Quo Vadis?

Pluralist Liberal Democracies are complex beasts, in the end any personal view expressed reflects the sum an an individuals beliefs albeit within the constraints of personal knowledge & experience. Sometimes we state views that are not supported by the Laws of Physics & sometimes offer opinions that are a contravention of the Legal System under which we live. Our social mores differ, what is offensive language to one, is normal conversation to another - within the generally accepted limitations of offensive or inappropriate language there can be scope for great disagreement. Language is in the eye of the beholder, having spent all of a working life in Sugar Mills & Alumina Refineries I do not speak the language of the Supreme Court but the love & use of Language - in all of its forms - is part of the love of life: "Stone walls do not a prison make' Nor iron bars a cage: Minds innocent and quiet take That for a hermitage; If I have freedom in my love, And in my soul am free, Angels alone, that soar above, Enjoy such liberty" Rather than see the Forum die, can we turn back the clock, pretend that things are as they were & start again?