[LU] Oldfield, Hoodlams etc

2012-10-24 Thread dave walmsley
As has been mentioned, there have been some strange things going on of late with stiff sentences for trivial things. However, it's the same with Andrew Mitchell, BBC chiefs, Hillsborough etc Certain matters, large or small, are raked over in such fine detail. No mistake is ever allowed. A

Re: [LU] Oldfield, Hoodlams etc

2012-10-24 Thread brendan_mcwilliams
I had almost exactly this conversation with another (English) guy just the other day - it all started with the mass grief the week after Diana. Since then collective grief/joy/outrage seems to be the norm in the UK media and if you're not part of it you're insensitive or A Bad Person. Tin hat

Re: [LU] Oldfield, Hoodlams etc

2012-10-24 Thread Richard Naef
I had almost exactly this conversation with another (English) guy just the other day - it all started with the mass grief the week after Diana. I was a festival the weekend they buried her and there were complaints that we didn't turn the music off during the funeral and we were 250 miles

Re: [LU] Oldfield, Hoodlams etc

2012-10-24 Thread Damian Walsh
Barstard - you could have at least turned it down a bit... Damian ;) On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 9:12 PM, Richard Naef rich...@triumph-computers.co.uk wrote: I had almost exactly this conversation with another (English) guy just the other day - it all started with the mass grief the week

Re: [LU] Oldfield, Hoodlams etc

2012-10-24 Thread Ian Murray
It was absolutely ridiculous. We used to be a nation of cynics didn't we? What happened?? Sent from my iPhone On 24 Oct 2012, at 20:14, Damian Walsh pussaydam...@gmail.com wrote: Barstard - you could have at least turned it down a bit... Damian ;) On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 9:12 PM,

Re: [LU] Oldfield, Hoodlams etc

2012-10-24 Thread Richard Naef
It was absolutely ridiculous. We used to be a nation of cynics didn't we? What happened?? every now and then (often after a war) people wake up, but apart from that we line the streets to cheer/mourn whatever chinless German wonder that gets born into the top job and vote for whatever public