Rejoice, rejoice! The solstice is past.
Here comes the sun.
4 responses to “This ain’t persecution”
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Yep. And I think that the Primus has got it badly wrong in responding to this one.
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Allowing political and religious ad would turn us into another US, where political and religious “debate” centres on who can raise, or already has, the most money.
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Oh yes, and while we’re at it we had better ban all films from public showing which contain any religious content – eg: ‘Schindlers List’, ‘Brooklyn’, ‘Magdalen Sisters’, ‘Fury’, ‘Amazing Grace’, ‘Doubt’, etc,etc. We should not risk offending anyone should we? Idiocy – whose idiocy?
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Surely wanting political and religious ads banned from cinemas is about good taste rather than offence.
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