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
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
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
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
6th of April 2010 - Don't Offend The Banking Community
7 Spey Terrace
Edinburgh
EH7 4PX
Telephone: 0131-550 0895
E-mail: JohnEDouglas@gmail.com
Blog: http://johneoindouglas.blogspot.com/
6th of April 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
DON'T OFFEND THE BANKING COMMUNITY
UK Business Secretary Peter Mandelson really should have thought twice before branding Barclays Bank President Bob Diamond as the "Unacceptable Face of Banking" over his alleged £63m pay award.
The Banking Community have long memories and Lord Mandelson's criticism of a such a well respected banker will do him few favours were he ever again to seek to arrange a mortgage with a UK banking institution.
Sincerely,
John Eoin Douglas
Edinburgh
EH7 4PX
Telephone: 0131-550 0895
E-mail: JohnEDouglas@gmail.com
Blog: http://johneoindouglas.blogspot.com/
6th of April 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
DON'T OFFEND THE BANKING COMMUNITY
UK Business Secretary Peter Mandelson really should have thought twice before branding Barclays Bank President Bob Diamond as the "Unacceptable Face of Banking" over his alleged £63m pay award.
The Banking Community have long memories and Lord Mandelson's criticism of a such a well respected banker will do him few favours were he ever again to seek to arrange a mortgage with a UK banking institution.
Sincerely,
John Eoin Douglas
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
30th of March 2010 - Gardening Woes
7 Spey Terrace
Edinburgh
EH7 4PX
Telephone: 0131-550 0895
E-mail: JohnEDouglas@gmail.com
Blog: http://johneoindouglas.blogspot.com/
30th of March 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
GARDENING WOES
As a keen gardener, I am most annoyed that the Government intends to ban the plant food Mephedrone because a handful of people are claimed to have suffered ill health or death after misusing it as a drug of intoxication.
Will I become a criminal if I stock up on it before the ban? Or will my azaleas have to suffer because of a Nanny State attitude towards the lack of self control of a few selfish drug-taking individuals who will stop at nothing to alter their state of consciousness?
Sincerely,
John Eoin Douglas
Edinburgh
EH7 4PX
Telephone: 0131-550 0895
E-mail: JohnEDouglas@gmail.com
Blog: http://johneoindouglas.blogspot.com/
30th of March 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
GARDENING WOES
As a keen gardener, I am most annoyed that the Government intends to ban the plant food Mephedrone because a handful of people are claimed to have suffered ill health or death after misusing it as a drug of intoxication.
Will I become a criminal if I stock up on it before the ban? Or will my azaleas have to suffer because of a Nanny State attitude towards the lack of self control of a few selfish drug-taking individuals who will stop at nothing to alter their state of consciousness?
Sincerely,
John Eoin Douglas
Thursday, March 11, 2010
11th of March 2010 - Don't Risk Losing Civil Servants
7 Spey Terrace
Edinburgh
EH7 4PX
Telephone: 0131-550 0895
E-mail: JohnEDouglas@gmail.com
Blog: http://johneoindouglas.blogspot.com/
11th of March 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
DON'T RISK LOSING CIVIL SERVANTS
The Government was absolutely right to allow the payment of large bonuses to bankers at our state owned banks in order to dissuade them from resigning and taking up better remunerated employment in foreign climes.
Why is the Prime Minister now risking a similar exodus of our senior civil servants by imposing a freeze on their pay at a time when we most need their experience and wise counsel?
Sincerely,
John Eoin Douglas
Edinburgh
EH7 4PX
Telephone: 0131-550 0895
E-mail: JohnEDouglas@gmail.com
Blog: http://johneoindouglas.blogspot.com/
11th of March 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
DON'T RISK LOSING CIVIL SERVANTS
The Government was absolutely right to allow the payment of large bonuses to bankers at our state owned banks in order to dissuade them from resigning and taking up better remunerated employment in foreign climes.
Why is the Prime Minister now risking a similar exodus of our senior civil servants by imposing a freeze on their pay at a time when we most need their experience and wise counsel?
Sincerely,
John Eoin Douglas
Monday, March 1, 2010
1st of March 2010 - Trish Shouldn't Trash Prostitution
7 Spey Terrace
Edinburgh
EH7 4PX
Telephone: 0131-550 0895
E-mail: JohnEDouglas@gmail.com
Blog: http://johneoindouglas.blogspot.com/
1st of March 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
TRISH SHOULDN'T TRASH PROSTITUTION
It is apalling that Labour MSP Trish Godman has tabled a string of amendments to the Criminal Justice and Licensing Bill currently going through the Scottish Parliament to make it an offence to engage in, advertise or facilitate paid-for sexual activity.
I can assure her that many decent, intelligent and well educated people of my acquaintance consider that a well paid career as a sex worker is infinitely preferable to the tedium of cleaning lavatories, flipping hamburgers or, worse, exposing oneself to public derision as an expenses-claiming know-it-all politician.
On the other hand, if her proposals do become law, I suppose that many of her parliamentary colleagues will expect to get for nothing that for which they currently pay.
Sincerely,
John Eoin Douglas
Edinburgh
EH7 4PX
Telephone: 0131-550 0895
E-mail: JohnEDouglas@gmail.com
Blog: http://johneoindouglas.blogspot.com/
1st of March 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
TRISH SHOULDN'T TRASH PROSTITUTION
It is apalling that Labour MSP Trish Godman has tabled a string of amendments to the Criminal Justice and Licensing Bill currently going through the Scottish Parliament to make it an offence to engage in, advertise or facilitate paid-for sexual activity.
I can assure her that many decent, intelligent and well educated people of my acquaintance consider that a well paid career as a sex worker is infinitely preferable to the tedium of cleaning lavatories, flipping hamburgers or, worse, exposing oneself to public derision as an expenses-claiming know-it-all politician.
On the other hand, if her proposals do become law, I suppose that many of her parliamentary colleagues will expect to get for nothing that for which they currently pay.
Sincerely,
John Eoin Douglas
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
23rd of February 2010 - Unfair To Atheists
7 Spey Terrace
Edinburgh
EH7 4PX
Telephone: 0131-550 0895
E-mail: JohnEDouglas@gmail.com
Blog: http://johneoindouglas.blogspot.com/
23rd of February 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
UNFAIR TO ATHEISTS
Once again the government is to give special treatment to organised religions by allowing faith schools in England to tailor their sex education lessons to their own beliefs.
Why should atheist parents who wish their children to be taught that homosexuality is an abominable life choice be forced to send their children to faith schools with the real risk that they have their minds polluted by some of the more undesireable teachings of these faiths?
Sincerely,
John Eoin Douglas
Edinburgh
EH7 4PX
Telephone: 0131-550 0895
E-mail: JohnEDouglas@gmail.com
Blog: http://johneoindouglas.blogspot.com/
23rd of February 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
UNFAIR TO ATHEISTS
Once again the government is to give special treatment to organised religions by allowing faith schools in England to tailor their sex education lessons to their own beliefs.
Why should atheist parents who wish their children to be taught that homosexuality is an abominable life choice be forced to send their children to faith schools with the real risk that they have their minds polluted by some of the more undesireable teachings of these faiths?
Sincerely,
John Eoin Douglas
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