tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795284845836270713.post3237954068388737370..comments2024-03-27T11:23:43.902+00:00Comments on Beaker Folk of Husborne Crawley: School for SnowflakesWodeWosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18381754587879658356noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795284845836270713.post-71511522305213682682017-10-11T18:44:53.822+01:002017-10-11T18:44:53.822+01:00I haven't read about this beyond the headlines...I haven't read about this beyond the headlines; I aleady have to take these tablets for my blood-pressure, you see.<br /><br />It's only the word "Christian" that shakes their prams, I've noticed. Polly Toynbee, Christ-basher-in-chief, once wrote a moving article on an evening spent with some Hindus celebrating Diwali; she was fulsome about their expression of faith. When asked when she proposed to spend time with a Christian family at Eastertide and describe <i>their</i> expression of faith, she did not deign to reply.<br /><br />One can only hope that three years at University may teach some, at least, of these children to look a little further than the back row of the Fourth Form.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795284845836270713.post-77704297816992556892017-10-11T16:39:24.696+01:002017-10-11T16:39:24.696+01:00I was at Keble. There were stories of a Keble Bric...I was at Keble. There were stories of a Keble Brick society where basic membership was a red college brick, a white brick was next level, and black ones were elite members. College mythology had it that the society lost its momentum when some building work produced a large pile of bricks including all 3 colours.Mike Peatmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03385223912601726849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795284845836270713.post-54654979387092054492017-10-11T11:45:16.722+01:002017-10-11T11:45:16.722+01:00I think the boat has sailed on the use of "sn...I think the boat has sailed on the use of "snowflake". Archdruid Eileenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06481946916045861117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795284845836270713.post-9638836912764942412017-10-11T11:44:50.503+01:002017-10-11T11:44:50.503+01:00I've been there.
Would you like to buy an odd...I've been there.<br /><br />Would you like to buy an oddly red-coloured brick?Archdruid Eileenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06481946916045861117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795284845836270713.post-37443214065807253962017-10-11T11:20:27.678+01:002017-10-11T11:20:27.678+01:00Keble College chapel has been recognised as a mast...Keble College chapel has been recognised as a masterpiece of high Victorian architecture for many decades, Ruskin notwithstanding. You should go inside and try the acoustic. It is a marvellous place, both inside and out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795284845836270713.post-53671335341916693962017-10-11T07:50:32.018+01:002017-10-11T07:50:32.018+01:00I disagree, it is inimical to label the beautiful ...I disagree, it is inimical to label the beautiful snowflake a term of abuse, it is again taking something precious and individual and reducing it to something much less than itself that becomes a mass term for people whose views you do not support . Do not be taken in, language is powerful, we are all consumers now, once we were citizens and owned things corporately, now we are just recipients of the production of others, doomed to tread our wheels to give others our money. Of course, this was a powerful misjudgement but that is nothing to do with the wonderful snowflake, a tiny icon of God at work in the world.revdjoanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14228628872885482986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795284845836270713.post-83630596813683060182017-10-11T06:56:27.492+01:002017-10-11T06:56:27.492+01:00I wonder if those who were against the CU at the F...I wonder if those who were against the CU at the Freshers Fairs have had bad experiences at either Church or at the hand of Christians. I can see that the CU should make a complaint under the Equal Opportunities legislation because they're being denied the right to profess their faith. This no doubt breaches the Equality Act in terms of Freedom of Religion, Freedom of Association etc. If they threaten to do so, those being so obstructive might just back down, or be shamed in the media.UKViewerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18114944341930758335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795284845836270713.post-38397305081801622752017-10-10T20:48:12.220+01:002017-10-10T20:48:12.220+01:00We were members of the same department at the same...We were members of the same department at the same time. We can agree on some things! Archdruid Eileenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06481946916045861117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795284845836270713.post-19287054533956056222017-10-10T20:37:16.347+01:002017-10-10T20:37:16.347+01:00I see on Twitter that even Richard Dawkins agrees ...I see on Twitter that even Richard Dawkins agrees with you on this point, whatever next! :) "Snowflakes" seems perfectly apt to me.Steve Borthwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13361597018502017407noreply@blogger.com