http://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2 ... -obituary/
Lieutenant-Commander Kenneth “Tom” Cobley, who has died aged 101, played a leading role in the Battle of North Cape as the gun direction officer in the last fight involving a British battleship against another battleship.
RIP Lt Cmdr Tom Cobley
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RIP Lt Cmdr Tom Cobley
Suitguy is not bitter.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.