Petition for a full and public apology from Melanie Philips for her article "Druids as a religion? Stones of praise here we come"

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We the Undersigned demand a full and public apology from Melanie Philips, Author of the Daily Mail article "Druids as an official religion? Stones of praise here we come" (dated 4th October 2010). For the entirety of said article as it is no more than an ill informed attack upon the religion/faith/spirituality of Druidry.

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  • Toby K
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    • Shocking, narrow-minded waffle
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    • United Kingdom
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    • Cornwall
  • Jax C
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    • Outrageous - I feel one of her problems was with the 'tax' side of things - she comments on it several times.
  • Debbie K
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    • Cornwall
  • Kerri C
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    • she is a bigoted , prejudiced closed minded person and i feel sorry for her becouse she will never know the joy of being a pagan can bring.
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    • london
  • Williamina C
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  • Fergus P
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    • East Sussex
  • Paul G
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    • I'm disgusted that the most ancient surviving religion of our country has been described as a cult...
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    • England
  • Peter B
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    • Insensitive and antagonistic.
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    • London
  • David J
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    • As a pagan, i find the article deeply offensive
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  • Farina F
  • Alexandra D
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    • If she had written this about any other religion there would be uproar, how dare she!
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  • Edward M
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    • Self opinions always make you feel better about your self when there is doubt
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  • alison r
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    • Shocked that an ignorant and very unresearched opinion can still get published in a national newspaper. Very disappointing
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  • frances y
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    • i find this so offensive i have practised for many years and never done anyone any harm so stating basically that my belief is a load of rubbish is undescribable i think of all regligions out there tis is one of the most positive and less hateful than a lot others
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  • Carl W
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  • Jaki
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    • Disgraceful!
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  • naomi
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  • 2bit
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    • ignorant twaddle
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  • Mandy I
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    • I'm all for freedom of speech, but why do people feel the need to belittle & be down right rude just to sell a few more papers.
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    • Hampshire, UK
  • Stephen N
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  • Eileen B
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    • This wasn't a balanced objective article is was a vitriolic subjective tirade by someone who sounds as if they have a real grudge for whatever reason
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    • Essex
  • Sarah
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    • narrow minded people should not be allowed to write articles for publication
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  • Ceri N
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    • Inaccurate and offensive article.
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  • andrzej w
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    • Melanie Phillips is nasty bigot, but whatever sells papers gets printed, eh?
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