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new year concerns.iran,israel,n korea,syria and the future of england...

edited December 2011 in About this site
<P>will israel and usa bomb iran over irans nuclear bomb ambitions?</P> <P>will n korea get nuclear weapons that they can fire?</P> <P>knife crime in england.surely authorities can reduce this threat</P> <P>white flight.</P> <P>if you google the words "white flight" you can see studies that show that when an area becomes 60% non white,then white people don't want to live there anymore and leave.this is a worldwide behaviour</P> <P>so what happens in a few hundred years when many areas or all areas in england are 60% or more non white in population.does everyone leave and go and live in usa or canada.or will there be a civil war in england on race lines white v non white.what will england look like in 200 or 300 years?will there be a new england set up in usa etc </P> <P>after queen elizabeth the first died a few years later was the english civil war in the 17th century.is england heading for a second civil war? following queen elizabeth the second passing in future? </P> <P>bit dark thoughts perhaps but ...on tv news about oxford educated assad's and his england educated wifes attacks on his syrian people.shot for protesting</P>

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  • <P>In 1633, Charles appointed Laud as <A title="Archbishop of Canterbury" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archbishop_of_Canterbury"><FONT color=#0645ad>Archbishop of Canterbury</FONT></A> and started making the Church more ceremonial, replacing the wooden <A title="Mass (liturgy)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_(liturgy)#Communion_rite"><FONT color=#0645ad>communion</FONT></A> tables with stone altars.<SUP id=cite_ref-14 class=reference><A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_english_civil_war#cite_note-14"><FONT color=#0645ad><FONT size=2><SPAN>[</SPAN>15<SPAN>]</SPAN></FONT></FONT></A></SUP> Puritans accused Laud of reintroducing Catholicism; when they complained, he had them arrested. In 1637 <A title="John Bastwick" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bastwick"><FONT color=#0645ad>John Bastwick</FONT></A>, <A title="Henry Burton (Puritan)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Burton_(Puritan)"><FONT color=#0645ad>Henry Burton</FONT></A>, and <A title="William Prynne" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Prynne"><FONT color=#0645ad>William Prynne</FONT></A> had their ears cut off for writing pamphlets attacking Laud's views—a rare penalty for <A title=Gentleman href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentleman"><FONT color=#0645ad>gentlemen</FONT></A>, and one that aroused anger.<SUP id=cite_ref-15 class=reference><A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_english_civil_war#cite_note-15"><FONT color=#0645ad><FONT size=2><SPAN>[</SPAN>16<SPAN>]</SPAN></FONT></FONT></A></SUP> Moreover, the Church authorities revived the statutes passed in the time of <A class=mw-redirect title="Elizabeth I" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_I"><FONT color=#0645ad>Elizabeth I</FONT></A> about church attendance, and fined Puritans for not attending Anglican church services.<SUP id=cite_ref-16 class=reference><A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_english_civil_war#cite_note-16"><FONT size=2><FONT color=#0645ad><SPAN>[</SPAN>17<SPAN>]</SPAN></FONT></FONT></A></SUP></P> <P><SUP></SUP> </P>
  • <P>"had their ears cut off for writing pamphlets"</P> <P>bit harsh...in the english civil war...</P> <P>in iran they cut your hand off for mugging people or for burglars...perhaps you can leave your door unlocked in tehran as a result,i wouldnt know,never been there... </P>
  • <P>was having a quick read of some english history today;which got me thinking about this</P> <P>in england in  the years 1688-1832 less than 10% of the population were allowed to vote in elections</P> <P>in england in the year 1867 only 32% of people were allowed to vote in elections</P> <P>in england in 1872 only 56% of people were allowed by law to vote in elections</P> <P>in england 1918 all men over the age of 21 and women over the age of 30 allowed to vote in elections.women allowed vote for first time</P> <P>in england 1928 women over the age of 21 given the vote</P> <P>in england 1969 all people over age of 18 given vote</P> <P>yet in many countries in news such as in middle east dictatorship no democracy and no vote...</P> <P> </P>
  • <P>on a lighter note</P> <P>n4 people - spaced leg-end simon pegg and quality actor james mcavoy are guests on g norton tv show on tv now - perhaps on bbciplayer soon...best of g norton show...</P> <P>noble regular s pegg - moved out of n4 to the home counties,well to hatfield - n he is off to la la land soon or now,perhaps</P> <P>carry on</P>
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