So, as much as I don't like to take life seriously for more than ten seconds (I don't like to, but these days I guess I don't have much choice in the matter) I found this quote from Saturday's Indie from Richard Dannatt, our Generalissimo who's stuck the boot into B-Liar with such aplomb last week.
"When I see the Islamist threat in this country I hope it doesn't make undue progress because there is a moral and spiritual vacuum in this country at the moment. Our society has always been embedded in Christian values, once you have pulled the anchor up thre is a danger that society moves with the prevailing wind"
Don't especially want to get involved in the relgious dust up that's going on at the moment, partly because I'm an aethiest, but mainly because I don't want either the Thought Police or the local Sunni milita coming around here in the middle with "oooooh you can't say that" or burning torches, sharp knives and video cameras as appropriate. All I'm saying is that I think this bloke knows a thing or two; there's a point there that I've identified with before, and those folks that have been with me in the pub on Ranting day may remember; maybe people should look away from the here and now when deciding how to handle society, and look forward and more importantly, back. Any reason that Shia law CAN'T become a factor in British law if not tomorrow, in 200 years time if we go down the path of trying to keep everyone happy, offend nobody? Bear in mind, these islands used to be pagan, before minority foreign religeous cults started rocking the boat say, 1500 years ago. No reason to say things won't change again, in fact they're bound to. About time we learned from our colonies I think, the Aussie way. Their official policy is "This is Australia, this is how we do things here, if you want it done another way that you're used to, sod off". I think that's straightforward.
Right, that's my IQ pacified for the moment; normal service with beer references, oblique nasty emotional stuff, Grimsby hating and slowly going barmy will be restored shortly. In case you're wondering, I'm off work today through another bout of ill health, hopefully only a day this time; been up all night with what those of us of a elderly films persuasion call "Fu Man Chu's Revenge"; that I'm blaming either on over-ripe fruit or some out of date garlic bread I ate last night. It was either that or go shopping. Not maybe the best decision ever made.
"When I see the Islamist threat in this country I hope it doesn't make undue progress because there is a moral and spiritual vacuum in this country at the moment. Our society has always been embedded in Christian values, once you have pulled the anchor up thre is a danger that society moves with the prevailing wind"
Don't especially want to get involved in the relgious dust up that's going on at the moment, partly because I'm an aethiest, but mainly because I don't want either the Thought Police or the local Sunni milita coming around here in the middle with "oooooh you can't say that" or burning torches, sharp knives and video cameras as appropriate. All I'm saying is that I think this bloke knows a thing or two; there's a point there that I've identified with before, and those folks that have been with me in the pub on Ranting day may remember; maybe people should look away from the here and now when deciding how to handle society, and look forward and more importantly, back. Any reason that Shia law CAN'T become a factor in British law if not tomorrow, in 200 years time if we go down the path of trying to keep everyone happy, offend nobody? Bear in mind, these islands used to be pagan, before minority foreign religeous cults started rocking the boat say, 1500 years ago. No reason to say things won't change again, in fact they're bound to. About time we learned from our colonies I think, the Aussie way. Their official policy is "This is Australia, this is how we do things here, if you want it done another way that you're used to, sod off". I think that's straightforward.
Right, that's my IQ pacified for the moment; normal service with beer references, oblique nasty emotional stuff, Grimsby hating and slowly going barmy will be restored shortly. In case you're wondering, I'm off work today through another bout of ill health, hopefully only a day this time; been up all night with what those of us of a elderly films persuasion call "Fu Man Chu's Revenge"; that I'm blaming either on over-ripe fruit or some out of date garlic bread I ate last night. It was either that or go shopping. Not maybe the best decision ever made.
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