7 Spey Terrace
Edinburgh
EH7 4PX
Telephone: 0131-550 0895
E-mail: JohnEDouglas@gmail.com
Blog: http://johneoindouglas.blogspot.com/
16th of September 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
POPE FAILS IN CHILD PROTECTION
It was gratifying to hear the Pope finally making clear his views on paedophile priests. However, I was appalled to see that he was not wearing a seatbelt whilst travelling along Edinburgh's Princes Steet in the Popemobile.
Did he not realise that he was being viewed by thousands of impressionable young people? The Holy Father, above all people, should be aware that child protection requires an holistic approach.
John Eoin Douglas
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Friday, September 10, 2010
10th of September 2010 - Book Not For Burning
7 Spey Terrace
Edinburgh
EH7 4PX
Telephone: 0131-550 0895
E-mail: JohnEDouglas@gmail.com
Blog: http://johneoindouglas.blogspot.com/
10th of September 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
BOOK NOT FOR BURNING
I'm glad to see that the American pastor who intended to burn the Koran has suspended his plans.
Perhaps he would have been wiser to threaten to photocopy a page from the Koran and leave it under the doormat of his church. This would undoubtedly have fulfilled his mission to insult Muslims, but would not have involved the totalitarian connotations (or incendiary risk) of actual bookburning.
John Eoin Douglas
Edinburgh
EH7 4PX
Telephone: 0131-550 0895
E-mail: JohnEDouglas@gmail.com
Blog: http://johneoindouglas.blogspot.com/
10th of September 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
BOOK NOT FOR BURNING
I'm glad to see that the American pastor who intended to burn the Koran has suspended his plans.
Perhaps he would have been wiser to threaten to photocopy a page from the Koran and leave it under the doormat of his church. This would undoubtedly have fulfilled his mission to insult Muslims, but would not have involved the totalitarian connotations (or incendiary risk) of actual bookburning.
John Eoin Douglas
Friday, September 3, 2010
3rd of September 2010 - Papal Security
7 Spey Terrace
Edinburgh
EH7 4PX
Telephone: 0131-550 0895
E-mail: JohnEDouglas@gmail.com
Blog: http://johneoindouglas.blogspot.com/
3rd of September 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
PAPAL SECURITY
Why do police feel the need to spend millions of pounds on security for the Pope's visit?
Any devout Catholic knows that the prayers of the faithful are all that are required to keep the Holy Father safe if that be God's will.
John Eoin Douglas
Edinburgh
EH7 4PX
Telephone: 0131-550 0895
E-mail: JohnEDouglas@gmail.com
Blog: http://johneoindouglas.blogspot.com/
3rd of September 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
PAPAL SECURITY
Why do police feel the need to spend millions of pounds on security for the Pope's visit?
Any devout Catholic knows that the prayers of the faithful are all that are required to keep the Holy Father safe if that be God's will.
John Eoin Douglas
Saturday, August 28, 2010
28th of August 2010 - Time For A Blessing?
7 Spey Terrace
Edinburgh
EH7 4PX
Telephone: 0131-550 0895
E-mail: JohnEDouglas@gmail.com
Blog: http://johneoindouglas.blogspot.com/
28th of August 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
TIME FOR A BLESSING?
The Edinburgh Tram Scheme has been beset with so many problems of late that I have even heard it described as "God forsaken".
Now that it has been decided to move (at not inconsiderable expense) the tram currently on display in Princes Street so that the "Popemobile" might not be obscured, perhaps the Holy Father could be persuaded to pause for a few moments and bless the tram and its rails.
It certainly could do no harm and his blessing could well help to restore peace and harmony to the relationship between the tramway's promoters and contractors thus promoting an early opening of the line.
John Eoin Douglas
Edinburgh
EH7 4PX
Telephone: 0131-550 0895
E-mail: JohnEDouglas@gmail.com
Blog: http://johneoindouglas.blogspot.com/
28th of August 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
TIME FOR A BLESSING?
The Edinburgh Tram Scheme has been beset with so many problems of late that I have even heard it described as "God forsaken".
Now that it has been decided to move (at not inconsiderable expense) the tram currently on display in Princes Street so that the "Popemobile" might not be obscured, perhaps the Holy Father could be persuaded to pause for a few moments and bless the tram and its rails.
It certainly could do no harm and his blessing could well help to restore peace and harmony to the relationship between the tramway's promoters and contractors thus promoting an early opening of the line.
John Eoin Douglas
Monday, August 9, 2010
9th of August 2010 - Prohibition Not Minimum Pricing
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
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
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
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