A fine thought from Bono (of all people)!

[Pete Askew]

Decided to read his A-Z following an article on the BBC news site. A fine comment I think (and something relevant to the ethos of RPF):

"It's enough to put a fella off free speech... the problem about finding out what people think is...you find out what they think. Who are these people? Well if they put their real names to their invective then I guess they are people like me—people with the audacity to think they have a thought or a feeling that others should hear about… if they are hiding, I'm not interested."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-30654731

http://www.u2.com/news/title/little-book-of-a-big-year/

 

[Hamish Gill]

I can't fault that sentiment

 

[Pete Askew]

And the whole article is worth reading too.

 

[Hamish Gill]

That's going to take me a little while, I've added it to my 'pocket' app along side this article http://www.newstatesman.com/culture/2014/12/rowan-williams-why-we-need-fairy-tales-now-more-ever
Which I've just stumbled across, also looks interesting, but haven't the time to digest yet

 

[Rob MacKillop]

@Pete Askew - how do we know your name really is Pete Askew? I have my doubts!

 

[Pete Askew]

Well, I aways found Your Majesty rather cumbersome so I took a bit of a liberty!

 

[Rob MacKillop]

I won't tell...

 

[Brian Moore]

@Pete Askew - how do we know your name really is Pete Askew? I have my doubts!

You are Number Six.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

...and three quarters...

 

[Brian Moore]

...and three quarters...

Correction: You are a fraction.

 

[Pete Askew]

40/6. It was a bugger when they decimalised the business cards!