[gondola]

Gayle,

I note from another thread your suggestion that i assert my views do not represent the consensus view or that of this site. I have never even remotely suggested that my views are anything other than my own. Thus I see no reason to repeat this statement in each post, unless I was making known the view that my opinion is on behalf of this site. It is not and I have never suggested it as such.

To curb debate on important issues that affect the community, such as the Olympics, where lottery funds ought to be directed, the role of Councillors, benefits and appraoches to successful integration and the rest, would mean that one would curb free speach and thus be attacking one of the most significant principles of democracy and freedom.