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coldharvest wrote:An ex-soldier and taxi-driver from Ripon has been told he cannot show his support for injured soldiers after officials clamped down on unauthorised signs in taxis.
Bob Turner had been displaying a sticker supporting forces charity Help for Heroes in his car for the last two years, until a taxi inspector contacted him last week.
“The inspector was very sympathetic, but he told me that I had been reported by a councillor and had to remove the sticker,” Bob said.
“I just thought it was so petty, they could have ignored it. It beggars belief really.”
Mr Turner, 52, served in the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers for six years in the 1970s and 1980s, and saw action in Northern Ireland.
Two years ago he decided to do something for other ex-servicemen and set out to climb Scafell Pike, raising £900 for Help for Heroes with sponsorship from his friends and customers around Ripon.
Since then, he has displayed the sticker to show his support for the forces charity.
The Tourist wrote:Last night they stated that this was last club/bar catering to blacks and black entertainment.
But for the purposes of the debate, what if there were fifty clubs. How many should be allowed to discharge firearms over drug deals and arguments? Then, if only five clubs (10%) of these places kill and maim patrons, is that acceptable because it involves blacks?
No other group or race is allowed to do that anywhere. Why allow it here?
The Tourist wrote:Last night they stated that this was last club/bar catering to blacks and black entertainment.
But for the purposes of the debate, what if there were fifty clubs. How many should be allowed to discharge firearms over drug deals and arguments? Then, if only five clubs (10%) of these places kill and maim patrons, is that acceptable because it involves blacks?
No other group or race is allowed to do that anywhere. Why allow it here?
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