Blair may decide to quit sooner than expected

The Daily Telegraph ^ | May 6, 2005 | Rachel Sylvester

[JerseyHighlander]

Best of luck. Agree upon your premises, am sorry to see you go, and won't bother pleading for you to stay. Outside of www.RightGoths.com , are there any other websites you currently pontificate the political on?

PLease make a comeback for the French Constitution vote.

Ok, I couldn't resist.

[GVnana]

Ivan is right. It is the jokers who should be cut out

What do you propose? Do we need to be more vigilant and less tolerant of the jerks among us?

[Irish_Thatcherite]

Read my posts, I hate the Provos, there are only a few of those 'barstool republicans' around, unfortunatley there is a high concentration of them where I live - will be argueing with then later in the pub!

Thanks for replying, a misunderstanding I guess, like I said to Mad Ivan - British and Irish FReepers are the best of FRiends!

FRegards,

IT.

[cooper72]

British and Irish FReepers are the best of FRiends!

The nations of the British Isles have so much in common and our history is so shared that we always should be.

[clamper1797]

Hey guy ... don't EVEN think of leaving ... your insight and wisdom are needed here more than ever.

[Irish_Thatcherite]

That's the truth!

[David Hunter]

Ivan,

Have you noticed that quidnunc, the fella I was referring to in post 9, has just been banned? He posted a thread earlier on with: '(This time without a flame war, please)' after the article's title. That wasn't a very smart move given that the moderators are on the look out for disruptors on this topic board now!

[Mr. Lucky]

Godspeed.

[Lazamataz]

Stop it bud. I gave you some crap but it was all in fun. You stay. *I'll* go.

[snugs]

British gun law

http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/magazine/magazine_home_disarmament.html

[Lazamataz]

I have to say that the Mods have asked me to reconsider, and I've agreed to think about it - to their credit, they've reassured me that they are concerned about the same things I'm concerned about.

I'm not sure what else to say except again...thank you everyone...for your kindness and friendship, which is a large part of why I've been here as long as I have been.

Besides, if you leave, I'll just talk bad about you when you are gone.

You don't want that, do you?

[OldFriend]

Proving the point that honest reasoned discussion has given way to unhinged vitriol.

[Lazamataz]

Just take a breather and come back in a while.

The longest breather I have ever managed was a little more than a month last year.

I'm obsessive, I think.

[rogue yam]

It was a joke rebuttel to the self-righteous. But if you want to get serious we all "do business with odious dictators to the detriment of their enslaved subjects" all the time without much worry. Have you never used Arabian oil or bought Chinese goods? Hmmm?

Your reply is poorly reasoned. You cited trade with Cuba as a superior freedom of your country as compared to ours. As I pointed out, this is without merit. Apparently you now agree and say it was a "joke." Fine. That leaves you without any point at all.

It has been pointed out the American freedom to keep and bear arms is superior to that of Britain, generally speaking. It is also true that we enjoy greater freedom of speech. If doing this sort of comparison seems "self-righteous" to you, well, too bad! The important issue is whether it is true that Americans are more free.

The nonsense about Arab oil and Chinese goods is just that; nonsense. The U.K. is not boycotting these goods and I did not say that American use of them constitutes some sort of greater freedom. Total rubbish, your comment.

I hope you are drunk, because if you reason this poorly sober then you must have a pretty tough go of things.

[Col Freeper]

MadIvan,

I think you should consider the following:

1. True American Conservatives (a group to which not all FR posters are to be counted) don't give up when the going gets rough.

2. True British Conservatives don't give up when the going gets rough.

3. Number 1 and number 2 are are applicable to true Conservatives from Canada, Australia, etc.

FR was created by a true Conservative, for other true Conservatives to interact, share, and support each other.

Your man Winston C. and your woman Maggie T., and all those patriotic Brits which made the ultimate sacrifice for England and the freedom of the world, didn't give up.

Now, think hard about this. FR is a conservative forum, and it needs the eyes, ears, and heart of every true conservative around the world. It needs them to relay the TRUTH about what is happening in their countries as we fight the War on Terror and the War against Communists and their leftist sympathizers.

If you do leave, I'll still be here, with a hot cup of Java, when you come to your senses and get back in the fight for Freedom.

[OldBlondBabe]

Ditto.

[cooper72]

1. British Citizens are legally free to travel anywhere in the world. Your Government says you are not.

2. What can you say that I cannot?

3. Why is it ok to boycott one totalitarian nation but wrong to boycott another?

[StoneColdGOP]

Ivan,

I am sorry to see you go. I have not myself seen the people of who you speak, running down the UK, but it is not hard to imagine it happening, and I for one am very sorry for it.

When America and Americans have so few steadfast allies in this world today, it makes no sense to thrash them for not being in line with our definition of "right".

Again I'm sorry to see you go, but I cannot blame you for feeling the way you do.

All the best, friend.

[rogue yam]

No the poster is just pointing out that we are as free as you

No, the poster was just spouting off a meaningless, assinine comment. He even admitted so himself. Too bad for you.

[Scenic Sounds]

Well, bless you, k2, but I know I can get on some people's nerves sometimes, too. LOL

I do try to remember that there are human beings behind these posts. And, I'm willing to keep trying harder! ;-)