Archbishop Rowan William's Speech

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Thank you for bravely raising this issue.

Though neither a Christian nor Muslim, I do value people who speak up, and abhor people who ridicule this attempt to raise an issue especially newpapers like the Guardian who make fun with their cartoons.

Concerns about Ictopus

I have just posted the following on the Ictopus blog:

I await their reaction.

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Reassurance needed.

Could I please have clarification of the policy of the Ictopus team regarding the posting of comments on this blog?

Note: I shall be publicising your response outside this site at http://inquisitivity.blogspot.com and beyond. If you remove this comment, I shall say so.

It would appear that it is the Ictopus policy not to allow the posting of any comment that is critical of articles in SGP or of the Ictopus policy itself.

I cannot believe that this is possible.

If it is, then this is a serious matter as the membership are prevented from hearing of the concerns of some of its members.

This would suggest that Ictopus could be regarded as an organisation with fascist tendencies which surely is not their intention.

Note:
fascism noun an authoritarian and nationalistic right-wing system of government and social organization. • (in general use) extreme right-wing, authoritarian, or intolerant views or practice.

The term Fascism was first used of the totalitarian right-wing nationalist regime of Mussolini in Italy (1922–43), and the regimes of the Nazis in Germany and Franco in Spain were also fascist. Fascism tends to include a belief in the supremacy of one national or ethnic group, a contempt for democracy, an insistence on obedience to a powerful leader, and a strong demagogic approach.

How Independent is "Independent Research on SuperClubsPlus ?

Download the report written by Dr Karen Pine and you'll find that SuperClubsPlus occurs prominently twice on the cover. Is this report really unbiased.

So far I can't find a single criticism of the Club's activity which I find strange in an independent report - there's usually something . .

Why?

The deletion of comments from the Ictopus blog

I find it very difficult to describe how depressed I feel about Ictopus. (see below)

This is why I am removing myself from contact with people that I cannot trust.

I am so thankful that I have real people around me who share my values and who too are shocked my Ictopus's behavior.

I'm fortunate to have other very worthwhile activities to immerse my energies in.

I am therefore able to remove myself from such a negative environment of what I see as dishonesty and lack of respect for other people shown by your deletion of what they took the trouble to write for the Blog which has been reinstated here.

The thought that there is a society of thinking people that sincerely believes that encouraging children to get involved with Robert Hart's clubs is desirable, shocks me.

The contrast of Emily Saunders and the musicians from The Manchester Camerata that played at the Ulverston Hall last night is mind bending. On the one hand a sad withdrawn child with nothing better to do than sit at a computer chatting mundanely with 'friends' for two hours every day throughout the year - little contact with parents and neighbours. On the other people that are brimming with self esteem coming from struggling hard for years to master an instrument so that they play it without thinking about what their fingers are doing and hence concentrate on the emotions of the music. The result that not only were they thrilled with what they had achieved but so was the audience who will still have strong emotions of what they experienced both today and for months to come.

When I contrast what Emily is doing with what she would so love doing with Flash if she had the chance, I weep. Is Robert Hart interested - No (Even though I've offered to feature as an expert).

I'm sincerely thankful that there are teachers like Maggie in Thailand who have the guts and vision to pursue exciting new projects, combining art and music using Flash after seeing the reaction from both pupils and teachers in the school to what was done before Christmas.

This is where my future lies, together with Philosophy with People I respect in Ulverston and the chance to bring a terraced house up to top quality so that someone can enjoy living in a short street where people all know each other.