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I was born in Ballyclare Co. Antrim in January 1947, on exactly the same day as David Bowie was being born somewhere else. I was recognised as being a bright kid, although it seemed to me that I was extraordinarily dense. I couldn't make much sense of the

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Sports & Recreation > Soccer (Other) Determining the best football teams in Europe: 1 of 25
The best known and foremost teams in Europe are not always the best teams at any given moment. A vivid example of this is the legendary English team Tottenham Hotspur. At one time they were far and away the best team in the country when Northern Ireland's great midfielder, the late Danny Blanchflower, was their captain and do... More..
Society & Lifestyle > Personal Morals & Values Are people inherently good?: 5 of 83
The question is an over simplification,as it assumes that people are all the same and does not allow the possibility that some people are completely good while others are rotten to the core.Since this would mean that not all people are inherently good I chose the no side.There is overwhelming evidence that a lot of people are... More..
Sports & Recreation > Soccer (Other) Greatest football matches ever: 1 of 10
Without wishing to offend or alienate anyone, most people in North America are only aware of fairly recent matches since for some time they had been kept in the dark and deceived about football. To their credit,they have emphatically rejected the version of rugby which was cynically misrepresented by liars as football. The ex... More..
Society & Lifestyle > Personal Morals & Values Why people struggle with honesty: 4 of 33
There appear to be two distinct types of person, honest people and liars.Honest people may occasionally lie for a good purpose,such as to avoid embarrassing someone needlessly. Such an action is known as a white lie and there is the saying that white lies are entered in heaven in invisible ink. That is just as it should be.O... More..
Sports & Recreation > Football (Other) Suggested changes to improve the NFL: 1 of 7
The most obvious change needed concerns the name National Football League.The world's first football association,the English F.A.,was formed a long time before the N.F.L.,as were football associations which were subsequently formed around the world. Trying to misrepresent a version of rugby as football was nothing new.This w... More..
Society & Lifestyle > Morals, Values & Norms (Other) Causes of misery in today's society: 5 of 34
The greatest cause of real misery has to be the actions of criminals.The victims of these misfits are left permanently damaged and the senseless wrong committed can never be put right.Penalties for disgraceful crimes have become laughable thanks largely to the nonsense spewed out by people who seem hell bent on making excuses... More..
Sports & Recreation > Soccer (Other) A comparison of soccer to football: 1 of 6
The fact is that copying rugby and calling it football was a ridiculous lie.The only excuse to call plastic rugby men in tights football was to call a rugby thing a football,even though it isn't even a ball.Liars have no shamel.So where did the liars at the bottom of this trickery get the word football from?Well blow me down ... More..
Sports & Recreation > Soccer (Other) Why soccer should be referred to as football in America: 1 of 6
Football was originally called football because it is played with the feet and a ball.What has passed for football in North America only had the feeble excuse of calling a rugby object(which is not even a ball)a football.This was a shameless,transparent piece of trickery which is now being exposed with a vengeance.When the wo... More..
Sports & Recreation > Soccer (Other) The history of soccer: 7 of 15
The history of soccer began,believe it or not,in the U.S. when it became painfully obvious that the name football is a perfect description of a game played with the feet and a ball and is in fact the opposite of a game played with the hands and an object which simply isn't a ball.The only excuse to call this football was to c... More..
Society & Lifestyle > Personal Morals & Values Moral fiber: 2 of 4
The parable of the wheat and tares,Jesus' last parable,can only be interpreted as stating that there are simply two completely different types of person,good and evil with no middle ground.This would not of course be to the liking of people who prefer vagueness and silly discussions or even stupid arguments but they just need... More..