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1. At 07:26 AM on 13 Mar 2007, Paul Dockree wrote:

   Shelagh and Nicky,

   Andrew Tyler, the animal rights spokesperson treads on my dreams when he asks for Cheltenham to be banned completely because of “cruelty to horses”. But as a horse racing fan Mr Tyler might be surprised how far I go along with any calls for more safety in racing – for animals, jockeys and racing fans.

   So Mr Tyler – we ban horse racing. And then what?

   Slaughter all the horses, shut down and sell race courses and stables for building land, throw racing personnel out of their jobs (John MacCririck unemployed – maybe Andrew HAS a point there!) and so on?

   This is where I part company with the more militant of the animal rights people and I do not put Mr Tyler in that group.

   Those animal rights zealots I am sure have visions of fields of happily grazing animals, ex-race horses or formerly destined for the dinner table all over Britain, rats and mice allowed to run free in their Disney like world. These freed animals would be being petted by children and allowed to grow old and die with their offspring at their manger side. Ah!

   Utter rubbish, Andrew. More safety – yes. Complete closure. No!

2. At 09:30 AM on 13 Mar 2007, Paul Dockree wrote:

   Someone being played?

   Ok. For Joy.

   Joy Bowman, a Jamaican mother of two British servicemen reported in danger of being deported by the Immigration Office. Mr Liam Byrne, Immigration Minister involved perhaps?

   "Joy and the political snobs" - the three words "dishonestly", "join" and "plot" are in there somewhere, in anagram form. Tut, tut.

   To paraphrase Michael Dobbs' words from "House of Cards" - Ian Richardson, sadly missed - "FiveLive might say that. I couldn't possibly comment"

3. At 12:59 PM on 13 Mar 2007, Roberto Carlos Alvarez-Galloso,CPUR wrote:

   For Shelagh and Nicky: You should interview Loretta Nall about the legalization of cannabis for medical purposes. In another subject, I dedicated my blog to the missing BBC Reporter in Gaza in the hope that he could be found.

   Please feel free to use this article in my blog about the BBC Reporter for your news. I wrote it from the heart.

   http://alvarezgalloso.blogster.com/missing_bbc_reporter.html

   Roberto

4. At 01:04 PM on 14 Mar 2007, Paul Dockree wrote:

   My post - 9.30am yesterday. Full of "I'm Blarney".

   Mrs Joy Bowman temporarily reprieved 10.30am yesterday by "Liam Byrne", Immigration Minister. Thank you, sir.

   Hmmm - I must be careful with these newly found super powers. Now where is that global warning problem all the parties asked me to look at? LOL

   Oh and that "temporarily reprieved business" - if what I read about Mrs Bowman and her sons is true - make it a permanent state for her please.

   As Bill Bixby often said in "The Incredible Hulk" - "Don't make me angry Mr McGee. You wouldn't want to see me angry"

5. At 05:19 PM on 14 Mar 2007, Paul Dockree wrote:

   I consider the title of another thread here takes on a humorous slant considering the last line of my previous text. Me getting angry.

   "Brown Turns Green" LOL

6. At 07:37 AM on 15 Mar 2007, Paul Dockree wrote:

   Cannabis - I never need it - my life is strange enough without mind altering. So where is Andrew? No, not Andrew Tyler mentioned at the top of this thread. The jump jockey, Andrew Thornton, brother of Robert Thornton, rider of yesterdays winner of the big race at Cheltenham.

   A horse named Little Brick was a fatality on the first day of the race meeting, confirming Mr Tyler's point about seeming cruelty to animals in sport. But everything is connected. Last Thursday my wife and I were viewing the Alvar Aalto exhibition at London's Barbican Centre. What a wonderful architect the late Mr Aalto was and like my missus, a Finnish national.

   Amongst other things at the exhibition there were texts written by someone obviously on cannabis back in the day. If I wasn't respectful of such arenas the text I would have laughed out loud about, read something like "Ask the brick what it wants to be!" Dah!

   At least Frank Lloyd Wright's take on a brick - "worth 11 cents retail - give to me and I will make its worth a million dollars" was true.

   So Alvar Aalto, Little Brick, Andrew Tiler/Tyler and the Thornton brothers - is Andrew injured? Or is this to do with Cadburys Schweppes splitting their two businesses due to be announced today? The Cadburys? You had to be there.

   Have I missed a headline somewhere? Luke Harvey may know - he must know something - he knows nowt about picking winners - LOL. Sorry Luke, I really am a big fan and now Shelagh has dumped you for infidelity with a Teddy - I am an even bigger fan.

   Yes, a missed headline.

   "Well Chief - Robert (Chocolate) Thornton splits with his brother Andrew (Fizzy Pop) Thornton. Nelson de Souza denies responsibility." LOL

7. At 08:57 AM on 21 Mar 2007, Eve Freire wrote:

   I have to object to the spurious headlines when it comes to canabis (and skunk in particular). "Heavy cannabis user mugs little old lady" is just one example. Great, let's get that point across as loud as possible - the evil cannabis. The fact that half the stabbings, woundings, kickings and murders are commited by heavy alcohol users is obviously of no importance whatsoever. Alcohol is legal, therefore it's fine to drink heavily no matter how anti-social it makes you. This country, the media and double standards appear to be a given thing. It's about time the government took some serious notice of reports in favour of decriminalising a natural product that is, to an awful lot of people, no more harmful than a glass or two of wine.

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