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  1. Posted

    There are some things that no-one has a right to express. There is a crime called incitement to racial hatred which prohibits certain opinions from being expressed.

    There will and should always be some limits on freedom of expression.

    I disagree, i think in a proper democracy everyone should have the right to say what they want, that is free will and freedom of speech, in a democracy everyone is (or should) be equal to say what they want or choose to say. The vast majority will fall in line of their own accord because of the fear of social disapproval.

    What i do hate are those (like Mr Blair) that rant on about the importance of democracy and then go about trying to limit people's rights, including their freedom of speech.

    So i'd ask Mr Blair, is freedom of speech and equal rights only good when it suits him?

    I don't like racism myself and i think those that are, are bigotted, uneducated morons, plebs if you will. That is my own personal opinion of them, that's my freedom of speech on the matter, as far as i am concerned racists can say what they like, just don't be shocked if i don't have any sympathy for them.

    As they say democracy truely is an awful system of government cos power can get in the wrong hands, Mr Churchill certainly had a point.

    But of course i'd be blind to think we live in a true democracy, what we actually live in is a political system of meritocracy with a facade of democracy.

    Why not just drop the facade it's insulting to us all? Blair pushing 'democracy' on the one hand whilst trying to make everyone carry I.D cards, or go to war against Iraq without the people's consent.

    You have a right to express your disagreement :)

    I don't think it's unreasonable that either right-wing groups or Islamic fundamentalists should be prevented from preaching death to those they consider inferior.

    Note also that we have libel and slander laws which constrain what you may or may not say/publish about individuals.

    I don't quite see what any of this has to do with your diatribe against Blair.

    I don't recall him doing anything to lessen or impair freedom of speech - though I am strongly opposed to the proposed law banning insulting of religions.

    Your point about the Iraq war seems to be based on a misunderstanding about the nature of our democracy. It is a representative democracy and our representatives voted in favour of it.

    A true democracy would be where all the enfranchised decide on every issue - government by referendum. This would be appalling in my view.

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    If this actually happened then it's appalling and unforgivable.

    But you Master Jmd should be ashamed of youself for making a ludicrous and unfair generalisation from this one incident.

    Presumably these people were English - should we be careful when approaching any English people?

    This is the kind of scapegoating and name-calling that the Daily Mail and others seem to delight in, but it's irresponsible, ignorant and just plain wrong.

    More eloquently put that my reply Custard.

    I was in two minds whether or not to edit Master JMD's post there to prevent any offence to anyone, but i realised that i'm not moderating this part of the forum.

    Plus Master JMD has the right to express his opinion even if i don't agree with it myself.

    Although reading his post it sounded alot like he'd pasted it straight from one of the aforementioned tabloids.

    There are some things that no-one has a right to express. There is a crime called incitement to racial hatred which prohibits certain opinions from being expressed.

    There will and should always be some limits on freedom of expression.

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    The other day (not sure when), a car hit another car, knocking the other car's mirrors off, whilst pulling into a petrol station. In the car that was responcible for the accident were four teenagers - three males and one female. Inside the car that was hit were two mid-30's Gypsies.

    Car 1 (the car with the teenagers inside) sped off so as not to start confrontation. Car 2 (the car with the gypsies inside) followed them and kept ramming the car. Car 1 rolled over, killing the two male teenagers instantly and putting the female into a coma.

    The third male was still consious and shocked. He managed to get out of the toppled car. The two gypsie men got out of their car and beat him to death before getting back into their car and speeding off.

    A witness of the crime called the police and ambulance services to see what had just happened. The female, who was in a coma, died shortly after she had been put in the ambulance.

    Four teenagers were killed by gypsies for just accidently knocking the mirror of a car - Be careful whenever you approach or talk to gypsies.

    My deepest condolences to the parents and family of the teenagers.

    If this actually happened then it's appalling and unforgivable.

    But you Master Jmd should be ashamed of youself for making a ludicrous and unfair generalisation from this one incident.

    Presumably these people were English - should we be careful when approaching any English people?

    This is the kind of scapegoating and name-calling that the Daily Mail and others seem to delight in, but it's irresponsible, ignorant and just plain wrong.

  11. Posted

    I was just contacted by the President of the London Numismatic Society, who got one of my fliers through the British Numismatic Society, and wanted one of my books.

    We got talking about varieties, and he was actually in the same room as C Wilson Peck when he wrote his bible! This man knows about varieties that were not included in the book because although Peck was sure, the examples were too worn and he felt they could not be included just in case!

    Since then, he's published papers, and really knows some super advanced stuff.

    He lives in Kent, not far from SE London actually, where I once lived, and he invited me along as his guest to the next London Numismatic society meeting (but I can't go, it's in early feb)

    He said he'll get the book, and give me a call so we can talk about what should be added. He even knows about decimal varieties (and has a 1983 New pence 2p)

    He said that there has never been a book that lists all the varieties for copper/bronze and silver and I said I'd like to be the first to publish a complete book if he's willing to help.

    CCGB2008 will be double the size at this rate!

    This is definitely the way to go.

    It's well known that Peck doesn't list all the known varieties. Taking pennies as an example:

    Peck omitted one/some listed earlier by Bramah

    Freeman identified several more

    Michael Gouby listed more than Freeman (and is still finding more)

    John Jerrams listed even more...

    And new 'varieties' are still turning up.

    It would be particularly useful/important to do a thorough update on the coppers. The bronze series have been catalogued much more frequently.

  13. Posted

    As an example of how NOT to do it, take a look at Stanley Gibbons British Coins 2004 - the first edition.

    I spotted one for the first time today.

    Some of the pictures are appalling and as for the content...

    The copper victorian pennies are covered by a one line entry

    Penny (1841-1860) from F £5 VF £10 EF £75

    and it's the same for every reign/denomination

    It's the most useless, pointless 'catalogue' I've ever seen.

  15. Posted

    Spotted a couple of typos on page 3

    existance (right at the bottom)

    And I'm sure this is one I pointed out!

    It's a bit mean to point out typos once the book is in print - I have kittens everytime something of mine appears, particularly if I've proof-read it myself - but there is one lovely one on p.75 which tickled me. "Asterisk" has appeared as "asterix" :D

    You're right Geoff.

    I only pointed them out so that if there was another print run Chris could get them fixed.

    I don't know what software Chris is using to produce the book - whether he's authoring pdf directly or converting to it - but it ought to have a spell/grammar checker which would spot these things.

    Be interesting to see whether it complains about asterix :)

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