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On Wednesday 29 April 2009 08:49, Clare Shepherd wrote: > On 29 Apr 2009, at 02:11, Julian Hall wrote: > > > > I agree with Joanna Lumley, this treatment of the Gurkha soldiers. My > grandfather faught alongside Gurkhas during WWI, and believed they > were some of the fiercest, loyal and brave troops we had. Does their > loyal service over many generations count for naught with this > government. it's a public disgrace, and shames us all. However, since > we have a Government that doesn't trust UK subjects, spies on our > digital communications and allows our police to ill-treat peaceful > demonstrators, what makes us think that they'd treat the Gurkhas > fairly. I'm beginning to think that fairness isn't in their vocabulary. > > > Clare Personally I think the whole thing stinks - but its not just this government it seems to be a recurring theme by ALL. I've been on peacefull demos that the police have managed to turn into riots by charging the crowds until they loose it - and that was in the 80's - its only now we have digital cameras and the internet that the whole sorry media/business/politics tyranny is coming under the spotlight people can see whats happening. Tom te tom te tom -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html