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20th February 2012: More about the Stasi ... sorry, social workers ...
20th February 2012: It's official: if you don't believe in Global Warming there's something wrong with your brain ...
15th February 2012: DO go to Jamaica because you definitely WON'T get murdered with a machete. Ms Fox says so ...
12th February 2012: The silly things people say ...
5th February 2012: Are the GW crooks on the run at last?
5th February 2012: The USA - arrogant, bullying and incredibly stupid
31st January 2012: We don't make anything any more
29th January 2012: Don't go to Jamaica, it's a dump and you'll get murdered with a machete
29th January 2012: That's a relief, it's not just here, then ...
29th January 2012: There are no true democracies in the world - discuss
27th January 2012: There's always a word for it, they say, and if there isn't we'll invent one
26th January 2012: Literary criticism on GOS? How posh!
17th January 2012: Max Hastings talking sense about Europe. Practically the only one, then ...
12th January 2012: Stop bleating that you have a difficut job, and GET IT RIGHT!
23rd December 2011: A Merry Christmas to both our readers
21st December 2011: Some quotes about sex from famous people ...
12th December 2011: Plain speaking by a scientist about the global warming fraud
11th December 2011: Did the boy Dave done good for once?
11th December 2011: Whom the gods wish to destroy, they first make mad
11th December 2011: It's not jusst polar bears, you know, the BBC can be biased about ANYTHING!
9th December 2011: Who trusts scientists? Apart from the BBC, of course?
7th December 2011: All in all, not a good week for British justice ...
2nd December 2011: How our schools are failing children ...
24th November 2011: We didn't have the green thing in our day ...
13th November 2011: The truth revealed about the IPCC?
9th November 2011: Well what d'you know, the law really IS a bit of an ass ...
8th November 2011: How the Nazi legacy still taints the life of Europe ...
27th October 2011: Cameron backs self-determination for the Libyans, but not for us

 

 
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Hello friends, business colleagues, acquaintances and unintended recipients.
 
I wanted to send some sort of holiday greeting to my friends and colleagues, but it is difficult in today's world to know exactly what to say without offending someone. So I met with my lawyer yesterday and, on advice, I wish to say the following:
 
Please accept with no obligation, implied or implicit, my best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low stress, non addictive, gender neutral celebration of the summer solstice holiday practised with the most enjoyable traditions of religious persuasion or secular practices of your choice with respect for the religious/secular persuasions and/or traditions of others, or their choice not to practice religious or secular traditions at all.
 
I also wish you a fiscally successful, personally fulfilling and medically uncomplicated recognition of the onset of the generally accepted calendar year 2012, but not without due respect for the calendar of choice of other cultures whose contributions to society have helped make our country great (not to imply that Australia is necessarily greater than any other country) and without regard to the race, creed, colour, age, physical ability, religious faith or sexual preference of the wishee.
 
By accepting this greeting, you are accepting these terms:
 
This greeting is subject to clarification or withdrawal. It is freely transferable with no alteration to the original greeting. It implies no promise by the wisher to actually implement any of the wishes for her/him or others and is void where prohibited by law, and is revocable at the sole discretion of the wisher. The wish is warranted to perform as expected within the usual application of good tidings for a period of one year or until the issuance of a new wish at the sole discretion of the wisher.
 
Best Regards (without prejudice)
 
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