tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36841665.post9010636288079593955..comments2023-12-31T13:47:05.758+00:00Comments on Fat Man on a Keyboard: For good or ill?The Plumphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09244528534476387323noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36841665.post-28812988438738774892012-03-12T21:28:32.790+00:002012-03-12T21:28:32.790+00:00Thank you for commenting Anne. My expertise is in ...Thank you for commenting Anne. My expertise is in the radical politics of the second half of the Nineteenth Century, and even then it is mainly free-thinkers that have interested me, so I am happy to be corrected.<br /><br />The sources that I used that mention the link between Wilberforce and the Vice Society were: <br />1. Ben Wilson, <i>Decency and Disorder: The Age of Cant 1789-1837</i>, Faber, 2008. <br />2. J M Robertson, <i> A History of Freethought in the Nineteenth Century</i>, 1929 reprinted 2001, Thoemmes Press.<br /><br />Robertson describes it as "Wilberforce's old Society" on page 62 in discussing the Carlile case. <br /><br />As for Santorum, he was chosen for effect rather than accuracy, as indeed was Martin Luther King.<br /><br />There is an interesting debate here about class and mainstream morality at the turn of the 18th/19th Centuries, given the perceived need for moral reform movements.<br /><br />Good luck with the book. It is good to see something from a fellow adult education person. I shall now explore your own blogs with interest.The Plumphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09244528534476387323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36841665.post-51971538883278526012012-03-12T17:54:27.330+00:002012-03-12T17:54:27.330+00:00I don't disagree with your article, but there ...I don't disagree with your article, but there are a couple of points I'd like to make. (1) Wilberforce didn't found the Vice Society (which was High Church rather than evangelical in inspiration) and to the best of my knowledge had no formal links with it. (2) The comparison with Santorum is pushing it a bit. Santorum is extreme by our standards. Two hundred years ago, he'd surely be much more mainstream.<br />Best wishes, Anne (Stott), author, Wilberforce: Family and FriendsAnne Stotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18296864856365981820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36841665.post-17744357521360355132012-03-06T13:30:17.874+00:002012-03-06T13:30:17.874+00:00I found another interesting article on Carlile the...I found another interesting article on Carlile the other day, which discusses his role in Freemasonry and the penalties he paid for keeping the Age of Reason in print.<br /><br />http://www.freemasons-freemasonry.com/prescott05.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com