Tim Blair

"thuggee" was an Indian death cult eradicated by imperial Britain.

No idea what a "thugee" (thoo-jee ?) is, however.

Sounds really twee, however, so I guess it still counts as an insult.

"Kill for the love of killing. Kill for the love of KALI! Kill! Kill! KILL!"

I love that movie.

"Thugee" is where the the word "thug" came from. I presume Chris is trying to imply that RWDB's are members of a death cult, in contrast to certain other individuals from Peaceful Religions whom Chris does not see fit to mention.

I don't believe Iraq is a "diversion" from the war on terror; I believe it's the central front.

I thought, from reading Sully's blog, that the central front in the war on terror was gay marriage. I hope Sully hasn't caught some horrible virus at the DNC from John Kerry which causes wobbliness and flip-flopping.

Tim Blair, have you been ripping out hearts again? No human hearts until after you've had your dinner, young man!

I love that movie.

Which movie? The other day I saw something with Cary Grant which had Kali worshippers. Gunga Din, mebbe. I don't remember any thug[g]ees in the poem, though.

An excerpt from the Age article:

Margo Kingston, author of the book Not Happy John, Defending Our Democracy, web diarist for The Sydney Morning Herald and driving force behind the www.nothappyjohn.com site, has one foot in both worlds.

There's a ghastly mental image for you... hope she's wearing pants.

Thugees,
I think they were an Indian tribe that infiltrated travelling groups with one or two members.After gaining their trust they killed the travellers and stole their possessions.That is how thug entered our language.

must attack Shiels,
must attack Shiels

Kali Ma Kali Ma Kali Ma

Found this one funny, from the Age

"She says few blogs are journalism and that most are just raves."

Wonder if that extends to webdiaries as well?

Thugees use to make guest appearances in Phantom comics.
The blogger article was about par for The Age's course: eight left wing blogs mentioned to Tim's solitary representation from the right. They don't even pretend anymore.

A new record?

One consevative blog, NINE anti-Howard blogs.

Bloody hell, Tim, why didn't you warn us about that Melbourne Age link? I was expecting an interesting little article; I wasn't mentally prepared for the deranged left-wing bludgeon that burst out. Are these people running a newspaper or a student guild newsletter?

I'm going to be in Melbourne next week. I don't know how my delicate psyche is going to survive.

"I don't consider myself very left-wing at all," Shiel says. "But if you write anything half normal online, you'll be immediately tagged left-wing. The web's swarming with extreme right-wingers waiting to kick the shit out of you."

What a pompous dick. Another wanker who feels that leftism is entirely normal in that"but of course everyone feels this way". If his views were so 'normal', why the 'swarms' of RWDBs ? Swarms would thus imply his views are in a minority, a fact that many leftoids cannot dare fathom.

How does Shiel blog from up there on that cross? No wonder he wants to take a break.

Sheil is the type of blogger for whom "a decent hiatus" would be advisable at pretty much any given moment, not just when his pet candidates fail to get elected.

If his views were so 'normal', why the 'swarms' of RWDBs ? Swarms would thus imply his views are in a minority, a fact that many leftoids cannot dare fathom.

In his favour, there is another possible explanation. Leftists might just be significantly less capable of using the Internet than those stupid right-wingers...

'Thuggee' is the name of a practice and the belief it was based on, not a person.

The practitioners/believers were called 'thugs'.

It was indeed a death cult, but the emphasis was as much on robbing the victims as on the supposed sanctification of the act of killing which enabled the robber to overcome pangs of conscience.