Comments on: Bus ad draws fire from MPs (and a bus driver)

By: Debbie Kean

Debbie Kean — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 20:05:36 +0000

Alfster thinks he knows me. He doesn’t, but the obsession is his, I am afraid. (To the point of fraud, actually).

Vicky is my nickname in RL. Nuff said, as it’s irrelevant… Oh, and I’d just like to point out, I have close family in the UK, so I am not so much “obsessed” as he puts it, as concerned.

Vicky

By: Alfster

Alfster — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 12:04:00 +0000

Nicholas Winterton’s wife Anne has also added her name…a good wholesome Christian who oposes Euthanasia and is ‘pro-life’ i.e. VERY anti-abortion…so she has got a track record of trying to gag free-speech and freedom to control one’s own life.

As I live in Cheshire I am not sure whether to give her a piece of my mind or slam the door in her face if she was ever doing a ‘walk-round’.

Probably a piece of my mind she doesn’t seem to have one herself.

By: Graham Pierce

Graham Pierce — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 11:57:31 +0000

I see that Nicholas Winterton has added his name to the motion. As a well-know right-wing chancer (see http://blogs.independent.co.uk/openhouse/2008/06/the-gall-of-the.html) that should help ensure that no respectable politician takes it seriously

By: Graham Pierce

Graham Pierce — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 11:48:16 +0000

“this causes concern to Christian and Muslim people, many of whom feel embarrassed and uncomfortable travelling on public transport displaying such advertisements”

I find it diffult to be sympathetic, having been a primary school teacher for 20 years, when I felt embarrassed and uncomfortable every working day by the daily act of worship, and by the assumption that we were a christian community despite being a state school.

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By: name(erforderlich)

name(erforderlich) — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 10:22:56 +0000

This makes me sick! Do i endorse any product or statement made in a public transport by taking the bus or the subway? This hurts!

By: Stuart W

Stuart W — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 15:10:43 +0000

Excellent link by Jeanette! Thanks for that.

By: Stuart H.

Stuart H. — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 13:25:52 +0000

Considering UKIP’s poor record on race relations, I’d say the only question is will Spink be laughed out of office by atheists for being such a twat before he can be thrown out by his party for worrying about Muslims.

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 09:41:51 +0000

I think we should support these brave MPs who are clearly showing that they do care about their constituencies and the people therein. That they are prepared to make a stand against anything that anybody finds in any way, shape, or form upsetting is something of which we should all be rightly proud. These tireless bastions of parliament won’t let real work or important matters trump kneejerk indignation and that’s something that should be encouraged.

I, for one, will be writing to these MPs and also pointing out that:

1. During a global recession many people are losing their homes, their jobs, and their savings. Any adverts for banks or building societies could unduly make people uncomfortable. They need to be removed too.

2. I was bullied at school. Sure, I don’t remember the name of the kid now but it might have been John or Lewis so, on the off chance that one of them is right and I suddenly remember this at some point in the future, I’d like to avoid the possibility of the department store’s ads from causing me momentary grief.

3. The opening credits of The 6 Million Dollar Man have scarred me mentally for life. Subsequently, no more ‘easyJet’ adverts please; I find them unsettling. Those things go down.

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