BBC Blog Network

User Profile

browser1

Listed below are comments made by browser1 between Tuesday, 18th November 2008 and Monday, 15th December 2008.

«Newer
Older»

Should the police carry stun guns? 7:40pm on 15 Dec 2008 I do not agree that the police should have these guns. They already have enough powers in their fight against crime.I dread to think what it will be like if officers of a certain mindset get one of these guns.It wont be long before we hear of deaths of people with weak hearts etc. The police are often quite hostile to the public,even those in need of help and treat most as potential suspects. That attitude and the usual arrogance is a recipe for disaster if they are armed with such weapons. I also do not see how giving someone such a painful shock can be justified and suspect they will be used routinely and not as a last resort.

Mark, Birmingham
Is this the lost coffin of King Richard III? 5:33pm on 19 Nov 2008 Wasnt meant as a nasty comment Vinyl_ it was probably the exclamation marks that set the wrong tone..lol. I do have a sense of humour and didnt realise you were joking..it came across as your genuinely held belief. I simply expressed mine.Alison Weir is a historian who starts on the assumption that Richard III was guilty of everything and has no objectivity..hence the reference to her..just a joke..If you are a scientific person then no doubt you deal in clinical facts and appreciate the importance of accuracy,especially when dealing with a reputation,however long dead the subject.The One Show is lighthearted as you say but I didnt get the impression they treated it as a joke,more a subject of interest so I assumed you were being serious. If I get anything wrong about rocket science feel free to correct me..:-)
Is this the lost coffin of King Richard III? 12:52pm on 19 Nov 2008 Quite right lizzie1485 and I think the people of York would also have begged to differ with the view expressed by vinyl_guitarist! Perhaps he should have a look at their Civic Records..! Obviously from the Alison Weir school..
Is this the lost coffin of King Richard III? 5:07pm on 18 Nov 2008 I'm very sorry to have missed the feature on the One Show about this..fascinating..btw Richard III was the last British King to die in battle. James IV was King of Scotland when it was a separate country.The Act of Union did not make it Britain as a nation until 1707.I suppose you could say that there were no "British" Kings before 1707 so its a matter of semantics..I also always thought it strange that the people in Leicester would feel so "anti Richard " that they would dispose of his remains by throwing them in the river.Many of these people would only have heard of him and had no reason to despise him.I'd like to think he's still buried in his orginial resting place and will hopefully be located one day,albeit very unlikely. btw it has never been proved that he killed the princes in the tower or that they were murdered by anyone..no one will ever know for sure

«Newer
Older»

^ Back to top

BBC MMVI

The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites

BBC.co.uk

BBC Blog Network

Find and talk to the BBC's bloggers.

User Profile

browser1