BY DANIEL JUPP One of the oddest things that has been accepted with little real challenge is the notion that there is such a thing as a ‘hate crime’. Throughout the western world we have seen legislative changes and judicial advice that embeds the new notion that a crime is particularly heinous if it is motivated by an entirely subjective interpretation of whether it was … Continue reading The Subjective Nature of ‘Hate’
BY DOMINIC WIGHTMAN According to the later versions of the Brothers Grimm tales, when Rumpelstiltskin – the imp who spun straw into gold in exchange for a girl’s firstborn – was rebuffed: “He in his rage drove his right foot so far into the ground that it sank in up to his waist; then in a passion he seized the left foot with both hands … Continue reading Social Currency – Fool’s Gold
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, I trust that my weekly article finds You well and healthy. I hope that Your families are fine and that You are not too badly hit by recent events. I know of families who have lost everything over the Covid lock-down and others who have thrived. Life is not fair but God is good. This week I would … Continue reading A Prayer for Justice
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, I trust that You are keeping well and that You and Your families are doing OK during these strange days. As I said yesterday to a neighbour I have not seen since March, it is lovely seeing humans again. Only in separation do we appreciate that We are social animals and, approaching three months on, even those with … Continue reading A Prayer for Justice
BY THE EDITOR & NIGEL BEAN The Bobby Roberts case involving Elephant Anne, as we have written about, is full of holes and replete with numerous red flags. Nicolae Nitu, who beat elephant Anne – he is now on the run from British justice and back in his homeland, Romania – was part of an animal rights’ group set up. Take the dodgy photograph of … Continue reading Bobby Roberts Was Set Up
