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Samray · #1 Post by **Samray** » Tue May 19, 2009 9:48 am

Oliver Cromwell on 20 April 1653 wrote:It is high time for me to put an end to your sitting in this place, which you have dishonored by your contempt of all virtue, and defiled by your practice of every vice; ye are a factious crew, and enemies to all good government; ye are a pack of mercenary wretches, and would like Esau sell your country for a mess of pottage, and like Judas betray your God for a few pieces of money.

Is there a single virtue now remaining amongst you?

Is there one vice you do not possess?

Ye have no more religion than my horse; 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?

Ye sordid prostitutes have you not defil'd this sacred place, and turn'd the Lord's temple into a den of thieves, by your immoral principles and wicked practices?

Ye are grown intolerably odious to the whole nation; you were deputed here by the people to get grievances redress'd, are yourselves gone!

So! Take away that shining bauble there, and lock up the doors. In the name of God, go!"

You sheep people who still vote for these parasites with no honour need to wake up soon or you will be the death of us all. The Establishment care nothing for others, only themselves. They have no ideas. No dreams and no humanity. They are filth.

sidestand · #2 Post by **sidestand** » Tue May 19, 2009 8:54 pm

Funny how history has that habit of repeating itself, ain't it ?

Gio · #3 Post by **Gio** » Wed May 20, 2009 12:31 pm

Cromwell was hardly a paragon of virtue was he.

Nooj · #4 Post by **Nooj** » Wed May 20, 2009 6:41 pm

Maybe not, but that speach rings so true even today

BikerGran · #5 Post by **BikerGran** » Wed May 20, 2009 8:20 pm

Cromwell actually did a lot of good things - but it's always easier to remember people for the bad stuff!

Aladinsaneuk · #6 Post by **Aladinsaneuk** » Wed May 20, 2009 8:59 pm

yeah, I remember a few girls for being pretty

but i remember more for being bad

BikerGran · #7 Post by **BikerGran** » Thu May 21, 2009 2:50 pm

snapdragon · #8 Post by **snapdragon** » Thu May 21, 2009 6:39 pm

You sheep people who still vote for these parasites with no honour need to wake up soon or you will be the death of us all.

If you don't vote for a lizard the wrong lizard might get in

The Establishment care nothing for others, only themselves. They have no ideas. No dreams and no humanity. They are filth.

Ever thus - promise to change the world until power and greed overtake common decency and values

Gio · #9 Post by **Gio** » Sun May 24, 2009 3:48 pm

BikerGran wrote:Cromwell actually did a lot of good things - but it's always easier to remember people for the bad stuff!

He did, he showed what a load of twats politicians are.

D-Rider · #10 Post by **D-Rider** » Sun May 24, 2009 8:42 pm

Something that Sab posted up on another forum (on the theme of motorcycle transmission) but seems quite pertinent here:

sabestian wrote:Chain is like democracy. It is an utterly crap thing, but nobody's come up with a better solution yet.