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Originally posted by kattymieoww:
Snap Joe!

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Originally posted by Kaytee:
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Oliver Cromwell on dissolving Parliament in 1653:


'Ii is high time for me to put an end to you sitting in this place,which you have dishonoured by your contempt of all virtue, and defiled by your practice of every vice....is there a single virtue now remaining amongst you? Is there no vice you do not possess?...Gold is your God; which of you have not barter'd your conscience for bribes? Is there a man amongst you that has the least care for the good of the Commonwealth?'



I wonder if our Parliamentarians fit the bill today

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Originally posted by Moonbeams:
*blood boils*
Hard to believe he was a God fearing man.

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Originally posted by Kaytee:
Leaving aside the wrongs he did to the Irish,which isn't actually under discussion and is an entirely different issue, albeit an important one.....This speech could easily be made today with regard to our current crop of Parliamentarians.

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Originally posted by kattymieoww:

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Originally posted by Moonbeams:
*blood boils*
Hard to believe he was a God fearing man.

They are the worst "God is on my side" etc.

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Originally posted by Kaytee:
Leaving aside the wrongs he did to the Irish,which isn't actually under discussion and is an entirely different issue, albeit an important one.....This speech could easily be made today with regard to our current crop of Parliamentarians.

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Originally posted by MrsB:
Don't think is meant to be a discussion about the pluses and minuses of Cromwell....just that something he once said could be applied today!

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Originally posted by kattymieoww:
Well you could say Cromwell had ideals to start with,then went berserk on power himself.

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Originally posted by MrsB:
Don't think is meant to be a discussion about the pluses and minuses of Cromwell....just that something he once said could be applied today!

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Originally posted by Kaytee:

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Originally posted by kattymieoww:
Well you could say Cromwell had ideals to start with,then went berserk on power himself.

Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely

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Originally posted by kattymieoww:

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Originally posted by MrsB:
Don't think is meant to be a discussion about the pluses and minuses of Cromwell....just that something he once said could be applied today!

Oh I know,but he was a maniac.

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Originally posted by Baz:

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Originally posted by MrsB:
Don't think is meant to be a discussion about the pluses and minuses of Cromwell....just that something he once said could be applied today!

Exactly Hi Mrs B

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Originally posted by Kaytee:

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Originally posted by kattymieoww:
Well you could say Cromwell had ideals to start with,then went berserk on power himself.

Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely

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Originally posted by Kaytee:

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Originally posted by kattymieoww:

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Originally posted by MrsB:
Don't think is meant to be a discussion about the pluses and minuses of Cromwell....just that something he once said could be applied today!

Oh I know,but he was a maniac.

Not in the beginning

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Originally posted by kattymieoww:

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Originally posted by Kaytee:

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Originally posted by kattymieoww:
Well you could say Cromwell had ideals to start with,then went berserk on power himself.

Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely

Oh Don't start me on the Russians|!

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Originally posted by Blizzie:

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Originally posted by Kaytee:

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Originally posted by kattymieoww:

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Originally posted by MrsB:
Don't think is meant to be a discussion about the pluses and minuses of Cromwell....just that something he once said could be applied today!

Oh I know,but he was a maniac.

Not in the beginning

Yes, he was a lovely baby, apparently!

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Originally posted by kattymieoww:
Well you could say Cromwell had ideals to start with,then went berserk on power himself.

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Originally posted by MrsB:

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Originally posted by Baz:

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Originally posted by MrsB:
Don't think is meant to be a discussion about the pluses and minuses of Cromwell....just that something he once said could be applied today!

Exactly Hi Mrs B

Hi Baz

I love a good debate...especially a mass one....

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Originally posted by Blizzie:
Yeah and then banning Christmas!

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Originally posted by Blizzie:
I was corrupted once.
I quite enjoyed it though.

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Originally posted by Dame_Ann_Average:

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Originally posted by Blizzie:
Yeah and then banning Christmas!

It wants bliddy banned

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Originally posted by Dirtyprettygirlthing:

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Originally posted by Kaytee:

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Originally posted by kattymieoww:
Well you could say Cromwell had ideals to start with,then went berserk on power himself.

Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely

hmmmm... it does seem to. Do you think it would corrupt you KT?

I only ask, cos when I read that I think, I wouldn't be corrupted. But then thats probably either very naive or very arrogant of me!

I can't imagine being the corrupt me!

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Originally posted by Garage Joe:

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Originally posted by Dame_Ann_Average:

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Originally posted by Blizzie:
Yeah and then banning Christmas!

It wants bliddy banned

Yes! You can't fault him on that one.

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Originally posted by Dame_Ann_Average:

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Originally posted by Blizzie:
Yeah and then banning Christmas!

It wants bliddy banned

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Originally posted by Dirtyprettygirlthing:

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Originally posted by Blizzie:
I was corrupted once.
I quite enjoyed it though.

That kind of corrupted is different.... no-one else usually gets hurt!