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I think I'll try anyway: Dear Richard, As a relative newcomer I must admit I do not feel particularly put out or personally offended by your decision to make a transition away from the present forum format. In the forums I have enjoyed reading the writings of greater minds that my own which have gre...

I'm dismayed to learn that my cowardly weasel of an MP, David Kidney, voted in favour of the bill. I think I'll draft a letter. Any suggestions as to what I should put in it? (I might make this a generic template and re-post it for the benefit of the forum) I would simply urge him to reconsider his...

My MP is pretty good for replying to letters. How he serves the constituency is now a tad irrelevant because there is going to be a boundary change which will put me in a neighbouring constituency. From what I have gathered so far I have a choice between an old-Labour type who has served 3 terms alr...

Nice email. It sounds like you bug your MP often, which is good. I get really annoyed with people who spout rubbish about the 'silent majority' in Britain. It's amazing how many people care enough to talk your ear off, but not enough to fling a solitary e-mail or letter in the direction who can do a...

Mine didn't even vote. :roll: Ok, you win the "who-has-the-suckiest-MP" contest. Perhaps if what I have gathered is true though, occasionally MP's will find someone who intends to vote the other way and they mutually don't bother to show up and vote. So maybe your MP is an organised slacker as oppo...

More cowardice from British MPs. Annoyingly, theyworkforyou.com doesn't have the breakdown of the votes so I can't see which way my MP voted, but seeing as she's a member of the Conservative Christian Fellowship, I think she'll have sided with Balls. Balls. The transcript is here, with a list of wh...

More cowardice from British MPs. Annoyingly, theyworkforyou.com doesn't have the breakdown of the votes so I can't see which way my MP voted, but seeing as she's a member of the Conservative Christian Fellowship, I think she'll have sided with Balls. Balls. The transcript is here, with a list of wh...

My first post here as a RD refugee There is a more fundamental problem here who is ultimately in charge of a kids education is the parent or society as whole?. It has already and (correctly ruled that) the state is the ultimate authority when it comes to health care through normally this is delegat...

I think it is a pretty clever campaign, even if it is a little distasteful. It does sum up the irony of people who view their smoking as an expression of freedom when they are setting themselves up for a costly addiction.

Having a fair few Christian friends I have had a couple of copies of the Christian Institute newsletter on the subject forwarded my way which made for almost laughable reading if it weren't such a serious issue (but not for the reason the Christian Institute has in mind). The biggest issue that seem...

I'm still the same misanthropic_clown, though I have decided on a more fitting avatar.

Hello all. I am yet another person who has ended up here courtesy of the planned changes and subsequent shutdown of the richarddawkins.net forums. Just a little about myself, I am an ex-Mormon who began to disbelieve in my early teens but stuck with it both to appease my almost entirely Mormon famil...

Glad you are here! We have been suffering a shortage of misanthropic clowns. We placed an order, but the bastards said the machine was broken! :lay: Glad to be able to help fill the deficit. :D Nice post .....oh and welcome, Not heard of Rationalia before Oh well you found us now enjoy . Thanks for...

I was actually in the middle of writing a post on the announcement discussion thread when the forum shut down, so I figured I would copy it here: As a relative newcomer I feel I have little right to be offended except on behalf of those who have invested much time and effort into this forum. I hope ...