Big Mick, it seems that I cannot comment on any serious subject without receiving a slapdown attempt from you.

I will make one last attempt to put across my point.

While you may be factually correct in your comments about the existing situation, your comments about people like myself are in the main insulting and unhelpful.

Nobody on this planet can step up and truthfully state that he/she has been put down, debased, or discriminated against by me on grounds of race, creed, or colour, or to the best of my knowledge on any other grounds.

My suggestions were intended for all the protagonists (as I very clearly stated). Putting it plainly, they are:-

1. Remember the past by all means, but stop wallowing in it, and stop using it as an excuse for perpetuating hatred and a desire for revenge.

2. Deal with the present. It's not perfect but it IS what we've got. USE it to improve what YOU want to see improved, and

3. Raise a belief in a future free of the emotional roadblocks of the past. Then make it happen.

Nothing good ever grew out of bitterness and hatred. Nothing bad ever grew out of co-operation and respect.

Don T.