Regardless of how involved Carl outwardly appears, inside he holds himself stoically detached.

The Taker or the Verser is the man must play with him, the Cards are fetcht, Mumchance or Decoy is the game: the first wager is wine, the second two pence, from two pence they rise to a shilling, from that to a pound […]

By pushing for such an extreme and indefensible position, the old-media moguls sparked a tremendous outcry, which caused the legislation to be redrafted and then scuttled, at least temporarily

But hardcore Greenpeace types never listen to reason.