tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post116734433245567627..comments2024-03-04T17:54:32.559+00:00Comments on Iain Dale's Diary: Quotes of the DayIain Dalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1167416092916270912006-12-29T18:14:00.000+00:002006-12-29T18:14:00.000+00:00Marco - I'm all for people disagreeing with Boris ...Marco - I'm all for people disagreeing with Boris the Bore, but you write: "video games are apparently the reason that boys have much better developed spacial awareness skills than girls."<BR/><BR/>No. They are born with these skills and have had them for tens of thousands of years before video games. It is natural. It is because these skills aren't as highly developed in (most) girls that girls show little interest in video games.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1167410661468982202006-12-29T16:44:00.000+00:002006-12-29T16:44:00.000+00:00Boris is wrong on that one - as it happens, video ...Boris is wrong on that one - as it happens, video games are apparently the reason that boys have much better developed spacial awareness skills than girls. He's not wrong that literacy and prospects are declining, but that's down to piss-poor school systems, prizes for all, increasing levels of teacher literacy problems and the refusal of either main party to campaign for a grammar school system.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1167388134959043482006-12-29T10:28:00.000+00:002006-12-29T10:28:00.000+00:00Why was he so ugly? He looked good when he was yo...Why was he so ugly? He looked good when he was younger.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1167387827773233972006-12-29T10:23:00.000+00:002006-12-29T10:23:00.000+00:00Oh, but he was the Man! Will Self could only wish...Oh, but he was the Man! Will Self could only wish he was.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1167380927181817222006-12-29T08:28:00.000+00:002006-12-29T08:28:00.000+00:00Seriously, Will Self is one to talk.And it sounds ...Seriously, Will Self is one to talk.<BR/><BR/>And it sounds to me like Boris is unfamiliar with the current recruiting parameters for a modern military: doesn't every little boy want to be a soldier? Early training with video games preconditions them and prepares them for contemporary warfare. As long as you're going to be in Iraq, Afghanistan, and god knows where else, you'll need a few of these pre-trained types around.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1167360186019198032006-12-29T02:43:00.000+00:002006-12-29T02:43:00.000+00:00dearieme - Well, your post certainly defuses any c...dearieme - Well, your post certainly defuses any charmisma the late Mr Brown may have had in this parish.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1167352395770888772006-12-29T00:33:00.000+00:002006-12-29T00:33:00.000+00:00I think he was as mad as a smoked mackerel and cho...I think he was as mad as a smoked mackerel and chocolate sauce sandwich.deariemehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06654632450454559188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1167348962452408192006-12-28T23:36:00.000+00:002006-12-28T23:36:00.000+00:00Re James Brown - well, I didn't like him as a sing...Re James Brown - well, I didn't like him as a singer, but I am often strangely taken with people who are as mad as a bag of snakes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com