Yes indeed ! 

We should never release those who have hurt someone .
Let out the white collar criminals and hurty tweet people first .

The main deterrent of crime is the threat of serious consequences .
If a criminal knows he will be released early he will reoffend .

My life was good. I am 82, disabled. I have been married for 56 years to my lovely lady who has Alzheimer's. I live in a small town where people are very friendly with my daughter, and two grandchildren all employed. It's been one hell of a journey getting here. I served Queen and country for a long time, I have was badly injured and received a war pension for my troubles during the Troubles. 
It was a different world then but it was a good world. that was worth living in. My good lady a nurse for a long time also injured at work and had to retire early, but it was a good life....and now? I despair at what I see, what I read, what I encounter on a  daily basis, I see no courage, honour or integrity in the people who run the country.
I think we have reached a point where the U.K. is not fit for purpose

To finish my rant...
Carla Bruni-Sarkozy  ( First Lady of France) wrote this in 2021 on the cancel culture...


"Little by little and without warning, do-gooders and censorship have taken control. Obsessed by their image of upholders of morality, a whole load of people without culture, without experience and without courage are trying to impose their narrow-minded ideas on us. Their sterile, uniform and puerile ideas are seeking to invade humanity. If we have the misfortune not to think like them, they rush at us with all their dictatorial energy to try to make us be quiet. Humour is quietly disappearing as a result of their moralising speeches, freedom is in its death throes, creation is lifeless and democracy in great danger. In short, it is not good to joke in 2021..."

It hasn't changed.
 

Apart from general gossip forums will usually discus some of the stories in the news. A lot of the news is bad news conflict disasters etc. The reason for that is simple - newspapers produce stories that people read. Of late I don't read much news at all. I used to regularly post news stories I'd read. That hardly ever happens now. I do sometimes post jokes I've seen and found amusing.

Nothing to stop someone being proud of their nation and left wing. I think a lot of Scots are indeed both. 

Left wing doesn't mean someone has to buy into all the left wing viewpoints - things like being globalist, pro trans, anti capitalist etc. doesn't stop anybody being proud of their nation nor does buying into one of those viewpoints mean they must all be believed. The labels are  too broad brush. People are complicated.

I know I wouldn't do too well without my dogs.   Never been without animals in my life.

It is like having someone else to think about,  and look after,  take out and socialise with,  prepare their dinners,  talk to them,  and best of all  -  have a cuddle with.   
I know I wouldn't cope coming home to an empty house.

Great replies, keep them coming!

Muddy we speak a different language....see below

It really is a case of 'life is what you make of it' isn't it, but only for those of us lucky enough to have choices.

For myself I prefer not to give personal details out, but I look to forums for escape and entertainment, one soon learns which threads to avoid if you already have a level of stress and anxiety in your life to overcome each day.
One thing I have learned and that is this: when you're single again after many years of being a couple you speak a different language from those who have a living partner, the 'aloneness' dictates your life and actions.

Phew, that's quite enough philosophy for today, I have many many blessings, sun's out and I'm fortunate enough to have daughter and partner staying so were off out, no idea where!!

I have a park at the top of the road and a Co-op round the corner..
Family gatherings.. and a couple of good friends still alive..
 Fed up with the tv.. nothing much of interest to me..

Do I get pissed off ?  Of course I do.. Like many others..
My legs hurt sometimes.. my balance is wonky sometimes 
and my hair sticks out in the wrong places sometimes..
I look on PF sometimes and it is horrid.. They are a nasty bunch..
And then I come on here.. We get excited when we score a 2 on Wordle..
When the washing is on the line.. When the rains come.. or when Amazon deliver on time or 
when our pets are well..
  When it all boils down , we are bloody lucky to be alive..

Without my dog Scrumpy and cat Polly my home would have been silent when Sam died.. 
They kept my spirits up..  I have many dogs pass my gate on their walks to the park..
They stop for a chat and a pet.... We have Bertie and Lottie in the family...
I share other peoples pets now..
 I haven't decided yet on putting the washing out.. Looks (a bit) like rain..

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