I love to have discussions with people of different faiths. Just a few weeks ago I was talking to a Quaker and was fascinated by his beliefs. It seems to me, the core values of all religions are pretty much the same, like someone once said to me....different religions are like different staircases in the same building, they're all leading to the same place.
I think it's a bit of both. I've discussed this many times with people who travel a lot, sometimes almost continuously. I agree, religion and a way of life has a lot to do with it, paticularly Islam, but I am convinced, wealth generally breeds greed, to a certain degree. I found the same in Panama. The more off the beaten track, the smaller the villages, the more hospitality. I've just read a book called one man and his bike. He cycled around the coastline of Britain and found great hospitality on the entire journey. That is except for a section of the South coast, Sandbanks near Bournemouth, where he commented, the people were almost hostile towards him. He noted, it's probably no coincidence that the property in that area is the most expensive in the country outside London.
For me the most hospitable place I've ever visited was Pakistan, particularly up in the Northwest Territories near the Afghani border area. Whenever we walked into a village, most of them a couple of days walk from the nearest roadhead, we were treated with great hospitality. It was an extremely humbling experience. The entire village would greet us, they would find us somewhere to pitch our tents, sometimes even kill a chicken to feed us and not once did they ask for any money. For me that was true hospitality. The nearest I've found to that was in Uganda when we were out of the city and into the jungle. It always seems to me, the poorer the area, the greater the hospitality.
There were many seriously informed speakers at the time casting grave concerns on the wisdom of holding a referendum on such an issue. But, either way, I prefer not to take part in some kind of personal slanging match, something that has become almost the norm, or even expected these days on the forums.
That wasn't the reason I voted remain, I wasn't part of w/away during the referendum. I was totally against the idea of a referendum on such a complex issue from the outset.
I just want to be able to travel around Europe and work wherever I like, as I have been doing for the last two years. I suspect if we leave it won't be quite so easy.
Which merry way is that Tom? From what I can gather, whichever way we go, it's going to be far from merry. Many people are now saying, the deal May had turned down by parliament, or any other deal she can come up with, should be put to a public vote for the people to decide if that's what they want, as it's quite clear the deal on the table is far removed from what people originally thought they were voting on.
Eurosceptics blame open borders for recent terrorist atrocities. This partly holds true for the Paris attacks. But any jihadi attempting to enter the UK will be checked. Whether they will be apprehended is down to British border officials, not the EU. That would be true if we quit the EU too. Key to catching potential terrorists at the border is intelligence, and the UK will find it easier to cooperate on EU-wide counter-intelligence by remaining in the EU.
Free movement is different Free movement of people is different from border-free travel inside Schengen or, indeed, Schengen’s leaky external borders. It is a fundamental principle of the EU, which does apply to Britain. It allows EU nationals to work without a permit, reside, look for a job and enjoy equal treatment to other citizens in another EU member state. These are not refugees fleeing civil war in Syria or economic migrants from outside Europe.
People can argue whether the UK should give Poles, Italians and Swedes rights to work and live in Britain. InFacts argues that on balance the economic argument is in Britain’s favour. It’s also a two-way street, with many Brits enjoying the same rights elsewhere in the EU.
Some eurosceptics, such as Iain Duncan Smith and Liam Fox, argue that today’s Schengen’s leaky borders could become tomorrow’s free movement of refugees or even terrorists. The most extreme suggestion is that a jihadi could lie low in a Schengen country for several years, get citizenship and then bomb the UK. InFacts has already argued that such a plot seems overly elaborate and long-winded.
This is a small extract from a very long list. To see the full list....
We send £350 million pounds a week to Brussels. ...leave claim.
Sir Andrew Dilnot, Chair of the UK Statistics Authority has said today:
Given the high level of public interest in the European Union referendum debate, it is vital that official statistics are used accurately, with important caveats and limitations explained. The UK Statistics Authority is disappointed to note that there continue to be suggestions that the UK contributes £350 million to the EU each week, and that this full amount could be spent elsewhere (see Annex A). As we have made clear, the UK’s contribution to the EU is paid after the application of the rebate. We have also pointed out that there are payments received by the UK public and private sectors that are relevant here. The continued use of a gross figure in contexts that imply it is a net figure is misleading and undermines trust in official statistics.
We can't control our borders in the EU leave claim.
Free movement means we can’t control our borders, right? by Luke Lythgoe | 23.03.2016 EU membership requires free movement of people and that means the UK no longer has control of its borders. At least that’s what eurosceptics like Nigel Farage would have people believe. They’ve done a brilliant job muddling the issues. This makes concerns such as terrorism and the refugee crisis feel even more threatening as a result of EU membership. But the two issues are different.
Farage said, following the Brussels bombings, that EU border rules led to “the free movement of terrorists, of criminal gangs and of Kalashnikovs“.
It’s not just UKIP’s boss who muddles the issues. Vote Leave, which is vying with a Farage-backed group to be the official Leave campaign, says on its website that free movement of people means the UK has “almost no control over who enters Britain from Europe” and makes it “much harder to fight terrorism”.
We control our borders Despite what Brexiteers say, Britain doesn’t need to “reclaim control of its borders”. Anyone who wants to enter the UK still needs to present a passport or a national identity card issued by a EEA country for security checks by the UK Border Force.
This differs from our EU partners in the Schengen Area, where internal border checks between countries have largely been abolished. The UK has an opt out from the Schengen Area and will never be obliged to join.
One thing that has helped muddle the issue is the migration crisis focussed on Syria, which has led to much talk of Europe’s “leaky borders”. But, in fact, these are the Schengen Area’s leaky borders. The UK’s control of its own borders means that, despite more than one million migrants entering Schengen in 2015, few have reached the UK. The camps in Calais are testament to how difficult it is for irregular non-EU migrants to enter Britain.
Even media organisations who strive for impartiality helped muddle this issue at the height of the migration crisis by using the short-hand “Europe” when Schengen is more accurate (see these BBC, Reuters and FT headlines).
I said in my earlier post, "most people." Of course someone in the position you mentioned, and particularly at that stage of their life will have feelings of loneliness. However, plenty of people with seemingly many things going for them are experiencing feelings of loneliness, while others in a similar situation do not. Why should this be? I think the clue is when you hear someone say they're happy in their own company, whereas people who experience loneliness, generally speaking are not. This aspect of loneliness has been acknowledged and we'll documented for quite some time.
"To be lonely means a negative state: you are hankering for the other, you are longing for company, you are missing the crowd. You cannot tolerate yourself; you feel yourself intolerable. You are bored with yourself – that’s what being lonely means – utterly bored. To be alone is totally different: it is utterly ecstatic. To be alone means a positive state. You are not missing the other; you are enjoying yourself. You are not bored by yourself; you are intrigued. A great challenge comes from your innermost core."
Still quite often gets a laugh over here. Just found this....
"The name has long been a source of amusement and double entendres, to the point that the catering staff of Flintshire County Council decided in 2009 to rename it to "Spotted Richard" because of all the jokes they were receiving."
Most people who suffer from loneliness also suffer from self loathing and a fear of being alone. The best way to overcome loneliness is to find self respect and embrace aloneness.
Sometimes called self cherishing and can be the root cause of much of the suffering in our world. ------------------------------------ "The main reason we do not cherish all living beings is that we are so preoccupied with ourself, and this leaves very little room in our mind to appreciate others. Since we regard our self or I as so very precious and important, we exaggerate our own good qualities and develop an inflated view of ourself. An exaggerated sense of our own importance thus leads to a critical attitude towards other people and makes it almost impossible to avoid conflict."
Great, you might have heard the one about the guy who comes round in hospital after an operation when the surgeon comes to visit him. The guy says, how did it go doc?" The doctorr says, "it's good news and bad news I'm afraid. " The guy says, " you'd better give me the bad news first then." The doctor replies, "we've had to amputate both your legs." "Oh no," The guy replies, "what's the good news then?" The doctor replies, " The guy in the next bed wants to buy your slippers."
I was on my way home a few nights ago when I spotted two men attacking my mother in law. Without any hestation I ran over to help, but she still manage to get the better of the three of us.
To create more order in your thought process you need to become aware of negative thoughts and thoughts that may cause distress or harm to others. Becoming aware of them is the first step, realisation that they are causing yourself and others harm the next step. Finally the hard part, creating only thoughts that are virtuous and beneficial to yourself and those around you. Just try, if only for one day to keep your thoughts positive and peaceful, see what happens, you may be pleasantly surprised.
I'm old enough to have grown up in the uk pre decimal, when almost every trip to the shops would require quite complex calculations. Such as....
Johnny goes into the sweets shop a buys,
I bag of sweets....tuppence Toffee apple.........a tanner Chocolate bar.......one and seven Ice cream. ............two and eleven Pack of gum..........thrupence Box of chocolates.half a crown
Johnny gives the shop keeper ten bob. How much change should the shopkeeper give him back?
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RE: Fact
Sometimes referred to as connectivity.