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- Sat Oct 23, 2021 1:29 pm
- Forum: News, Current Affairs & Politics
- Topic: Alec Baldwin Kills Cinematographer
- Replies: 98
- Views: 35542
Re: Alec Baldwin Kills Cinematographer
Very sad. One would wonder how this could happen that an actor was handed a lethal weapon. Feel very sorry for Alec Baldwin, a tragic accident that he will relive for the rest of his day's. Don't know how anyone could even think he's responsible for this.
- Thu Sep 23, 2021 3:25 pm
- Forum: News, Current Affairs & Politics
- Topic: Tuam Funeral
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5821
Re: Tuam Funeral
Read about that this morning, when I saw the bit about the wooden cross being pulled up and used as a weapon, I thought we have definitely reached a new low. V upsetting for the family of whoever is buried there - disgraceful carry on.
- Mon Sep 20, 2021 3:51 pm
- Forum: News, Current Affairs & Politics
- Topic: Only Fools and Horses actor John Challis dies
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2022
Re: Only Fools and Horses actor John Challis dies
Great actor. Rip.
- Fri Sep 17, 2021 2:59 pm
- Forum: News, Current Affairs & Politics
- Topic: Kerry Babies "No desire to press charges"
- Replies: 37
- Views: 37073
Re: Kerry Babies "No desire to press charges"
Does this strike anyone else as most odd, and unacceptable? Surely a brutal murder such as this should and must be investigated and the offender prosecuted as appropriate? This is very strange alright, surely if the person who committed this crime is detected, then there will be some sort of conseq...
- Sun Sep 12, 2021 11:40 pm
- Forum: News, Current Affairs & Politics
- Topic: Farewell to Obvious Desperate Breakfasts
- Replies: 19
- Views: 15632
Re: Farewell to Obvious Desperate Breakfasts
Oh God, just seeing this now. I was on boards for years, rarely posted but ODB was one of my favourite posters. Not only was she so engaging and articulate, she used to talk about her declining health quite openly but it didn't define her or cloud her posts at all. So awfully sad, at such a young ag...
- Fri Sep 10, 2021 6:58 pm
- Forum: News, Current Affairs & Politics
- Topic: The "LGBTQIA+ Pledge" for Schoolchildren
- Replies: 65
- Views: 29137
Re: The "LGBTQIA+ Pledge" for Schoolchildren
I mean it says in the ad that there are to be meetings of "peers" it is scaremongering in the extreme to suggest that 10 year olds are going to be meeting with 24 year olds when there is absolutely no suggestion that that would be happening Eh excuse me, I did say in my post 'one would ho...
- Fri Sep 10, 2021 2:03 pm
- Forum: News, Current Affairs & Politics
- Topic: The "LGBTQIA+ Pledge" for Schoolchildren
- Replies: 65
- Views: 29137
Re: The "LGBTQIA+ Pledge" for Schoolchildren
My sons never ever needed to pledge to anybody the need to treat everyone they interacted with in a respectful manner. That trait came with their upbringing. They did not need to put that in writing, its already emblazoned across their heart. And that was put there thanks to their "mum and dad...
- Fri Sep 10, 2021 1:53 pm
- Forum: News, Current Affairs & Politics
- Topic: The "LGBTQIA+ Pledge" for Schoolchildren
- Replies: 65
- Views: 29137
Re: The "LGBTQIA+ Pledge" for Schoolchildren
https://twitter.com/AmachLGBT/status/1435538817562386438?s=19 Maybe it would be wise to question closely what we allow ourselves to be "comfortable" with? 10 year olds, or 11, 12, 13 year olds, should not be offered vouchers to attend group sessions, virtually or in real life, with people...
- Thu Sep 09, 2021 11:11 pm
- Forum: News, Current Affairs & Politics
- Topic: The "LGBTQIA+ Pledge" for Schoolchildren
- Replies: 65
- Views: 29137
Re: The "LGBTQIA+ Pledge" for Schoolchildren
Clurickeen, one of my boys sometimes wore dresses, skirts, sparkly shoes by choice when a small boy, and it never once crossed our mind to think anything other than that is just him being him. He wore anything he wanted, costumes and odd shoes and hats and was just a wonderful boy. And is now a won...
- Thu Sep 09, 2021 11:06 pm
- Forum: News, Current Affairs & Politics
- Topic: The "LGBTQIA+ Pledge" for Schoolchildren
- Replies: 65
- Views: 29137
Re: The "LGBTQIA+ Pledge" for Schoolchildren
My children go to schools where everything is prescribed, when they start, what they wear, when they eat lunch, what they read, what prayers they learn...there is no "they'll develop in their own time", they follow rules and timetables and a curriculum. And if that's expanded to allow in ...
- Thu Sep 09, 2021 9:38 pm
- Forum: News, Current Affairs & Politics
- Topic: The "LGBTQIA+ Pledge" for Schoolchildren
- Replies: 65
- Views: 29137
Re: The "LGBTQIA+ Pledge" for Schoolchildren
Would strongly resist this for my own child in primary school. What is wrong with letting children just be children and if my son wants to play with dolls and likes pink that doesn't automatically make him a female trapped inside a make body. The worry with promoting and normalising all of this is t...
- Wed Sep 08, 2021 5:52 pm
- Forum: News, Current Affairs & Politics
- Topic: Bodies of 3 people with gunshot wounds discovered in Kerry
- Replies: 25
- Views: 19079
Re: Bodies of 3 people with gunshot wounds discovered in Kerry
Tragic story. I agree totally with the sentiment that instead of sympathy for the perpetrator I just feel revulsion and anger. I know this is not a very 'Christian' attitude but when you think about that poor kurdish family, for example, who saw that car coming towards them at max speed, it's hard t...
- Thu Aug 12, 2021 7:38 pm
- Forum: News, Current Affairs & Politics
- Topic: Love Island
- Replies: 36
- Views: 24495
Re: Love Island
It's a mad diversion for grown adults because it is so stupid, but actively damaging for young people as it normalises shallow objectification, of women in particular. Many young people do not have responsible parents to constantly remind them that this is not the way things should be and it's all ...
- Thu Aug 12, 2021 7:34 pm
- Forum: News, Current Affairs & Politics
- Topic: Love Island
- Replies: 36
- Views: 24495
Re: Love Island
Really stupid question alert - do the contestants have sex on TV? I have never seen Love island or Big Brother or any of those shows. And my mind can hardly fathom the (really laughable!) idea that there is a show on ordinary TV where a barrier lifts up and people can select dates by looking at peo...
- Thu Aug 12, 2021 12:07 am
- Forum: News, Current Affairs & Politics
- Topic: Love Island
- Replies: 36
- Views: 24495
Re: Love Island
Don't watch it, utter sh@te but from reading online think the complaints were to do with a row between two of the contestants that was abusive. Don't know any more details. I know you said you're not a fan, same as myself but I genuinely don't know how anyone can find this programme entertaining... ...