I think you may be crediting Meghan and Harry with more brains than they have!
She thought she would be the world's favourite real-life Disney princess, only to discover she was lower down the pecking order than Kate and mostly would be required to open supermarkets and talk to old people. He doesn't appear to think very much at all. He should have stayed in the army.
She's just carried along in the current. I don't think she has the intellectual capacity to do otherwise. As for him... I want to say he'll realise what he's done eventually, but I am not entirely confident he will. Maybe once the spell is broken.
A merry Christmas to you Frederick! Your story about those Chinese students rang a bell. I recall an anecdote in a book on early Christianity - sorry, I forgot the title and author. He was teaching in Lithuania, towards the end of the Soviet Union. He wrote that at funerals the people always said, quietly, the Lord's Prayer - after decades of communism and the suppression of churches and faith.
And so, despite the bastardisation of Christmas, there's hope for the faithful. Let me close with this song:
Reminds me of a story - I can't remember where I read it now - of NKVD agents about to be executed crossing themselves. Last moment conversion, perhaps.
🎄Merry Christmas everyone🎄
I think you may be crediting Meghan and Harry with more brains than they have!
She thought she would be the world's favourite real-life Disney princess, only to discover she was lower down the pecking order than Kate and mostly would be required to open supermarkets and talk to old people. He doesn't appear to think very much at all. He should have stayed in the army.
Both empty shells!
She's just carried along in the current. I don't think she has the intellectual capacity to do otherwise. As for him... I want to say he'll realise what he's done eventually, but I am not entirely confident he will. Maybe once the spell is broken.
Dear Frederick, thank you for another year of thought provoking articles. Merry Christmas.
Or - as celebs say: 'Murrheeee Chrussst-mussss'.
Of course, 24th December 2022 - the rest of the world has 'moved on', looking forward to St Valentine's day and beyond....
A belated Murreee Crustmus (and, at this point, new year) to you too, and thank you for the kind words. Much appreciated!
Great post Frederick. A woman in Birmingham has been arrested for quietly praying outside an abortion clinic!
Hope you have a most enjoyable Christmas x
It was even more perverse than that - she was praying inside her head! The policeman even asked her if she was doing so.
And whoever said that thought crimes don't exist?
A merry Christmas to you Frederick! Your story about those Chinese students rang a bell. I recall an anecdote in a book on early Christianity - sorry, I forgot the title and author. He was teaching in Lithuania, towards the end of the Soviet Union. He wrote that at funerals the people always said, quietly, the Lord's Prayer - after decades of communism and the suppression of churches and faith.
And so, despite the bastardisation of Christmas, there's hope for the faithful. Let me close with this song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H73gPQ4Yimw
Reminds me of a story - I can't remember where I read it now - of NKVD agents about to be executed crossing themselves. Last moment conversion, perhaps.