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Discussion in 'News and Weather' started by john boy, Mar 15, 2014.

  1. john boy

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    The passing of Tony Benn a life long Politician in UK
    News of his death today announced on British TV.

    "As one gets older all desire goes- medical conditions help with that-so I think of myself as a Biological Buddist"

    Tony Benn...........RIP
     
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    "After the war people said, 'If you can plan for war, why can't you plan for peace?' When I was 17, I had a letter from the government saying, 'Dear Mr. Benn, will you turn up when you're 17 1/2? We'll give you free food, free clothes, free training, free accommodation, and two shillings, ten pence a day to just kill Germans.' People said, well, if you can have full employment to kill people, why in God's name couldn't you have full employment and good schools, good hospitals, good houses?"
    Tony Benn (1925-2014):
     
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    Probably because the Germans would have killed them!

    :wink:

    Larry
     
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