7 Spey Terrace
Edinburgh
EH7 4PX
Telephone: 0131-550 0895
E-mail: JohnEDouglas@gmail.com
Blog: http://johneoindouglas.blogspot.com/
9th of August 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
PROHIBITION - NOT MINIMUM PRICING
I have just returned from the Campaign for Real Ale's annual Great British Beer Festival in London to which I was invited in order to see "responsible drinking" being undertaken.
This disgusting experience merely confirmed that making alcohol expensive is not any kind of answer. It cost £10 for admission and another £3 to obtain a glass before a single drop could be sampled. Yet, I could see considerable numbers of people whose consumption had been such that they would not have been legally (and, in several cases, physically) capable of driving a motor vehicle.
Only complete prohibition can save the health and morality of our nation.
John Eoin Douglas
Monday, August 9, 2010
Saturday, July 10, 2010
10th of July 2010 - Press Blame
7 Spey Terrace
Edinburgh
EH7 4PX
Telephone: 0131-550 0895
E-mail: JohnEDouglas@gmail.com
Blog: http://johneoindouglas.blogspot.com/
10th of July 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
PRESS BLAME
Prior to Raoul Moat's death, both broadcast and print media made extensive reference to him as a killer and reported serious allegations against him as fact.
His early demise will have come as a relief to prosecution authorities in Northumbria aghast at the prospect of his escaping justice by successfully claiming the impossibility of a fair trial due to the poisoning of the minds of potential jurors by these irresponsible and unprofessional statements.
John Eoin Douglas
Edinburgh
EH7 4PX
Telephone: 0131-550 0895
E-mail: JohnEDouglas@gmail.com
Blog: http://johneoindouglas.blogspot.com/
10th of July 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
PRESS BLAME
Prior to Raoul Moat's death, both broadcast and print media made extensive reference to him as a killer and reported serious allegations against him as fact.
His early demise will have come as a relief to prosecution authorities in Northumbria aghast at the prospect of his escaping justice by successfully claiming the impossibility of a fair trial due to the poisoning of the minds of potential jurors by these irresponsible and unprofessional statements.
John Eoin Douglas
Sunday, July 4, 2010
4th of July 2010 - Abusive Relationship?
7 Spey Terrace
Edinburgh
EH7 4PX
Telephone: 0131-550 0895
E-mail: JohnEDouglas@gmail.com
Blog: http://johneoindouglas.blogspot.com/
4th of July 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP?
The homosexualist lobby will no doubt be rejoicing at reports that openly gay cleric Dr Jeffrey John, the Dean of St Albans, is the favoured candidate for appointment as Bishop of Southwark.
However, I wonder what their view is on the fact that although Dr John entered a Civil Partnership with his long term partner the Rev Grant Holmes in 2006, he claims that their's is a celibate relationship. Surely gay Christians should be railing against this abuse of the Holy Institution of Civil Partnership? Or are they, like the rest of us, merely incredulous?
John Eoin Douglas
Edinburgh
EH7 4PX
Telephone: 0131-550 0895
E-mail: JohnEDouglas@gmail.com
Blog: http://johneoindouglas.blogspot.com/
4th of July 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP?
The homosexualist lobby will no doubt be rejoicing at reports that openly gay cleric Dr Jeffrey John, the Dean of St Albans, is the favoured candidate for appointment as Bishop of Southwark.
However, I wonder what their view is on the fact that although Dr John entered a Civil Partnership with his long term partner the Rev Grant Holmes in 2006, he claims that their's is a celibate relationship. Surely gay Christians should be railing against this abuse of the Holy Institution of Civil Partnership? Or are they, like the rest of us, merely incredulous?
John Eoin Douglas
Saturday, June 19, 2010
19th of June 2010 - Anyone But England
7 Spey Terrace
Edinburgh
EH7 4PX
Telephone: 0131-550 0895
E-mail: JohnEDouglas@gmail.com
Blog: http://johneoindouglas.blogspot.com/
19th of June 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
ANYONE BUT ENGLAND
I am appalled that police pressure has been put upon retailers in Scotland to stop selling Anyone But England merchandise on the grounds that it might be considered as racist.
It is certainly not racist to hope, as do I, that England is knocked out of the World Cup at the earliest possible opportunity. This is the only way that our national broadcasters may be persuaded to stop showing this surfeit of sport and return to more interesting and uplifting schedules.
John Eoin Douglas
Edinburgh
EH7 4PX
Telephone: 0131-550 0895
E-mail: JohnEDouglas@gmail.com
Blog: http://johneoindouglas.blogspot.com/
19th of June 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
ANYONE BUT ENGLAND
I am appalled that police pressure has been put upon retailers in Scotland to stop selling Anyone But England merchandise on the grounds that it might be considered as racist.
It is certainly not racist to hope, as do I, that England is knocked out of the World Cup at the earliest possible opportunity. This is the only way that our national broadcasters may be persuaded to stop showing this surfeit of sport and return to more interesting and uplifting schedules.
John Eoin Douglas
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
1st of June 2010 - Royal Insult
7 Spey Terrace
Edinburgh
EH7 4PX
Telephone: 0131-550 0895
E-mail: JohnEDouglas@gmail.com
Blog: http://johneoindouglas.blogspot.com/
1st of June 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
ROYAL INSULT
It is singularly inappropriate for Labour's Ian Davidson to criticise the Queen over her request for a paltry increase in the Civil List and to urge her to axe staff instead.
Was it not the former Labour government which poured billions of pounds of taxpayers money into maintaining the lifestyles of bankers who, compared to Her Majesty, have done little or nothing for our country?
John Eoin Douglas
Edinburgh
EH7 4PX
Telephone: 0131-550 0895
E-mail: JohnEDouglas@gmail.com
Blog: http://johneoindouglas.blogspot.com/
1st of June 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
ROYAL INSULT
It is singularly inappropriate for Labour's Ian Davidson to criticise the Queen over her request for a paltry increase in the Civil List and to urge her to axe staff instead.
Was it not the former Labour government which poured billions of pounds of taxpayers money into maintaining the lifestyles of bankers who, compared to Her Majesty, have done little or nothing for our country?
John Eoin Douglas
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
25th of May 2010 - Sport Is A Drug
7 Spey Terrace
Edinburgh
EH7 4PX
Telephone: 0131-550 0895
E-mail: JohnEDouglas@gmail.com
Blog: http://johneoindouglas.blogspot.com/
25th of May 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
SPORT IS A DRUG
If a recreational drug, having been taken by 14,000 people on but one occasion, resulted in 1 death and 15 hospitalisations with over 150 requiring the attention of paramedics, the press and public would quite rightly be seeking for it to be made illegal.
Yet I hear no such clamour anent the Edinburgh Marathon which achieved the same dismal record of pain and injury whilst making our city virtually impassable to the non sportive majority.
Sincerely,
John Eoin Douglas
Edinburgh
EH7 4PX
Telephone: 0131-550 0895
E-mail: JohnEDouglas@gmail.com
Blog: http://johneoindouglas.blogspot.com/
25th of May 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
SPORT IS A DRUG
If a recreational drug, having been taken by 14,000 people on but one occasion, resulted in 1 death and 15 hospitalisations with over 150 requiring the attention of paramedics, the press and public would quite rightly be seeking for it to be made illegal.
Yet I hear no such clamour anent the Edinburgh Marathon which achieved the same dismal record of pain and injury whilst making our city virtually impassable to the non sportive majority.
Sincerely,
John Eoin Douglas
Saturday, May 1, 2010
1st of May 2010 - Catholic Truth
7 Spey Terrace
Edinburgh
EH7 4PX
Telephone: 0131-550 0895
E-mail: JohnEDouglas@gmail.com
Blog: http://johneoindouglas.blogspot.com/
1st of May 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
CATHOLIC TRUTH
Campaigners demanding that the Pope apologise for Priests having sex with children are well meaning but misguided.
My childhood experiences of sexual attention from both Clerics and Scout Leaders totally put me off homosexuality and I am thankful for their early aversion therapy saving me from a lifetime of disgusting and immoral practices which I might otherwise have found attractive.
It can be no co-incidence that the burgeoning of homosexuality amongst adults has followed directly on from the introduction of child protection measures. Perhaps the traditional practices of the Catholic Church have much to commend themselves.
Sincerely,
John Eoin Douglas
Edinburgh
EH7 4PX
Telephone: 0131-550 0895
E-mail: JohnEDouglas@gmail.com
Blog: http://johneoindouglas.blogspot.com/
1st of May 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
CATHOLIC TRUTH
Campaigners demanding that the Pope apologise for Priests having sex with children are well meaning but misguided.
My childhood experiences of sexual attention from both Clerics and Scout Leaders totally put me off homosexuality and I am thankful for their early aversion therapy saving me from a lifetime of disgusting and immoral practices which I might otherwise have found attractive.
It can be no co-incidence that the burgeoning of homosexuality amongst adults has followed directly on from the introduction of child protection measures. Perhaps the traditional practices of the Catholic Church have much to commend themselves.
Sincerely,
John Eoin Douglas
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