Posted by Ben @ November 18th, 2009 10:24 pm. Filed under: Don't Worry About What THEY Want, I Have A Sense Of Perspective: Problems That Are Far Away Appear Small To Me., Rejected Petitions, Stop Spending My Money On Things I Don't Understand., Xenophobia — Tags: Michael Paddon, Nigel Paddon —
I spoke to my mum tonight (well, it was tonight in England – it was gone midday here in Los Angeles) who tells me that there probably isn’t a Nigel Paddon in our family. That’s good. I also got the opportunity to ask if there was a Michael Paddon, because today Andrew found this under Rejected Petitions.
by Michael Paddon (rejected)With the recent news that the UK is to give Zimbabwe $100 million in aid, I believe the time is right to stop all foreign aid, a fraction of which actually gets to the people because of corruption at high levels. Why should the UK suffer cutbacks across the board while we are sending millions if not billions of pounds of OUR money abroad?
Frankly, I’ve never been happier to learn I’m not related to someone. I’m not related to most people, as it goes, but thankfully I’m also not related to this dolphin’s testicle.
Posted by Ben @ November 18th, 2009 1:30 am. Filed under: Anything I Want Should Be Free, Duplicate Petitions, I'm Religious So You Have To Do Everything I Say, Oh Yeah? Let's See You Write A Better Petition!, Work Around My Delusions Dammit! — Tags: Moira Stirland, Nigel Paddon —
I find myself in the rather unique situation of posting a petition that might have been posted by someone related to me. They share my last name, and they’re Pagan. I was raised in a Pagan household even though I’m an Atheist myself. I don’t know if there are any Nigels in our family but I’m going to have to find out now.
But anyway, here it is:
by Nigel Paddon(Renewal of petition by Moira Stirland)
Pagans across the country have to pay or have only limited/restricted access to ancient Pagan sites of historical and religious interest such as Stonehenge. We call on the government to recognise that members of the Pagan faith should be allowed access to their places of worship in the same way that members of other religions are allowed to.
Additional – UK Census 2011. More visible lobby group.
Except Stonehenge isn’t a church or a mosque, is it? It’d hardly be fair if Pagans were allowed free entry but every other bugger had to pay. And how would you prove you’re a Pagan in the first place? Wear a pentagram? Bring your Book of Shadows with you? Come dressed in your robes? It wouldn’t bloody work, and the only reason the National Trust can afford to do a lot of the reconstruction and maintenance work they’ve done over the years to charge admission.