tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post2078729450834355526..comments2023-12-11T08:49:46.305+00:00Comments on Dizzy Thinks: Government starts book burning exercise?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-31073608297833543882008-06-03T20:38:00.000+01:002008-06-03T20:38:00.000+01:00Now I feel bad...Now I feel bad...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-25732107746367491122008-06-03T20:27:00.000+01:002008-06-03T20:27:00.000+01:00Funny post. You're, er, on fire.Funny post. You're, er, on fire.Rich Teehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14037296506942507747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-72231577854424628002008-06-03T13:03:00.000+01:002008-06-03T13:03:00.000+01:00Fahrenheit 451 is required reading in NL circles.Fahrenheit 451 is required reading in NL circles.Old BEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06974090439936326476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-36945824804557911352008-06-03T12:41:00.000+01:002008-06-03T12:41:00.000+01:00The problem for Labour is that, as much as they'd ...The problem for Labour is that, as much as they'd like to burn some books, they'd have to burn a lot more videos, DVDs and YouTube videos to hide pictorial evidence of their failure.Armchair Sceptichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06700172701458170654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-88373252793703780592008-06-03T11:33:00.000+01:002008-06-03T11:33:00.000+01:00Perhaps this new fashion for Fire Awareness promp...Perhaps this new fashion for Fire Awareness prompted this just last week<BR/><BR/>"Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service has now withdrawn the dramatic chip ban demonstration for schoolchildren — due to health and safety fears ...<BR/><BR/>Dave Crawford, a watch commander with the fire service, said: “<I>The practical demonstration is very dramatic and quite spectacular...it definitely stuck in their minds.</I> <BR/><BR/>Instead, the pupils will be handed leaflets and given instructions telling them what they should do in the event of a hot oil blaze occurring at home"<BR/><BR/>30/05/08<BR/><BR/>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2051604/Chip-pan-fire-safety-school-demo-%27too-risky%27.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-9637028466584839022008-06-03T11:05:00.000+01:002008-06-03T11:05:00.000+01:00Indeed television as ruined me. I was going to use...Indeed television as ruined me. I was going to use Joan of Arc originally so have reverted in response to pedantry.dizzyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04250325010662356883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-70155607025471584502008-06-03T11:01:00.000+01:002008-06-03T11:01:00.000+01:00Dizzy - not usually a pedant, but St Thomas More w...Dizzy - not usually a pedant, but St Thomas More was beheaded at the Tower of London having been convicted of Treason by the false testimony of Sir Richard Rich. His Catholicism (technically) had nothing to do with it.<BR/><BR/>I suspect you have been misled by Backadder:<BR/><BR/><I> "Edmund: Well, it is so often the way, sir, too late one thinks of what one *should* have said. Sir Thomas More, for instance: Burned alive for refusing to recant his Catholicism, must have been kicking him- self, as the flames licked higher, that it never occurred to him to say, "I recant my Catholicism." </I><BR/><BR/>For famous people called Thomas who suffered death for the crime of Heresy by burning at the stake, can I suggest <A HREF="http://www.archbishop-cranmer.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow"> His Grace</A>?<BR/><BR/>Kind regards<BR/><BR/>MORUSAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com