Feb
2008
Articles from 19th Feb 2008
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The plot came first
Feb 19 2008 | Reader Letters
AS Farooq Aftab (Mailbag Feb 16) well knows the only reason that the Danish cartoons were reprinted was because of a plan to kill the cartoonist. Without this plan there would have been no reprinting and no further attention would have been drawn to the allegedly blasphemous cartoons. The only vulgarity exists in the actions of those who plot to kill people whose drawings offend them. Read
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Keep the nursery!
Feb 19 2008 | Reader Letters
IN response to Clr Dodds’s pronouncements regarding the proposal for the closure of Cambridge Road Nursery. Read
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Help wanted for veterans
Feb 19 2008 | Reader Letters
FOLLOWING on my campaign to get Kirklees to invest more in mental health services for veterans Roy Sykes (Mailbag, February 14) sympathises but asks about disability allowances. Read
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Temple, not mosque
Feb 19 2008 | Reader Letters
PETE BULLAS (in “Transported to another land” Mailbag last Saturday) shows just how ignorant folk can be about religion. The so-called “golden top mosque” is, in actual fact, a temple. Read
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False accusations hit mentally ill people
Feb 19 2008 | Reader Letters
I AM writing in response to the article ‘Mad or bad?’ (“Expert view” Feb 12) which considered how mental health issues are handled in court and highlighted how they were treated in the past, looking at cases where people with mental health problems committed violent acts and crimes. Read
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Not in the swim of things!
Feb 19 2008 | Reader Letters
OK, so schools and clubs use the pool and that use is not noted on the timetable (“Pool in use for 16 hours a day say officials” Examiner February 16). Thanks Kirklees for sharing that. Read
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Not the whole picture
Feb 19 2008 | Reader Letters
IN writing to condemn the reprinting in Danish newspapers of the cartoon of the prophet Muhammad (Mailbag, February 16), Farooq Aftab presents a less than complete picture. Read
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Now, what about motorists?
Feb 19 2008 | Reader Letters
THERE is little substance in the argument put by Adam Foyle in his debate about pious puritans (Mailbag February 14) in the cycling fraternity. Read
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Let’s have fair play over Jake
Feb 19 2008 | Reader Letters
WELL, well, well. Jake Mangel Wurzel has created a bit or a stir. Some for, some against; it’s called democracy, isn’t it? We are all entitled to have an opinion, and also to freely express it, though for how long is open to question. Read
