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@Mrs_Teapot wrote:

Did someone say something??

I just laughed out loud, but I was trying something about laughter therapy off the telly. What have I missed?

@(f)politics? wrote:

. . . . perhaps some nice aftershave for ur mush…

balm not cologne, some of us are sensitive souls y’no!!

A friend of mine who works for a relevant government department (sounds so much better than ‘tax inspector’ doesn’t it?) Says basically the people at the top evade tax, the people at the bottom don’t have to pay it or have it balanced out by benefits.

The people in the middle on PAYE and those businesses who don’t evade tax basically pay for the…[Read more]

Civil servants, don’t make the rules at that level, it would need ministerial approval at least, if not a vote in parliament to change the legal basis on which these schemes run.

All governments have a high percentage of millionaires, so it’s no surprise that they don’t put a lot of energy into reducing the chances of avoiding tax. Be under no…[Read more]

Hang on to the world as it spins around

Just don’t let the spin get you down

Donny Hathaway

@rogue trader wrote:

i have been uncovering more facts about our here.C.B.FRY
1,cb once won a game of connect 4 in only 3 moves.
2,cb counted to infinity>>>>> twice!
3,cb was completely indifferent to marmite
4,cb had 5273 assination attempts on him, they all failed obviously.
5,cb had the idea to sell his urine as a canned drink, we now call this…

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Pepper, I quoted an experience which was real in this forum and relevant to this thread. I felt that the treatment I had received had a similar impact as that to which f_pol was referring: inhibiting the freedom of certain people to address a particular topic.

I had no intention of ‘digging it up’ and only returned to the detail to answer your…[Read more]

@(f)politics? wrote:

. . . . you (cannot) know how it feels to . . . . feeling stifled of freedoms of speech under that umbrella,

Yes I can See my previous posting.

I’m not just the colour of my skin. As a middle aged, middle class, English, heterosexual male of Christian heritage and cultural allegiance (I do luvs my labels!), there are…[Read more]

@Sgt Pepper wrote:

May I ask why my input on a different thread is being brought into this? This being a thread I havent contributed to, yet one (up till now) that I was enjoying reading. And in such a misinterpreted manner at that .. ranging from the accusatory to the condescending?
That thread finished in relatively good spirit did it not?
If…

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Poli, it’s not true to say someone of dark skin colour doesn’t get the same gagging if they mention colour. It can be misery indeed to be treated as a troublemaker with a chip on the shoulder for commenting on even the most obvious bias. And please be aware that the hypocrisy of uncaring PC can turn it’s ire on any black person that doesn’t toe…[Read more]

According to available figures, at least 90% of the country is heterosexual, more than 90% of the country is white and 70% are Christian (not necessarily C of E, or anti-gay).

There is probably a lot of overlap between them and plenty of room to stall any threat of slow extinction.

But that’s the aspect of cliques that most people dislike (at…[Read more]

Thanks Sceptical. Churches are free to decide for themselves what they want. It’s the Church of England’s political position in this country which makes its policies important.

Should a church attended by a minority be able to impose a ban on gay marriage on a majority who either agree or are indifferent to it?

If that church’s position is to…[Read more]

The protection from discrimination on the grounds of gender, sexuality, race, religion etc, applies to ‘straight, white Christians’ and everyone else. That is why the churches are not forced by law to adopt equality in terms of gender, marriage or sexuality. If members or leadership of a church decide to conform to social changes, that is their…[Read more]

@(f)politics? wrote:

@Wordsworth60 wrote:

@(f)politics? wrote:

. . . . without sounding harsh they cant actually produce children which in basic terms is what we are mainly on this earth to do, . . .

So let’s refuse marriage to everyone who can’t have children. There’s no way of saying it without sounding harsh really is there?

That wasnt what…

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@(f)politics? wrote:

@Wordsworth60 wrote:

@(f)politics? wrote:

@Wordsworth60 wrote:

. . . . . . . improving a culture should mean evolving with in not changing its core and fundamental values [/b]

At some point, if you’re going to evolve, you got to kill the dinosaurs . . . . . . .

So basically you are saying extinguish one culture*dinosaurs* to…

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@(f)politics? wrote:

. . . . without sounding harsh they cant actually produce children which in basic terms is what we are mainly on this earth to do, . . .

So let’s refuse marriage to everyone who can’t have children. There’s no way of saying it without sounding harsh really is there?

@(f)politics? wrote:

@Wordsworth60 wrote:

. . . . . . . improving a culture should mean evolving with in not changing its core and fundamental values [/b]

At some point, if you’re going to evolve, you got to kill the dinosaurs . . . . . . .

@(f)politics? wrote:

why shouldn’t there be a stop button or certainly a slow up button from changing a nations culture from what it was and is ?
Britain has become a melting pot in many ways agreed and inclusion in that respect is great, but why change what it was to suit those changes? You don’t buy a dog if you want a horse, or marry a man when…

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@panda12 wrote:

If that’s the case, then the Church and marriage laws cannot be separated. If Parliament passes the law allowing same sex marriages then surely the Church of E and W must abide by the law and allow the ceremonies and carry them out, without prejudice?

The law allows remarriage of divorcees, but churches and clergy are still free to…[Read more]

@(f)politics? wrote:

. . . . . There has to be a stop button somewhere, or who are we ? what is a christian ? what is a muslim ? what is a buddhist ? And i certainly can’t see other faiths being so free or being as pressured to change their ideals so why should the christian church of england bow down to this pressure ? Far better to spend the…

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