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@panda12 wrote:

My late mother suffered from schizophrenia. It was certainly no laughing matter for her, me or my family. To mock such ppl is incredibly insensitive. She died a tortured soul and was robbed of many years of having a happy life to a horrible illness.

The holocaust was no laughing matter.

I had an in-law who was very dear to me who…[Read more]

sure

@anc wrote:

Soz Scep, but I agree with Jen_Jen, neither condition is pleasant for the person, or their nearest and dearest.

amen to that…but tehre are different ways of coping, and that includes public humour of the delicious irony in whihc Lenny Bruce excelled.

nobody’s making you do anything.

But teh extermination of the Jews in the death camps was a horror beyond imagination, whihc is why the pro-Nazi holocaust deniers on the chatroom were so offensive.

But there is humour to be had….

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQUgyyzhuho&feature=related

Lenny was the Master – Bill Hicks et al mere disciples

@jen_jen wrote:

Schizophrenia and bi-polar are two different conditions…but I’m sure you know that.

Sorry but I don’t find mental health issues a laughing matter…I’m sure others will oblige though.

there is a strain of humour which laughs at what is unbearable, because crying isn’t an option

I bet I get into problems with that post

a lot of jobs are similar to working in a mortuary.

An American politician called Huey Long was elected on an anti-tax platform, and the first thing he did was to raise taxes. When his aide asked how they were going to explain it to the people, Hey’s response was “Simple. Tell em I lied”.

I like Panda. She can be a pain in the bum like everyone…[Read more]

is this the thread to talk about personal insults caused by nothings in Facebook???

Oh, there’s already a thread on that.

I tremble to say that I’m refusing to post on this thread again, because every time someone has said that in any thread on these boards, it means the start of a long set of over-sensitive conytributions.

So I won’t say it

@sceptical guy wrote:

@(f)politics? wrote:

@panda12 wrote:

@(f)politics? wrote:

i’ll say again …
When in Rome.. do as the romans do… only in Britain could it be expected to be any different.

And that’s what makes this country great. That’s why so many ppl want to live here. They love our freedoms and progressive nature.

I think you’ll also…

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@kent f OBE wrote:

With all due respect Scept I hardly over react (except on the odd rare occasion maybe) considering how much gets said on these boards and in the room for that matter on things I know plenty about and have feelings on subjects from experience….often I have let myself down by not replying because I get accused of playing the…

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@Mrs_Teapot wrote:

@kent f OBE wrote:

@Mrs_Teapot wrote:

Just because people do well financially and can afford swanky accountants is not a justification for them paying less tax. I understand Jimmy Carr has apologised for his poor judgement in using the K2 tax avoidance he was offered… to be honest I dont think he should feel he had to do…

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@kent f OBE wrote:

@panda12 wrote:

@kent f OBE wrote:

So disappointed with many comments on this thread :roll:

Don’t be afraid to elaborate.

I’m not afraid to elaborate Panda…I just get so disheartened by some comments sometimes I don’t even bother to justify/explain or even try to put my point across….still never mind :lol:

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@kent f OBE wrote:

So disappointed with many comments on this thread :roll:

disappointed because of the personal nature of them, Kenty, or because you felt it should be about something else?

“for like a gun is touch” – Delmore Schwartz

I was upset…

poli,
marriage to me is a personal vow, nothing to do with teh religio0us rites.

But to Christian gays, it is to do with those rites. Those rites are important to them as Christians.

Unfriendly vicars won’t need to marry gays.

But some vicars are wanting to marry gay and lesbian couples, and aren’t allowed to.

The reason is to do with…[Read more]

I don’t like Nick Cohen’s pro-war attitudes, but here is an interesting account of why Rowan Williams changed his attitude to gay and lesbian marriage.

http://apps.facebook.com/theguardian/commentisfree/2012/jun/17/nick-cohen-rowan-williams-hypocrisy

Thanks, Mrs T. Whatever differences we have, I think we agree on trying to avoid hurting and humiliating people.

Panda, the Old Testament is full of that stuff. In Genesis, when some guys come round to rape and murder a man’s guest, the host is so ashamed of the disgrace that male rape brings on his household that he offers up his young virgin…[Read more]

@(f)politics? wrote:

@panda12 wrote:

@(f)politics? wrote:

i’ll say again …
When in Rome.. do as the romans do… only in Britain could it be expected to be any different.

And that’s what makes this country great. That’s why so many ppl want to live here. They love our freedoms and progressive nature.

I think you’ll also find Holland has…

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gay people have won equality, and my guess is that civil marriage will soon be legal.

It’s a question of religion, which is still very important for many people, in this country and the world.The question is caused by the Church of England’s decision to oppose gay marriage on relgious grounds, and as the Church of England is officially tied in…[Read more]