[BITList] apparently from a 76 year old in UK
John Davison
davison.g at xtra.co.nz
Sun Sep 25 05:24:11 BST 2011
I fully endorse your comments Ron , and when I do get emails like this I pass to my friends , I am 76 , in my youth was a bit bolshie too , I try to get back to UK , as much as possible , but with family in NZ , and HK , it gets expensive , I dislike Heathrow , as one could think you were in Karachi or Bombay , and London , seems the same , however up north in Durham , I feel like back home again , we have a beautiful cathedral in Durham , supposedly the 3rd best favoured in UK , some people [ ?] wanted to have a mosque built right in front of it , however there was a huge out cry and it was stopped !!.
3/4 years ago on a train from London to Deal , I was wearing a British India shirt bought in Spore from Marks and Spencer's , all in black and white , a couple of young skin heads , who opine were from Pakistan were standing near me , they remarked that I was wearing a racist shirt , when I asked them to explain why , I was answered with abusive language and remarks if I was younger , they would smash my skull in !!. I answered appropriately , but to hear this in the land of my birth at my age from these young guys , riled me , I retired in 2003 , when working /based in Madras covering the entire areas including the middle east , and in all my years , was never insulted like this .
On another occasion when waiting for a train , at some station between London and Windsor it was late at night , there was a young girl waiting with her dog , two black guys approached her and the dog started barking , these guys , started to hassle the girl saying she had a racist dog , I went from my seat and stood next to this girl , our train came and we boarded , there were hardly any other people at the station during this time , and I have wondered if I had not been there , this girl could have been in danger .
I reported this incident to a young policeman in Windsor the next day , who remarked ,that our country in general was going down the drain , and there were not enough rail way police provided he added .
In New Zealand which is my home now , I can only hope we do not go the same way as UK , same goes for Aussie too , sometimes it looks like this is the way things are heading !!
Well there you are Ron you asked for comments I hope this will suffice I am afraid I got started , but appreciate how the 76 guy in UK feels ,,!!!
Salaams
John ex 2/0 Ordia who relieved you in Bombay 1959 !
----- Original Message -----
From: Ronald Thomas
To: BitList
Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2011 9:53 AM
Subject: Re: [BITList] apparently from a 76 year old in UK
Couldn't agree more with every sentiment expressed, and I'm 4 years older than he.Been preaching the same gospel for some time but he has expressed it far better than I.Bravo. . ( I was always considered a to be a bit "bolshie" in my youth and as you can see, haven't changed much. Politically like some of the Left wing policies, but also like some of the Right too. curently 60/40 R v L). Come on someone, somewhere ,liven things up a bit and express YOUR comments. Please. Ron
----- Original Message -----
From: COLIN TAYLOR
To: BITList
Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2011 9:29 PM
Subject: [BITList] apparently from a 76 year old in UK
apparently by a 76 year old in UK
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Worth repeating
This should be required reading for every man, woman and child on this planet........?
"I'm 76 and I'm Tired"
I'm 76. Except for brief period in the 50's when I was doing my National Service,
I've worked hard since I was 17. Except for some some serious health challenges,
I put in 50-hour weeks, and didn't call in sick in nearly 40 years. I made a reasonable
salary, but I didn't inherit my job or my income, and I worked to get where I am.
Given the economy, it looks as though retirement was a bad idea, and I'm tired. Very tired.
I'm tired of being told that I have to "spread the wealth" to people who don't have my work ethic.
I'm tired of being told the government will take the money I earned, by force if necessary,
and give it to people too lazy to earn it.
I'm tired of being told that Islam is a "Religion of Peace," when every day I can read dozens
of stories of Muslim men killing their sisters, wives and daughters for their family "honour";
of Muslims rioting over some slight offense; of Muslims murdering Christian and Jews because
they aren't "believers"; of Muslims burning schools for girls; of Muslims stoning teenage rape
victims to death for "adultery"; of Muslims mutilating the genitals of little girls; all in the name of Allah,
because the Qur'an and Shari'a law tells them to.
I'm tired of being told that out of "tolerance for other cultures" we must let Saudi Arabia and other Arab
countries use our oil money to fund mosques and mandrassa Islamic schools to preach hate in Australia,
New Zealand, UK, America and Canada, while no one from these countries are allowed to fund a church,
synagogue or religious school in Saudi Arabia or any other Arab country to teach love and tolerance..
I'm tired of being told I must lower my living standard to fight global warming, which no one is allowed to debate.
I'm tired of being told that drug addicts have a disease, and I must help support and treat them,
and pay for the damage they do. Did a giant germ rush out of a dark alley, grab them, and stuff white powder
up their noses or stick a needle in their arm while they tried to fight it off?
I'm tired of hearing wealthy athletes, entertainers and politicians of all parties talking about innocent
mistakes, stupid mistakes or youthful mistakes, when we all know they think their only mistake was
getting caught. I'm tired of people with a sense of entitlement, rich or poor.
I'm really tired of people who don't take responsibility for their lives and actions. I'm tired of hearing
them blame the government, or discrimination or big-whatever for their problems.
I'm also tired and fed up with seeing young men and women in their teens and early 20's bedeck
themselves in tattoos and face studs, thereby making themselves un-employable and claiming
money from the Government.
Yes, I'm damn tired. But I'm also glad to be 76.. Because, mostly, I'm not going to have to see
the world these people are making. I'm just sorry for my granddaughter and her children.
Thank God I'm on the way out and not on the way in.
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