Tue Apr 29 20:15:48 +0000 2008 799799540 Shirky was simplistic and overstated his case (for effect) but Bernstein is just plain wrong about gin and 18thC England. http://is.gd/aaa <a href="http://www.twhirl.org/" rel="nofollow">twhirl</a> false false 8248602 Mike Power mrpower Aberdeenshire, Scotland Est: 17/08/2007 Sarf-London Irish. Gobby, Grumpy and Opinionated. Easily offended? Don't follow! The background picture is ironic! http://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/413332719/meavatar66_normal.png http://mikepower.net false 546 000000 000000 C1231A a9ad61 C1231A 393 Fri Aug 17 16:42:01 +0000 2007 821 0 London http://a1.twimg.com/profile_background_images/36547458/ZZ07E7316F.jpg true 17818 false false