7 Spey Terrace
Edinburgh
EH7 4PX
Telephone: 0131-550 0895
E-mail: JohnEDouglas@gmail.com
Blog: http://johneoindouglas.blogspot.com/
24th of July 2012
Dear Sir/Madam,
REAL COST OF OLYMPICS
What concerns me about the Olympics is not financial cost, road congestion, much over-rated threats to civil liberties or the virtual monopolising of the airwaves with a monoculture of sportive "news". Rather, it is the knowledge that if an event giving rise to National Mourning occurred (like the death of Diana or the Queen Mother), the games could not be abandoned as a mark of respect due to contractual obligations.
Were the next few weeks to see the sad loss of any of our Royal Family or Lady Thatcher, the British People could never continue with the games in a spirit of enforced jollity. Yet, that is precisely what the promoters and sponsors of this tawdry sporting circus would attempt to ensure.
John Eoin Douglas
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Thursday, July 19, 2012
19th of July 2012 - Naked Truth
7 Spey Terrace
Edinburgh
EH7 4PX
Telephone: 0131-550 0895
E-mail: JohnEDouglas@gmail.com
Blog: http://johneoindouglas.blogspot.com/
19th of July 2012
Dear Sir/Madam,
NAKED TRUTH
The cost to the public purse of gaoling Naked Rambler Stephen Gough has become intolerable.
Were he only to agree to have his external sexual organs surgically removed, his nudity could cause offence to nobody.
On the other hand, anybody going out unclothed in the current weather is clearly deranged and, on this basis, the use of Mental Health legislation may be justified.
John Eoin Douglas
Edinburgh
EH7 4PX
Telephone: 0131-550 0895
E-mail: JohnEDouglas@gmail.com
Blog: http://johneoindouglas.blogspot.com/
19th of July 2012
Dear Sir/Madam,
NAKED TRUTH
The cost to the public purse of gaoling Naked Rambler Stephen Gough has become intolerable.
Were he only to agree to have his external sexual organs surgically removed, his nudity could cause offence to nobody.
On the other hand, anybody going out unclothed in the current weather is clearly deranged and, on this basis, the use of Mental Health legislation may be justified.
John Eoin Douglas
Monday, July 16, 2012
16th of July 2012 - Call With Consequences
7 Spey Terrace
Edinburgh
EH7 4PX
Telephone: 0131-550 0895
E-mail: JohnEDouglas@gmail.com
Blog: http://johneoindouglas.blogspot.com/
16th of July 2012
Dear Sir/Madam,
CALL WITH CONSEQUENCES
Regrettably, the involvement of the Roman Catholic Church has totally wrecked any winnable campaign against same-sex marriage. The hypocrisy of their hierarchy's lengthy inaction against the predations of paedophile priests means that any Catholic pronouncement on sexual ethics is now fatally tainted, whatever its content.
Instead of calling for a referendum, Cardinal O'Brien must reluctantly accept (as have I) that the forces of decency in Scotland have lost and that the majority of Scots now support same-sex marriage.
When the homosexualist hordes retaliate by calling for a referendum on segregated schooling for his adherents, he may soon come to regret his inept meddling.
John Eoin Douglas
Edinburgh
EH7 4PX
Telephone: 0131-550 0895
E-mail: JohnEDouglas@gmail.com
Blog: http://johneoindouglas.blogspot.com/
16th of July 2012
Dear Sir/Madam,
CALL WITH CONSEQUENCES
Regrettably, the involvement of the Roman Catholic Church has totally wrecked any winnable campaign against same-sex marriage. The hypocrisy of their hierarchy's lengthy inaction against the predations of paedophile priests means that any Catholic pronouncement on sexual ethics is now fatally tainted, whatever its content.
Instead of calling for a referendum, Cardinal O'Brien must reluctantly accept (as have I) that the forces of decency in Scotland have lost and that the majority of Scots now support same-sex marriage.
When the homosexualist hordes retaliate by calling for a referendum on segregated schooling for his adherents, he may soon come to regret his inept meddling.
John Eoin Douglas
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
11th of July 2012 - Pluvial Measures
7 Spey Terrace
Edinburgh
EH7 4PX
Telephone: 0131-550 0895
E-mail: JohnEDouglas@gmail.com
Blog: http://johneoindouglas.blogspot.com/
11th of July 2012
Dear Sir/Madam,
PLUVIAL MEASURES
It seems that we are currently in receipt of record amounts of rain.
Whilst it has certainly been somewhat moist of recent weeks, I have been unable to compare precipitation levels with previous years due to the media's fetish for using only metric units.
Perhaps you would care to more fully inform your readers by converting to inches in future reports?
It is claimed that many younger people may not be able to understand these - but they can easily learn.
John Eoin Douglas
Edinburgh
EH7 4PX
Telephone: 0131-550 0895
E-mail: JohnEDouglas@gmail.com
Blog: http://johneoindouglas.blogspot.com/
11th of July 2012
Dear Sir/Madam,
PLUVIAL MEASURES
It seems that we are currently in receipt of record amounts of rain.
Whilst it has certainly been somewhat moist of recent weeks, I have been unable to compare precipitation levels with previous years due to the media's fetish for using only metric units.
Perhaps you would care to more fully inform your readers by converting to inches in future reports?
It is claimed that many younger people may not be able to understand these - but they can easily learn.
John Eoin Douglas
Sunday, June 10, 2012
10th of June 2012 - No March Of Progress
7 Spey Terrace
Edinburgh
EH7 4PX
Telephone: 0131-550 0895
E-mail: JohnEDouglas@gmail.com
Blog: http://johneoindouglas.blogspot.com/
10th of June 2012
Dear Sir/Madam,
NO MARCH OF PROGRESS
As the moral decline of our nation is clearly reflected in our legislators, it comes as no surprise to me that over half of the Members of the Scottish Parliament have pledged to support same-sex marriage . It is also no co-incidence that several of the party leaders in the Parliament are self-professed and fully paid up members of the homosexual conspiracy.
Soon their marching season will be upon us with parades of perversion planned for both Edinburgh and Glasgow that will disrupt civic life for a whole afternoon. But, unlike the much maligned Orange Parades, they will not have the saving grace of providing an inconvenienced public with some pleasant music as homosexualists seem only to respond to hordes of lesbian drummers or jarring disco beats.
John Eoin Douglas
Edinburgh
EH7 4PX
Telephone: 0131-550 0895
E-mail: JohnEDouglas@gmail.com
Blog: http://johneoindouglas.blogspot.com/
10th of June 2012
Dear Sir/Madam,
NO MARCH OF PROGRESS
As the moral decline of our nation is clearly reflected in our legislators, it comes as no surprise to me that over half of the Members of the Scottish Parliament have pledged to support same-sex marriage . It is also no co-incidence that several of the party leaders in the Parliament are self-professed and fully paid up members of the homosexual conspiracy.
Soon their marching season will be upon us with parades of perversion planned for both Edinburgh and Glasgow that will disrupt civic life for a whole afternoon. But, unlike the much maligned Orange Parades, they will not have the saving grace of providing an inconvenienced public with some pleasant music as homosexualists seem only to respond to hordes of lesbian drummers or jarring disco beats.
John Eoin Douglas
Monday, May 14, 2012
14th of May 2012 - Scottish Government Bottles Out On Ban
7 Spey Terrace
Edinburgh
EH7 4PX
Telephone: 0131-550 0895
E-mail: JohnEDouglas@gmail.com
Blog: http://johneoindouglas.blogspot.com/
14th of May 2012
Dear Sir/Madam,
SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT BOTTLES OUT ON BAN
The Scottish Government's proposal of a mere 50p minimum cost per unit of alcohol clearly indicates that they are not taking the dangers of alcohol seriously. It is a tokenistic gesture which, whilst providing a major financial boost to alcohol retailers and manufacturers, will do nothing to improve the health and wellbeing of all our citizens.
It is a sad truth that the sixty deaths per annum that they claim will be avoided are likely to be of the poor and feckless underclass who, whilst doubtless being mourned by a few friends and family, would probably otherwise go unmissed in the greater scheme of things. Meanwhile, those with even marginally greater income and better money management skills will, to the detriment of us all, continue to imbibe this noxious and toxic drug in as large a quantity as they desire.
The optimum option for our public health is to ban alcohol completely and socially engineer a Zero Tolerance attitude to its consumption, sale and manufacture. In the short term, a minimum price of say £100 per unit would genuinely deter all but the idle rich who, like the underclasses, are not of major benefit to society and can be considered similarly expendable.
John Eoin Douglas
Edinburgh
EH7 4PX
Telephone: 0131-550 0895
E-mail: JohnEDouglas@gmail.com
Blog: http://johneoindouglas.blogspot.com/
14th of May 2012
Dear Sir/Madam,
SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT BOTTLES OUT ON BAN
The Scottish Government's proposal of a mere 50p minimum cost per unit of alcohol clearly indicates that they are not taking the dangers of alcohol seriously. It is a tokenistic gesture which, whilst providing a major financial boost to alcohol retailers and manufacturers, will do nothing to improve the health and wellbeing of all our citizens.
It is a sad truth that the sixty deaths per annum that they claim will be avoided are likely to be of the poor and feckless underclass who, whilst doubtless being mourned by a few friends and family, would probably otherwise go unmissed in the greater scheme of things. Meanwhile, those with even marginally greater income and better money management skills will, to the detriment of us all, continue to imbibe this noxious and toxic drug in as large a quantity as they desire.
The optimum option for our public health is to ban alcohol completely and socially engineer a Zero Tolerance attitude to its consumption, sale and manufacture. In the short term, a minimum price of say £100 per unit would genuinely deter all but the idle rich who, like the underclasses, are not of major benefit to society and can be considered similarly expendable.
John Eoin Douglas
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
18th of April 2012 - Blow Winter Wind
7 Spey Terrace
Edinburgh
EH7 4PX
Telephone: 0131-550 0895
E-mail: JohnEDouglas@gmail.com
Blog: http://johneoindouglas.blogspot.com/
18th of April 2012
Dear Sir/Madam,
BLOW WINTER WIND
I despair of the NIMBY attitudes exhibited by your anti wind farm correspondents (Scotsman Letters, 18 April).
Jack Ponton complains of noise in rural environments. But these are hardly silent as any visiting townie who has been rudely awakened by cockerels or church bells will attest. It is the nature of the noise which is novel - and country bumpkins will soon become as accustomed to it as are urbanites to the sound of road and rail.
Anent John Milne's complaints about despoiling the countryside, I am put in mind of the excellent television advertisement broadcast when IKEA first opened their store at Straiton. This showed the rural landscape being greatly improved by Progress in the shape of the iconic blue and yellow Swedish home furnishings emporium. In years to come, when every community has a local sustainable wind farm, we will laugh at the antediluvian views of those who sought to place a few marginally attractive picture postcard views over the economic well being of a nation.
Furthermore, it is precisely because Scottish Government civil servants care about Scotland as a whole that they are prepared to anger people like Greg Brown by ignoring the blind self interest of a few unimaginative locals who seem incapable of taking a long term view.
John Eoin Douglas
Edinburgh
EH7 4PX
Telephone: 0131-550 0895
E-mail: JohnEDouglas@gmail.com
Blog: http://johneoindouglas.blogspot.com/
18th of April 2012
Dear Sir/Madam,
BLOW WINTER WIND
I despair of the NIMBY attitudes exhibited by your anti wind farm correspondents (Scotsman Letters, 18 April).
Jack Ponton complains of noise in rural environments. But these are hardly silent as any visiting townie who has been rudely awakened by cockerels or church bells will attest. It is the nature of the noise which is novel - and country bumpkins will soon become as accustomed to it as are urbanites to the sound of road and rail.
Anent John Milne's complaints about despoiling the countryside, I am put in mind of the excellent television advertisement broadcast when IKEA first opened their store at Straiton. This showed the rural landscape being greatly improved by Progress in the shape of the iconic blue and yellow Swedish home furnishings emporium. In years to come, when every community has a local sustainable wind farm, we will laugh at the antediluvian views of those who sought to place a few marginally attractive picture postcard views over the economic well being of a nation.
Furthermore, it is precisely because Scottish Government civil servants care about Scotland as a whole that they are prepared to anger people like Greg Brown by ignoring the blind self interest of a few unimaginative locals who seem incapable of taking a long term view.
John Eoin Douglas
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