David Robinson, the film critic at The Times dismissed the film and Moore's performance, saying that Moore was "substituting non-acting for Connery's throwaway", while Britt Ekland was "his beautiful, idiot side-kick ... the least appealing of the Bond heroines".
Unfortunately, those who make a reasonable case for BDS sometimes find themselves in coalitions with bigoted extremists who shout anti-Semitic slogans, but that is the nature of politics: there are always idiots on your side from whom you have to disassociate yourself.And that problem cuts both ways.
Not a cigarette paper between William, me and the idiot boy at our side, he added.
And I'm free to explain that I'm exploring human nature and morality, or to say, 'You're an idiot,' depending on which side of the bed I got out of that day".
As tempting as it is, we can't demonize those on the other side as idiots who are out of touch, because they're liable to reach out across the dinner table to touch you (and rather sharply).
It's time we stopped focusing just on the "other" side's idiots, and acknowledged our own as well.
Asked on the BBC's Andrew Marr Show about aggressive behaviour by some Yes supporters, he said there had been "idiots" on both sides of the campaign, but that they were a "tiny, tiny wee percentage".
As to the campaigners themselves, Alistair Darling – leader of the Better Together campaign – said he's been shocked by the aggressive behaviour of some Scottish nationalists, with Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond admitting there have been "idiots" on both sides of the debate.
(I'm also pretty grateful that the outlets that have covered this include the fact that I know I can't actually auction off my right to marry. The last thing we need on our side is an idiot. And I'm not one).
