| Do we not deserve more than this?
It seems that good old fashioned common sense has gone on holiday. Perhaps to join honesty, cleanliness, decency, courtesy and politeness, all unknown qualities to our young and some of those not so young. Is it because we have a Government that uses more tricks than a music hall magician to impress us when none of us believe them anyway? Or is it our judicial system that is so detached from reality, it is a farce? Perhaps it's because our local government seems hall bent on spending vast amounts of our money on things of no account (sic) while ignoring the things important to our well being? You might compare it all to 'if the car looks a scrap heap… buy a shiny light for it.' Or do we deserve little else? A huge number of our citizens are foul mouthes and discard litter like confetti. They hold world records for the number of 'F' words in one sentence and believe that agression is the best defence against honesty and politeness. Then they believe themselves badly done to and teach their little ones to be even worse than they are. A look about town reveals a sad lot – if only they could see themselves as they truly are. Sloppy sports clothes, dirty trainers, bare and wobbly midriffs with rings through their goodness knows what and tattoos to advertise their own lack of respect for their own bodies. As I say, 'a bright shiny light'… HA Rotheram |
The letter on the right was written to Bear's local paper, the Wirral Globe, and awarded “Letter of the Week”, published today. The email address for their editorial department is globe.editorial@wirral-globe.co.uk; below is the letter I sent them verbatim:
Sir,Would you please remind Mr. HA Rotheram that Sir Winston Churhill's mother was tattooed with a dragon around her wrist. Surely he does not have the shortsightedness to confuse manners and decency with fashion.
With all due respect, the problem in this world is not HOW people express themselves but WHAT they choose to express. Myself, I would rather be a productive and happy member of society — with a tattoo — than some whiney old biotch like HA Rotheram.
Sincerely,
Lord Shannon of Larratt
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