I just had a really nasty thought...

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...an air accident such as that which beheaded Polish society yesterday would do next to nothing to Britain. It is impossible for me to feel that the country would greatly miss any of its leading politicians, bureaucrats, military commanders, etc. Perhaps a few of the private people who were on the flight - relatives of the Katyn victims, celebrities such as the woman who started the Gdansk strike of 1980, etc - and perhaps one or two of the more impressive businessmen. And the Queen, if she was there. But personally I could witness the beheading of the military, the police, the legislative, executive and judiciary powers, and the media, with complete equanimity.

My God, what kind of a country in this, in which there is not a single leading figure worthy of respect?

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I live here. Do you? If you do and can honestly tell me that you think Labour, Cameroons and LibDems (with the exception of Vince Cable) anything more than empty shells, you must live in a world of motiveless bliss. As for Christian identity being irrelevant, the problem is that ignorance is the identity of the average Briton, thanks to rotten schooling and worse media. Anyone with an education, even an atheist, would recognize that Christian identity underlies the whole of Western culture. And if you worry about this kind of viewpoint, save yourself a lot of trouble, stay in your world of motiveless bliss, and leave my blog alone.

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thanks for the link.
'I live here. Do you?'
yes i do, and whilst there are certain issues that bother me to a greater or lesser degree, i'm not particularly unhappy. i can certainly envisage things being a whole lot worse.

'honestly tell me that you think Labour, Cameroons and LibDems (with the exception of Vince Cable) anything more than empty shells'
ok, i think that government has a real ability to affect peoples' lives and chances positively either through legislation, execution of policy, driving economies, etc. and the government's actions speaks for itself. that until fairly recently there doesn't appear to be much of a difference between the parties implies that things haven't really been all that bad for the last ten years or so. now we're seeing quite large differences appearing as conservatives appear to be reverting to type and smiling nicely whilst justifying 'big society' as though it's a good thing - it'll never catch on...

'you must live in a world of motiveless bliss'
nope.

'As for Christian identity being irrelevant'
i wrote religious identity in the modern workplace and that it's rarely relevant. a very different position wouldn't you agree? when you are employed within some organistion, unless it is a faith based school, charity etc, you're not there to be a christian, sikh, jew, muslim, hindu, etc. you're there to provide a service or product. if those services are in any way dealing with sensitive issues, it's all the more important that it's done in a manner that is as unbiased as possible. if you are unable to do it because of your religious or moral stance - and it does happen - maybe the organisation can accomodate your problem, but that's not always possible and so perhaps you should find alternative employment? the issue with wearing crosses is pretty bloody stupid from both sides tbh, but i do think there's likely to be more to these cases than meets the eye.

'rotten schooling and worse media.'
no, your position suggests that you have very little to do with the education system - or experience of any other public, statutory or voluntary sector services for that matter - jury's out on the media though.

'Anyone with an education, even an atheist'
yes, after a fashion.

'would recognize that Christian identity underlies the whole of Western culture'
christian principles, yes absolutely, i'm not too sure that individual christian/religious identity has that much of an impact.

'if you worry about this kind of viewpoint'
i don't worry about the viewpoint, it's your excessively polemic presentation of it *here/uk* that bothers me, when i just don't recognise what you or others write about the matter as that convincing. i've asked you to support it, you don't. you don't seem to have any interest in an alternative interpretation or whether that may be reasonable. you massively overstated the boulder protest/riot, have a morbid religiosity - as evidenced by the excessively polemic presentation and have expressed an intention to carry out direct physical action against some poor soul you decided offended you and in addition you had a military training - paratrooper iirc? in fact, i'm afraid to say, i consider you to be a risky situation on legs!:-O

'leave my blog alone.'
i do find your posts interesting and literate, that expose me to stuff that i might not otherwise think about though and amusing... occasionally!:-D

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1232087/Gary-McFarlane-Christian-counsellor-refused-gay-couples-sex-advice-fails-religious-discrimination-claim.html
surprised you haven't commented on this. i wonder what duke amarchee is gonna do when he discovers his job was all about the housing acts?

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I don't have to comment on every act of criminality by the loathsome frauds who are dragging this country into the abyss. I have made it very clear what I think of them, and this piece of criminal justice does not improve on it. We already knew that freedom of thought, speech, expression and belief were a dead letter in this country, but then a country which allows by law human-animal hybridization has already gone well beyond tyranny and into the realm of delirious inhumanity.