tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-387052581086893410.post4431837147570731360..comments2023-09-28T10:59:26.381+01:00Comments on Living, writing and other stuff: Equals - a play in 3 actsBill Kirtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07675643113010061969noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-387052581086893410.post-4293866751378970902011-05-02T10:38:04.028+01:002011-05-02T10:38:04.028+01:00Succinct, Helen, and spot on.Succinct, Helen, and spot on.Bill Kirtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07675643113010061969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-387052581086893410.post-29543204530036379962011-05-02T09:30:11.231+01:002011-05-02T09:30:11.231+01:00Equals? What hope for progress, if you don't e...Equals? What hope for progress, if you don't even THINK you are born equal?<br />MUTUAL Respect? Nope, don't see any.<br />Holier than thou? Yep,couldn't be clearer.<br />Give me,freedom, friendship and equality, anyday.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-387052581086893410.post-86009119387999367582011-04-30T23:45:36.281+01:002011-04-30T23:45:36.281+01:00Easy to answer, Jean. For some inexplicable reason...Easy to answer, Jean. For some inexplicable reason, the majority want to keep paying for them to 'rule over us'. Needless to say, I'm not one of them.Bill Kirtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07675643113010061969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-387052581086893410.post-39012821896929347142011-04-30T23:21:57.581+01:002011-04-30T23:21:57.581+01:00I guess the U.S. version would be: "Son, I...I guess the U.S. version would be: "Son, I've just made you chairman of the board." I wondered, as we drove the last few miles of our vacation (holiday)yesterday, how citizens of the UK feel about their royalty, pageantry and all those titles.Jean Henry Meadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08146960738692672013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-387052581086893410.post-76466113291770481592011-04-30T20:59:24.481+01:002011-04-30T20:59:24.481+01:00Sara, you're so perceptive.
Scary, not any mo...Sara, you're so perceptive.<br /><br />Scary, not any more.Bill Kirtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07675643113010061969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-387052581086893410.post-5602344550629542702011-04-30T19:49:59.871+01:002011-04-30T19:49:59.871+01:00@Bill: I thought it was a figure of speech? :)@Bill: I thought it was a figure of speech? :)scaryazerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08209595384194222929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-387052581086893410.post-62704688628816347672011-04-30T18:52:15.403+01:002011-04-30T18:52:15.403+01:00Sheer geniusSheer geniusSara Bainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10297131235907250162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-387052581086893410.post-14116997325091145602011-04-30T12:15:45.279+01:002011-04-30T12:15:45.279+01:00I didn't know women scratched their private bi...I didn't know women scratched their private bits. I thought that was just men. Ah well, the w*****g has at least increased my knowledge of life.Bill Kirtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07675643113010061969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-387052581086893410.post-25196909492350206672011-04-30T11:52:50.667+01:002011-04-30T11:52:50.667+01:00@Bill: Hahaha. Great, if depressingly real.
@Ann...@Bill: Hahaha. Great, if depressingly real. <br /><br />@Anneke: I'd rather be rich, but not the royal, and scratch my private bits on some nice beach somewhere...result, eh. a bit of balance is nice.scaryazerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08209595384194222929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-387052581086893410.post-90062472417099512572011-04-30T11:31:13.481+01:002011-04-30T11:31:13.481+01:00To start with, the freedom to walk around without ...To start with, the freedom to walk around without being followed by paparazzi, the freedom to scratch your private parts without being photographed. I think both boys have limited options. I'd rather be poor in private than being rich with everybody following every step I take.Annekehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06321038108914191304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-387052581086893410.post-76228150422085619582011-04-29T21:11:43.815+01:002011-04-29T21:11:43.815+01:00But, Anneke, how much 'freedom' will Boy 1...But, Anneke, how much 'freedom' will Boy 1 ever have access to?Bill Kirtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07675643113010061969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-387052581086893410.post-15587236370153261612011-04-29T15:07:32.618+01:002011-04-29T15:07:32.618+01:00Still, if I had to choose I'd rather be the bo...Still, if I had to choose I'd rather be the boy from scene 1. Boy 2 will never be able to buy freedom.<br />Strange institution. It shows why we need fiction. The real world is too weird.Annekehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06321038108914191304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-387052581086893410.post-45945422436671960222011-04-29T14:25:53.557+01:002011-04-29T14:25:53.557+01:00Thanks Neil. Sorry, but it's a true story.Thanks Neil. Sorry, but it's a true story.Bill Kirtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07675643113010061969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-387052581086893410.post-72207076617727600432011-04-29T14:10:49.234+01:002011-04-29T14:10:49.234+01:00Love it!Love it!Neilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04109444229860301902noreply@blogger.com