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GB: POLICE STATE? Re: Gleaneagles security ltecerrt 'vredra core-rage of police preparafrorr', for protest'. wpecferi at the (it: 'rurrrrrrrt rrr IrrI; suggests there u'xrll L)‘: fhorrsan’ls of polrrte drafted rn frorr all oxer the UK. large areas of I rlrnirurgh and around fileneagles cordoned off. an rsolated holdrng carnp an/I polrce egurpperf .‘xrth not gear, plastrr, hullets and even a ater r;annon.
Such aggressr/e measures are Irkely to Irecorne a self fulfrllrngprophecy deterrrng peaceful protest and tr‘rggerrng vrolence hetween police and protestors. Ihey also rernforce an rrnage of the (38 as a repressrve, undernrx:ratrc rnstrlutron r'esponsrhle for the world’s prohlerns rather than offerrrrg solutrons.
The alternative rt: to rnarntarn Scotland's tradrtron of enahlrrrg peaceful protest and dealrrrg wrth drsr'uptron through sensrtrve polrcrng. By welcomrng peaceful protestors. Scotland could set a tone for the surnrnrt rn whrch a new model of rnter'natronal development hasedon justrce and sustarnahrlrty could start to replace the tried Ideology of (38 meetrngs past. Duncan McLaren Chief executrve l’rrends of the [Earth Scotland
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Re: The blog must go on (515)
I was pleased that The L/st reported on a posrtrve outcome to my saga wrth Waterstone's. I'm really enroyrng frndrng my way rn my new post at I orhrdden Planet so far. I feel I can hrrng a lot to the company rn the form of my specralrst hook and graphrc novel knowledge. as well as
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I read an awful lot of the trtles .‘re stock as do n‘van,’ of rr\, colleagues. so fire know .'.rtere hustonrers are r:onwng fron‘ hecause we too are fans. readrng the same trtles the. are. I'm lookrng forward to prorrrotrng good rre.‘.’ .'.rrtrrr/; through the welmte. stores. nraga/rne and the new I I’ l,lof;
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GOOD LOSER Re: Congestion charge As a supporter of the ()rty of Itdrnhur‘gh Councrl's 'preferred strategy' of the congestron charge, I am deeply saddened that the people of Ildrnhur'gh have voted agarnst rt. hut I accept the democratrc result. lhope. rather than gloatrng. or treatrng therr campargn as a 'roh done'. those polrtrcrans. retailers and cornrnunrty organrsatrons that were rnvolved rn the 'no' carnpargn wrll now assrst the councrl rn comrng up wth another plan for cuttrng congestron and pollutron, and rrnprovrng puhlrc transport servrces. otherwrse therr short-termrsm erl he the marn cause of future damage to Edrnhurgh's envrronment and puhlrc \rvell-herng.
hope that those who voted 'no' wrll he the last to cornplarn ahout the rnevrtahle longer tr'aftrc rams. pollutron and the lack of modern puhlrc transport sen'rces for all of Edrnhurgh's crtr/ens and vrsrtors. After all. they voted for rt?
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Re: Hard Pears (515)
comes rn handy. Cat Marshall Edrnhurgh
makes you rncredrhly unpopular wrth fresh produce staff and fellow shoppers. Hormzver. rf rt means avordrng the traumatrc ‘./rsr()n of chewrng on rcy hutt fat then rt's got to he worth rt. rrght’? Hope the trp
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BUTTOCKS COME IN PEARS
Gavrn and Idlewrld -— I totally agree wrth you ahout hard pears. I too carry a deep loathrng for those moments that should he ahout a good frurty snack and rnstead end With such drsapr>orntment. Although, I had never gurte Irkened their to hrtrng the frozen huttocks of a fellow comrade. Cheers for the rmagery that wrll remarn wrth me for all eternrty.
l have. however, developed the hrghly uncrvrlrsed hahrt of employrng the never-farl ‘thumhnarl test'. That rs: rnsert your thumhnarl (any narl wrll do. actually) rnto the flesh of the pear. creatrng a small crescent—shaped rndent. ’lhrs makes rt rearly easy to tell whether you are dealing wrth a hard pear. It also
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