As fake as a £9 note

At a time of spiralling prices and national cuts in essential services
across the board, one industry seems to be escaping much of the
hardship.

Never mind our armed services without proper equipment, prisons
stretched to capacity, hospitals being sources of infection, schools
failing future generations, social services not able to cope,
precipitous potholes in our roads, and last but not least the
seemingly unstoppable rise in violent crime.  

Despite all the political posturing, essential services are largely
being ignored whilst millions of pounds are being thrown at an
industry about as fake as a nine pound note.  Indeed, if this industry
operated in the high street,  it would probably be closed down for
misrepresentation or downright fraud.

The industry of course is "conservation" which:

·	Passes off the planting of nursery grown saplings (baby trees)
as "ancient woodlands"
·	Claims planting trees combats climate change - which
scientific evidence concludes they do not above 20 degrees latitude
and the money would be better spent protecting tropical forests
·	Promotes historical speculation as "fact" in respect of
"native" species when it has no evidence to support its claims.
·	Introduces animals and birds which have evolved abroad and
claims they are "native" to this country because they are in the same
paper classification of "species"
·	Emotively uses words like "extinct" when it really means an
animal is not established in a certain location 
·	Promotes and carries out the ethnic cleansing by killing
plants and animals it deems inappropriate because of origin or
abundance
·	Solicits donations from the public for conserving the natural
environment, yet indulges in and encourages environmentally damaging
activities to fund its existence
·	Canvasses for volunteers to do the menial tasks, but pays its
executives up to and over £100,000 a year.
·	Contributes virtually nothing in rates and taxes because it
hides behind charity status 
·	Creates its own crisises, advises gullible politicians what to
do, and is paid by the taxpayer to solve them - a "gravy train" ring
·	Is backed by a forestry authority and parts of other
government agencies that would be redundant if it wasn't for
"conservation" - bureaucrats keeping themselves in jobs.


All this while our country is descending into "third world" status at
an alarming rate.

The CON in conservation is there for all to see for those who look
closely enough.



Angus Macmillan
www.roots-of-blood.org.uk
www.killhunting.org
www.con-servation.org.uk

All truth passes through three stages:
First, it is ridiculed;
Second, it is violently opposed; and
Third, it is accepted as self-evident. 
-- Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860)

On Feb 3, 1:24 pm, amacmil...@aol.com wrote:
> As fake as a £9 note

I remember years ago people using the expression "as queer as a four
shilling piece" The twenty pence coin went into circulation just a few
short years afterwards.

On Sun, 3 Feb 2008 06:02:17 -0800 (PST), "John M."
 wrote:

>On Feb 3, 1:24 pm, amacmil...@aol.com wrote:
>> As fake as a £9 note
>
>I remember years ago people using the expression "as queer as a four
>shilling piece" The twenty pence coin went into circulation just a few
>short years afterwards.

I think if you said that now in the UK the "thought police" would be
after you :-)


Angus Macmillan
www.roots-of-blood.org.uk
www.killhunting.org
www.con-servation.org.uk

All truth passes through three stages:
First, it is ridiculed;
Second, it is violently opposed; and
Third, it is accepted as self-evident. 
-- Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860)

On Feb 3, 7:19 pm, amacmil...@aol.com wrote:
> On Sun, 3 Feb 2008 06:02:17 -0800 (PST), "John M."
>
>  wrote:
> >On Feb 3, 1:24 pm, amacmil...@aol.com wrote:
> >> As fake as a £9 note
>
> >I remember years ago people using the expression "as queer as a four
> >shilling piece" The twenty pence coin went into circulation just a few
> >short years afterwards.
>
> I think if you said that now in the UK the "thought police" would be
> after you :-)

If you are interpreting it as a homophobic remark, I should tell you
that it was used in many contexts. The word "queer" was widely used
for 'strange' years ago.

On Thu, 7 Feb 2008 04:03:01 -0800 (PST), "John M."
 wrote:

>On Feb 3, 7:19 pm, amacmil...@aol.com wrote:
>> On Sun, 3 Feb 2008 06:02:17 -0800 (PST), "John M."
>>
>>  wrote:
>> >On Feb 3, 1:24 pm, amacmil...@aol.com wrote:
>> >> As fake as a £9 note
>>
>> >I remember years ago people using the expression "as queer as a four
>> >shilling piece" The twenty pence coin went into circulation just a few
>> >short years afterwards.
>>
>> I think if you said that now in the UK the "thought police" would be
>> after you :-)
>
>If you are interpreting it as a homophobic remark, I should tell you
>that it was used in many contexts. The word "queer" was widely used
>for 'strange' years ago.


As was "gay" for lightheartedness but not now.


Angus Macmillan
www.roots-of-blood.org.uk
www.killhunting.org
www.con-servation.org.uk

All truth passes through three stages:
First, it is ridiculed;
Second, it is violently opposed; and
Third, it is accepted as self-evident. 
-- Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860)

On Feb 7, 6:09 pm, amacmil...@aol.com wrote:
> On Thu, 7 Feb 2008 04:03:01 -0800 (PST), "John M."
>
>
>
>  wrote:
> >On Feb 3, 7:19 pm, amacmil...@aol.com wrote:
> >> On Sun, 3 Feb 2008 06:02:17 -0800 (PST), "John M."
>
> >>  wrote:
> >> >On Feb 3, 1:24 pm, amacmil...@aol.com wrote:
> >> >> As fake as a £9 note
>
> >> >I remember years ago people using the expression "as queer as a four
> >> >shilling piece" The twenty pence coin went into circulation just a few> >> >short years afterwards.
>
> >> I think if you said that now in the UK the "thought police" would be
> >> after you :-)
>
> >If you are interpreting it as a homophobic remark, I should tell you
> >that it was used in many contexts. The word "queer" was widely used
> >for 'strange' years ago.
>
> As was "gay" for lightheartedness but not now.

Faggot is a rather coarse meat dumpling, and fag is a cigarette.
Except in America - so expect changes in proper English usage any day
now.

"John M."  wrote in message 
news:dda99d24-4dcf-4a6d-904d-0216cc5a01f5@m62g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...
On Feb 7, 6:09 pm, amacmil...@aol.com wrote:
> On Thu, 7 Feb 2008 04:03:01 -0800 (PST), "John M."
>
>
>
>  wrote:
> >On Feb 3, 7:19 pm, amacmil...@aol.com wrote:
> >> On Sun, 3 Feb 2008 06:02:17 -0800 (PST), "John M."
>
> >>  wrote:
> >> >On Feb 3, 1:24 pm, amacmil...@aol.com wrote:
> >> >> As fake as a £9 note
>
> >> >I remember years ago people using the expression "as queer as a four
> >> >shilling piece" The twenty pence coin went into circulation just a few
> >> >short years afterwards.
>
> >> I think if you said that now in the UK the "thought police" would be
> >> after you :-)
>
> >If you are interpreting it as a homophobic remark, I should tell you
> >that it was used in many contexts. The word "queer" was widely used
> >for 'strange' years ago.
>
> As was "gay" for lightheartedness but not now.

Faggot is a rather coarse meat dumpling, and fag is a cigarette.
Except in America - so expect changes in proper English usage any day
now.

I recall having been amazed (many years ago) at an American friend's 
reaction to my statement I was gasping for a fag ...

On Feb 7, 6:50 pm, "BAC"  wrote:
> "John M."  wrote in message
>
> news:dda99d24-4dcf-4a6d-904d-0216cc5a01f5@m62g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...
> On Feb 7, 6:09 pm, amacmil...@aol.com wrote:
>
>
>
> > On Thu, 7 Feb 2008 04:03:01 -0800 (PST), "John M."
>
> >  wrote:
> > >On Feb 3, 7:19 pm, amacmil...@aol.com wrote:
> > >> On Sun, 3 Feb 2008 06:02:17 -0800 (PST), "John M."
>
> > >>  wrote:
> > >> >On Feb 3, 1:24 pm, amacmil...@aol.com wrote:
> > >> >> As fake as a £9 note
>
> > >> >I remember years ago people using the expression "as queer as a four> > >> >shilling piece" The twenty pence coin went into circulation just a few
> > >> >short years afterwards.
>
> > >> I think if you said that now in the UK the "thought police" would be
> > >> after you :-)
>
> > >If you are interpreting it as a homophobic remark, I should tell you
> > >that it was used in many contexts. The word "queer" was widely used
> > >for 'strange' years ago.
>
> > As was "gay" for lightheartedness but not now.
>
> Faggot is a rather coarse meat dumpling, and fag is a cigarette.
> Except in America - so expect changes in proper English usage any day
> now.
>
> I recall having been amazed (many years ago) at an American friend's
> reaction to my statement I was gasping for a fag ...

I hope you have long since given them up - the fags, not the
Americans. Though there are a few Americans we really should give up
on ;-)