!<br /><br />Don't get me started!Hilary Jane Margaret Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03771332473693479830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15895111.post-13599876198287725172011-12-11T20:49:38.068+01:002011-12-11T20:49:38.068+01:00"No one wants to live in it because it's ..."No one wants to live in it because it's so damn ugly!"<br /><br />LOL!<br /><br />If it was in Toronto it could be the new ROM.Teresa B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15076392000073341695noreply@blogger.com