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Don Pearson

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I can't help feeling that Official Openings of anything are completely pointless, certainly inessential.

Intolerance of other people's views and beliefs has been very evident on this forum recently. Bell (For the deafened) Summoned by bells, I was imprisoned to learn chapters from the Bible by heart. Questioning God’s Word was not on the school curriculum, absence from chapel was noted and punished, atheism was anathema. Otherwise powerless, I ...

11th November
12 Nov 2013

Poppies2 (For all at Brook House and Overbrook, Dawlish.) In Flanders fields that May, watered with chlorine tears, frail red blooms appeared as usual, anticipating nothing but their own brevity. Now they weep themselves for a time when they can parade again simply as flowers, beautiful, unadorned. They pray to the sun that we remember well ...

Perhaps supermarkets see small towns as vultures see corpses - something to be fought over and eaten.

EDL Demonstration
28 Oct 2013

@Taylorjack This is a discussion forum. Abuse does not help you to get your ideas across, Don

Russell Brand
25 Oct 2013

@neilh Power tends to corrupt ......etc.

25 Oct 2013

I have  spoiled my ballot papers for decades because I never find a party or candidate that will represent my views.

EDL Demonstration
24 Oct 2013

@Taylorjack913 http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/http://www.operations.mod.uk/telic/ophons05/beharry.htm @OLD FART If the right of the EDF to demonstrate is acceptable, how can one contest the right to demonstrate of those who disagree with them? @FredBassett I agree with your response to neilh. We disagree. Here is a little piece of Hint Fiction (up to 25 ...

Is the Queen's english the same as the Queen's English?

@neil Interesting. The silence of the Conservatives and its media hounds is not surprising, given that the party is only ever electable if it convinces people that it represents their aspirations. In fact,  it represents and serves the elite. @Paul In answer to your original question in the first post, you obviously can not "take it that everyone is in agreement."