7 Spey Terrace
Edinburgh
EH7 4PX
Telephone: 0131-550 0895
E-mail: JohnEDouglas@gmail.com
Blog: http://johneoindouglas.blogspot.com/
20th of October 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
DON'T WASTE FOOD
I was most upset to read in the Edinburgh Evening News today about the Red River Hog piglets at Edinburgh Zoo which were culled as they were "surplus to requirements". The Zoo's spokesperson described them as having been "euthanised" which of course means that they could not legally enter the human food chain.
It would have been much better if they had been sent for humane slaughter and then fed to staff and visitors - and especially good for the education of the Zoo's younger visitors who so rarely get to make a tangible connection between animal and bacon sandwich in these days of pre-packaged supermarket fayre.
Your report stated that more pigs were likely to be culled by the Zoo so I hope that I will soon be able to enjoy home reared pork in the Zoo's own Mansion House restaurant (when it re-opens).
John Eoin Douglas
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Thursday, October 14, 2010
14th of October 2010 - Turnhouse Flight Of Fancy
7 Spey Terrace
Edinburgh
EH7 4PX
Telephone: 0131-550 0895
E-mail: JohnEDouglas@gmail.com
Blog: http://johneoindouglas.blogspot.com/
14th of October 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
TURNHOUSE FLIGHT OF FANCY
If BAA has to sell off Edinburgh Airport as a result of the Competition Commission's ruling, this would be the perfect time for Edinburgh Council to buy it. Municipal ownership and operation of the airport (combined in an holistic manner with that of the trams and buses that serve it) could lead to considerable benefits accruing to Edinburgh's citizens.
At the very least, there would be only one body to complain to about any perceived deficiencies in operation!
John Eoin Douglas
Edinburgh
EH7 4PX
Telephone: 0131-550 0895
E-mail: JohnEDouglas@gmail.com
Blog: http://johneoindouglas.blogspot.com/
14th of October 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
TURNHOUSE FLIGHT OF FANCY
If BAA has to sell off Edinburgh Airport as a result of the Competition Commission's ruling, this would be the perfect time for Edinburgh Council to buy it. Municipal ownership and operation of the airport (combined in an holistic manner with that of the trams and buses that serve it) could lead to considerable benefits accruing to Edinburgh's citizens.
At the very least, there would be only one body to complain to about any perceived deficiencies in operation!
John Eoin Douglas
Friday, October 8, 2010
8th of October 2010 - Trumped
7 Spey Terrace
Edinburgh
EH7 4PX
Telephone: 0131-550 0895
E-mail: JohnEDouglas@gmail.com
Blog: http://johneoindouglas.blogspot.com/
8th of October 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
TRUMPED
Donald Trump seems to think that he has public support in Scotland because few people turned up at Robert Gordon University to protest against the honorary degree which was bestowed upon him.
In fact, most Scots realise that a "Doctorate" from this jumped up former technical college and pretend university is about what he deserves. Unfortunately, the Good Doctor seems to have neither the common gumption nor the cultural sensitivity to be aware of the subtlety of the insult.
John Eoin Douglas
Edinburgh
EH7 4PX
Telephone: 0131-550 0895
E-mail: JohnEDouglas@gmail.com
Blog: http://johneoindouglas.blogspot.com/
8th of October 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
TRUMPED
Donald Trump seems to think that he has public support in Scotland because few people turned up at Robert Gordon University to protest against the honorary degree which was bestowed upon him.
In fact, most Scots realise that a "Doctorate" from this jumped up former technical college and pretend university is about what he deserves. Unfortunately, the Good Doctor seems to have neither the common gumption nor the cultural sensitivity to be aware of the subtlety of the insult.
John Eoin Douglas
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
29th of September 2010 - Moral Bar To Leadership
7 Spey Terrace
Edinburgh
EH7 4PX
Telephone: 0131-550 0895
E-mail: JohnEDouglas@gmail.com
Blog: http://johneoindouglas.blogspot.com/
29th of September 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
MORAL BAR TO LEADERSHIP
Moral standards in New Labour have slipped considerably if they are able to elect as Leader a man who has unrepentedly sired a son out of wedlock with another child on the way.
Ed Miliband claims that he and the mother of his children "have not got round to marrying yet". At a time when even the homosexuals are clamouring to be allowed access to the institution of marriage, the electorate will never accept him as Prime Minister if he treats it in such an offhand way (not to mention inflicting the mark of the bastard on his unfortunate offspring).
John Eoin Douglas
Edinburgh
EH7 4PX
Telephone: 0131-550 0895
E-mail: JohnEDouglas@gmail.com
Blog: http://johneoindouglas.blogspot.com/
29th of September 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
MORAL BAR TO LEADERSHIP
Moral standards in New Labour have slipped considerably if they are able to elect as Leader a man who has unrepentedly sired a son out of wedlock with another child on the way.
Ed Miliband claims that he and the mother of his children "have not got round to marrying yet". At a time when even the homosexuals are clamouring to be allowed access to the institution of marriage, the electorate will never accept him as Prime Minister if he treats it in such an offhand way (not to mention inflicting the mark of the bastard on his unfortunate offspring).
John Eoin Douglas
Monday, September 27, 2010
27th of September 2010 - Indian Palaces
7 Spey Terrace
Edinburgh
EH7 4PX
Telephone: 0131-550 0895
E-mail: JohnEDouglas@gmail.com
Blog: http://johneoindouglas.blogspot.com/
27th of September 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
INDIAN PALACES
Gross insensitivity has been shown by Western sportspeople and managers in their disparaging remarks anent the standard and condition of accommodation at the Delhi Commonwealth Games.
Do they not realise that this accommodation is of a quality that many Indians will never be able to afford and about which they can only dream?
John Eoin Douglas
Edinburgh
EH7 4PX
Telephone: 0131-550 0895
E-mail: JohnEDouglas@gmail.com
Blog: http://johneoindouglas.blogspot.com/
27th of September 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
INDIAN PALACES
Gross insensitivity has been shown by Western sportspeople and managers in their disparaging remarks anent the standard and condition of accommodation at the Delhi Commonwealth Games.
Do they not realise that this accommodation is of a quality that many Indians will never be able to afford and about which they can only dream?
John Eoin Douglas
Thursday, September 16, 2010
16th of September 2010 - Pope Fails In Child Protection
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
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
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
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