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Doublethink.
Ship's Foolwise Unperson
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See my sig, if the cognitive dissonance of ranting about donation without putting your hand in your wallet gets you.
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All political thinking for years past has been vitiated in the same way. People can foresee the future only when it coincides with their own wishes, and the most grossly obvious facts can be ignored when they are unwelcome. George Orwell
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Twilight
Puddleglum's sister
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It's also unfair to just look at the cause that's in the news this minute and only count the contributions to that. They already keep a dozen things funded through "The Royal Foundation of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry." Who knows how much time and money they pour into that. They may feel that the starving children or the war veterans they support are as important as this flood.
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Jengie jon
Semper Reformanda
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I think I would prefer to work with these Links given by Arthur Rank Centre which does a lot of work with Rural Churches.
Jengie
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lilBuddha
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quote:
Originally posted by Patdys:
Mine was entirely a joke. Bad I'll agree.
Unclench.
Oh sweetie, there was no enmity in my remark. I just wished you'd made an effort.
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Ariel
Shipmate
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Originally posted by Twilight:
It's also unfair to just look at the cause that's in the news this minute and only count the contributions to that. They already keep a dozen things funded through "The Royal Foundation of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry." Who knows how much time and money they pour into that. They may feel that the starving children or the war veterans they support are as important as this flood.
Also, notably, there is the Prince's Trust, and I quote from their website:
"The Prince's Trust was founded in 1976 by The Prince of Wales. Having completed his duty in the Royal Navy, His Royal Highness became dedicated to improving the lives of disadvantaged young people in the UK, and began The Trust to deliver on that commitment."
The Prince's Trust has helped many people since then and he hasn't lost interest in it over the years, either.
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L'organist
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Exclamation Mark:
The royals were in Datchet at 5.45am and were still there at 5.30pm.
There were portaloos for some of the people putting out sandbags, those nearest the only pub with functioning plumbing used the pub loos.
Guess what: princes eat and drink just like everyone else.
Do grow up - yes, we've all read about your own hands-on experience during the F&M outbreak. Just accept that the younger royals are prepared to do their bit, with or without cameras being present - although they'd far prefer no cameras.
And Harry has very nice manners and was very appreciative of my cousin's cake.
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Gee D
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Our beloved Prime Minister went on a tour of drought affected areas over the weekend, officially to "listen to the problems of the people ding it tough", but in reality to try to boost an insecure popularity rating by announcing some support plans. As his luck would have it, he could not drive to the town of Bourke because unexpected rain brought flooding on the road. Perhaps you can borrow him for a while and your rain will stop.
The UK PM and equivalent are in the position of all political leaders. If they go and visit, they get damned for just looking and not helping out. If they don't go, they get damned for indifference towards the people who are suffering, whether that be flood or drought.
As for the comments on the young royals. I am a republican and have been since I started to think of such things. But I see no need to be offensive, as offensive as Exclamation Mark, to them.
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Kelly Alves
Bunny with an axe
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Originally posted by L'organist:
And Harry has very nice manners and was very appreciative of my cousin's cake.
Ok, the guy was nice to a Shipmate. He is officially Our Guy.
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Jesus loves me, this I know” of they don’t believe “Kelly loves me, this I know.”
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David
Complete Bastard
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Originally posted by L'organist:
Exclamation Mark:
The royals were in Datchet at 5.45am and were still there at 5.30pm.
There were portaloos for some of the people putting out sandbags, those nearest the only pub with functioning plumbing used the pub loos.
Guess what: princes eat and drink just like everyone else.
And presumably, shit.
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The Phantom Flan Flinger
Shipmate
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Originally posted by David:
quote:
Originally posted by L'organist:
Exclamation Mark:
The royals were in Datchet at 5.45am and were still there at 5.30pm.
There were portaloos for some of the people putting out sandbags, those nearest the only pub with functioning plumbing used the pub loos.
Guess what: princes eat and drink just like everyone else.
And presumably, shit.
Somehow, I doubt they eat and drink shit.
Unless it's freshly harvested swan shit.
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orfeo
Ship's Musical Counterpoint
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Oh lawks, the humour down here is wonderful, isn't it? Every day, as I wake up and remember I'm a Hellhost, I wonder what delightful jokes I'm going to get to read.
I mean, sometimes they're so good they even make grammatical sense!!
[ 18. February 2014, 12:56: Message edited by: orfeo ]
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Technology has brought us all closer together. Turns out a lot of the people you meet as a result are complete idiots.
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