Letters
No sympathy for property developers new
The general public has a degree of satisfaction at the demeaning spectacle of
property developers begging the banks to bail them out of their pecuniary
difficulties that they brought down on their own heads through their
overwhelming greed.
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God is still at His work today new
Saturday, 30 August 2008
John O'Connell (Write Back, August 26) claims that the DUP are ‘stuck in the
Old Testament' on matters such as homosexuality and calls for them to ‘come
into the New Testament'.
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Sir Reg able to cement the Union new
Saturday, 30 August 2008
Arlene Foster has an interesting take on the possible link between the Ulster
Unionist and Conservative parties (Belfast Telegraph, August 25) and she
clearly comes down in favour of our continued isolationism within British
politics — rather odd for a party which has the word “unionist” in its title.
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Why unionists must change tune new
Saturday, 30 August 2008
It seems that ‘the righteous' in the DUP and other unionist groups think that
they have the right to stop policing and justice powers being devolved into
the hands of the unrighteous.
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Why MLAs must get on together
Friday, 29 August 2008
Northern Ireland goes down the drain (literally!) while the MLAs can't stand
to be in the same room as each other! What childish behaviour!
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Helmet therapy a ‘needless treatment’
Friday, 29 August 2008
There has recently been publicity given to ‘helmet therapy’ to infants with
slightly misshapen heads in newspapers and also local TV.
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No need to substitute God for the unknown
Friday, 29 August 2008
R CRAWFORD (Write Back, August 22) claims that God is eternal and operates on
a level that humans cannot understand.
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Underpass was not answer
Friday, 29 August 2008
Further to recent comments by local community groups regarding the flooding, I
would like to add something which also supports their case.
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Humanists welcome to explore the world
Friday, 29 August 2008
R Crawford (Write Back, August 22) wants to know what “humanist philosophy
teaches regarding time”.
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Drainage needs to be overhauled
Thursday, 28 August 2008
Until recently the Bog Meadows was the lowest point in Belfast, lying at the
foot of the Belfast Hills and the ever-growing west Belfast urban sprawl. I
say until recently because it was decided to dig an underpass below the
lowest level.
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Why Ian Jnr is at bottom of the class
Thursday, 28 August 2008
With the publicity surrounding the performance of our young people at GCSE and
A level, it occurred to me that Ian Paisley Jnr could well benefit from some
extra tuition in two school subjects — English and history.
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Laurence misses the target
Thursday, 28 August 2008
I write to commend Laurence White’s article (Belfast Telegraph, August 22) in
which he chastises Ian Paisley Jnr’s disgraceful suggestion that police
return the fire of republicans.
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Sir Reg’s vision to be commended
Thursday, 28 August 2008
Arlene Foster presents a credible defence of the DUP's decision to remain an
independent political party (Belfast Telegraph, August 25).
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ME care shoudn’t be down to luck
Thursday, 28 August 2008
The letter that Paul and Janet McCann wrote (Specialist help for ME sufferers
is lacking, Write Back, August 25), telling of the great help, advice and
support they have had for their teenage daughter, who is severely affected
with ME, and for which they are relieved and most grateful, illustrates just
how enormously variable the provision of care can be for all people with ME.
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Hysteria over Glitter papers over the cracks
Wednesday, 27 August 2008
I cannot believe the amount of media hype regarding the Gary Glitter incident.
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Education system in good shape
Wednesday, 27 August 2008
What now for Minister of Education Ms Ruane after the excellent GCSE and
A-level results which not only surpassed past results, but are the best in
the UK?
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How we got rid of paramilitary flags
Wednesday, 27 August 2008
I have just read the letter from your reader in Comber concerning the issue of
paramilitary flags (Write Back, August 20).
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‘Norn Iron’ fans are a real credit to your country
Wednesday, 27 August 2008
I was at Hampden Park last Wednesday night with my wee son watching the
drudgery that was the Scotland and Northern Ireland game.
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What Ed failed to see in the Far East
Tuesday, 26 August 2008
It is clear that Ed Curran enjoyed himself on his organised media tour of the
Beijing Olympics. So much was he impressed by “the welcome which this
supposedly oppressive one-party communist state afforded” him and his fellow
group of 25 journalists that he appeared to be downplaying the abuses of
that government.
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Why are the Democratic Unionists living in the past?
Tuesday, 26 August 2008
What is it about the DUP that makes them so stuck in the Old Testament?
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Concern at teaching of creationism in schools
Tuesday, 26 August 2008
The Belfast Humanist Group (BHG) wishes to express its deep concern about the
comments made by the new chair of the Education Committee, Mervyn Storey
MLA, about the teaching of creationism as scientific fact in schools.
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Do you support the use of Tasers by the PSNI?
Do you support the use of Tasers by the PSNI?
| Yes, it is better than using firearms |
 57% |
| Yes, but only in exceptional circumstances |
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| No, I'm genuinely concerned about the safety of Tasers |
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| No, the police should not have these weapons |
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• Lindy McDowell: Ulster-Scots Hillbillies may shape US politics
This week a television report about how the voters in the Appalachia region of the US could be crucial in swinging the US presidential election threw out some interesting facts. One of them dental.
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I know Liverpool fans were disappointed with their side’s performance against Standard Liege in the Champions League in midweek.
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Recent readers of my husband Cooper's column will undoubtedly know that he was having some problems with the immigration authorities here in the United Kingdom.
• Eamonn McCann: What if Mormons are right and Catholics and Protestants wrong?
Why are the Catholic bishops so concerned about Mormons baptising dead parishioners? The Mormons didn’t invent baptism of the dead. The practice has a significant history within mainstream Christianity. The decision to order its abandonment was taken only after heated debate, and was a close-run thing.
• Frances Burscough: I ran as far as I could but Bolt still caught up with me in end
There was only one place on earth to be last week as the athlete Usain Bolt bolted his way to triumph at the Olympic Games. And it wasn’t Beijing.|On the other side of the world, the entire island of Jamaica was cheering and toasting and singing and dancing ... and I was there, slap, bang in the middle of it all joining in the celebrations even though 24 hours earlier I’d never even heard of the fella.
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Want to know how wretched one’s life can be? It’s confirmed you have cancer but everyone immediately by-passes concern and goes straight to suspecting the dark art of PR.
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