tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14115431.post112319982777586654..comments2023-10-16T15:59:02.445+01:00Comments on NEIL HARDING: What Blitz Spirit?Neil Hardinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01333739272733802133noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14115431.post-1123812508106945122005-08-12T03:08:00.000+01:002005-08-12T03:08:00.000+01:00Yes, I do agree (in retrospect, my comment to you ...Yes, I do agree (in retrospect, my comment to you was a bit...erm presumptious) and I have witnessed the sort of attitudes you were talking about first hand.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14115431.post-1123515932044015402005-08-08T16:45:00.000+01:002005-08-08T16:45:00.000+01:00I was having a bad day at the office that day. Rea...I was having a bad day at the office that day. Reading it again it sounds a lot more pessimistic than I wanted it to sound. <BR/><BR/>I do generally believe the vast majority are well meaning people, and I know in this story a few people did help out a little, but it was still pretty depressingly pathetic the amount of help that was offered, don't you think?Neil Hardinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01333739272733802133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14115431.post-1123235421270207412005-08-05T10:50:00.000+01:002005-08-05T10:50:00.000+01:00You might want to check the Guardian corrections t...You might want to check the Guardian corrections today.<BR/><BR/><I>As was made clear in the story itself, although the author recalled appealing for help without receiving assistance, a number of others also assisted at different points</I><BR/><BR/>I agree that the invocation, by some press, of, specifically, the "Blitz spirit" was hyperbolic and unecessary. However, I think you should have a bit more faith in the general good nature of people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com