I never cease to be amazed at the number of people who are ready to jump up and tell us what we debate and how we should conduct ourselves on an open and supposedly democratic forum.
That some of us should become angry at what is happening in Israel or Syria or Ireland or to racial and cultural minorities back home in Britain, and should occasionally go over the top in expressing our anger is, as far as I am concerned, a sign that the evils of our time do not go unnoticed.
While most of them are beyond our control, forums like these provide an out let to our anger.
Those who are not concerned, or do not want to think about these things, should feel free not to take part in these debates.
Last week-end in Waterford City, in the south of Ireland, a mob of three hundred assembled outside the homes of a number of Roma asylum seekers, kicking down doors and breaking windows and demanding they should be sent back to where they came from.
While I'm sure some people would rather be discussing 'numbered U.S. highways' or 'quotable quotes', some of us would be just as happy discussing other things - preferably without judgmental interference.   
Jim Carroll