tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post7167967519052454709..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: Dennis the PeasantAssistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-77074676708640196552020-11-10T17:13:06.070-05:002020-11-10T17:13:06.070-05:00On some level, I am amused when Cleese rails again...On some level, I am amused when Cleese rails against some attack on him from the left, on the grounds of Bed-made-lie in it.<br /><br />But it's true to some extent that Python ranged a bit wider in its targeting than modern sarcasm comics. And when, most of the time, the target was some aspect of the establishment, they were at least targeting it when it still had some heft. As opposed to their descendants, pretending not to already be the establishment themselves.<br /><br />All the same, I always thought the proper response to Dennis was to go all in for the Arthurian perspective. If there really is a divine order to nature that includes goddesses living in the river and representing the spirits of the land, then them picking a king seems actually like the most rational basis for a system of government, not the least. random observerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02348644823854777418noreply@blogger.com