traveller2 Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 Sick shit Christians. Williams actually did a film called "what dreams may come" set in heaven bout a guy who rescues the soul of his dead Mrs from hell as she had suicide herself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Castiel233 Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 To add: The UK, in the 19th century had some very restrictive laws regarding free speech and blasphemy. The radical atheist, politician and republican, Charles Bradlaugh got those laws softened and in some cases repealed by deliberately breaking them himself. That was a very brave thing to do and wow did the government and the faithful of the day make him pay, in prison sentences, arrests, litigation, abuse and violence……but they could not break him. The future labour leader Henry Snell had this to say of Bradlaugh: I have never been so influenced by a human personality as I was by Charles Bradlaugh. The commanding strength, the massive head, the imposing stature, and the ringing eloquence of the man fascinated me, and from that hour until the day of his death, ten years later, I was one of his humblest but most devoted of his followers. Taking him all in all - as man, orator, as leader of unpopular causes, and as an incorruptible public figure, he was the most imposing human being that I have ever known, and I do not expect to look upon his like again. I have seen strong men, under the storm of his passion, rise from their seats, and sometimes weep with emotion. Like a prodigal he threw away with both hands the energies of a precious life, and he died, exhausted, by the early age of fifty-seven. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vigile Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 To add: The UK, in the 19th century had some very restrictive laws regarding free speech and blasphemy. The radical atheist, politician and republican, Charles Bradlaugh got those laws softened and in some cases repealed by deliberately breaking them himself. That was a very brave thing to do and wow did the government and the faithful of the day make him pay, in prison sentences, arrests, litigation, abuse and violence……but they could not break him. The future labour leader Henry Snell had this to say of Bradlaugh: I have never been so influenced by a human personality as I was by Charles Bradlaugh. The commanding strength, the massive head, the imposing stature, and the ringing eloquence of the man fascinated me, and from that hour until the day of his death, ten years later, I was one of his humblest but most devoted of his followers. Taking him all in all - as man, orator, as leader of unpopular causes, and as an incorruptible public figure, he was the most imposing human being that I have ever known, and I do not expect to look upon his like again. I have seen strong men, under the storm of his passion, rise from their seats, and sometimes weep with emotion. Like a prodigal he threw away with both hands the energies of a precious life, and he died, exhausted, by the early age of fifty-seven. George Galloway is fun to watch. I doubt he has the strength of character you describe here, but I generally agree with him (at least until he starts getting militant and starts preaching violence against his opponents) and the man can peel paint with his oral take downs of injustice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Moderator buffettphan Posted August 17, 2014 Super Moderator Share Posted August 17, 2014 The thought I had in trying to draw my thoughts up for this post were in closing that Robin's Funny Stardust will scattered through the galaxy, may they inspire words and worlds to come. kevinL Just have to say -- Wow! I really love that thought! When any of us die, what a wonderful statement that would be about us. Our own (fill-in-the-blank) Stardust scattering to inspire others. Thanks Kevin! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Castiel233 Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 To add: The UK, in the 19th century had some very restrictive laws regarding free speech and blasphemy. The radical atheist, politician and republican, Charles Bradlaugh got those laws softened and in some cases repealed by deliberately breaking them himself. That was a very brave thing to do and wow did the government and the faithful of the day make him pay, in prison sentences, arrests, litigation, abuse and violence……but they could not break him. The future labour leader Henry Snell had this to say of Bradlaugh: I have never been so influenced by a human personality as I was by Charles Bradlaugh. The commanding strength, the massive head, the imposing stature, and the ringing eloquence of the man fascinated me, and from that hour until the day of his death, ten years later, I was one of his humblest but most devoted of his followers. Taking him all in all - as man, orator, as leader of unpopular causes, and as an incorruptible public figure, he was the most imposing human being that I have ever known, and I do not expect to look upon his like again. I have seen strong men, under the storm of his passion, rise from their seats, and sometimes weep with emotion. Like a prodigal he threw away with both hands the energies of a precious life, and he died, exhausted, by the early age of fifty-seven. George Galloway is fun to watch. I doubt he has the strength of character you describe here, but I generally agree with him (at least until he starts getting militant and starts preaching violence against his opponents) and the man can peel paint with his oral take downs of injustice. Galloway has passion and courage, I’ll give him that much, but he also went on national television and pretended the be a cat, the buffoon. I can say , I think with confidence, Bradlaugh would never have disgraced himself in such a similar manner https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LAQ3UHeoA0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vigile Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 Ha ha. Yeah, that's pretty weird. Nevertheless, I've seen few people who can take down their opponent the way I've seen Galloway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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