16th October 2008, 01:48 PM
Quote:quote:Originally posted by Paul Belford
I request that the Italian government compensate me for the capture and enslavement of my ancestors in the first century, and return their remains to me!
I request that the French government compensate me for the slaughter of my ancestors on the field at the battle of Crecy, and return their remains to me!
I request that the German government compensate me for the forced migration of my Polish and Romanian ancestors in the 1930s!
Since I regard Trafalgar Square as a sacred site, indeed the focus of my religion of Paulo-Astrianism, I further request that the Government permits me to rebury my ancestral remains beneath Nelson's Column, which is on a ley-line of great significance stretching from Aberdeen to Timbuktu. I demand public money to hear my case, and to waste a lot of academic and other time debating it.
Edited to replace the word 'demand' with the word 'request', since a polite request is much more credible.
I'll back you on that!!