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OP - June 05, 2009, 04:33 PM

  I expect most of you already got the same email I did but , I haven't seen this referred to on the forum so just thought I'd mention it ...

   There is a fund raising dinner for One Law For All in London on Saturday 27th June at 7pm , key note speaker AC Grayling It costs 60 pounds, maybe a bit steep but it's for a good cause . email for enquiries -
   olfa_enquiries@yahoo.co.uk
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Reply #1 - June 05, 2009, 04:40 PM

Oh I'd be there in a heartbeat if I was anywhere near London. I SOOO want to move to Europe. Wish I was living there already

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Reply #2 - June 05, 2009, 04:41 PM

London aint all that great - much like many metropolitan cities. Where do you live now?

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Reply #3 - June 05, 2009, 04:43 PM

Quote from: IsLame on June 05, 2009, 04:41 PM
London aint all that great - much like many metropolitan cities. Where do you live now?

Toronto. Which isn't bad. I'm just far away from everyone I've ever known... and Canada is too bloody cold for me most of the year, I hate the weather.

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Reply #4 - June 05, 2009, 04:46 PM

Quote from: allat on June 05, 2009, 04:43 PM
Toronto. Which isn't bad. I'm just far away from everyone I've ever known... and Canada is too bloody cold for me most of the year, I hate the weather.

Where have you lived before?

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Reply #5 - June 05, 2009, 04:55 PM

I've heard of A.C. Grayling. Can't pinpoint where from though. But he is also going to be at a One Law For All rally in November according to the CEMB website. I'm near London but I can't afford to go.

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Reply #6 - June 05, 2009, 04:57 PM

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Where have you lived before?

Karachi, Philadelphia, New Jersey, Boston, Orlando, New York City and now Toronto.

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Reply #7 - June 05, 2009, 05:54 PM

My parents moved to Karachi too after the partition, and then to UK. What made you move from USA to Canada?

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Reply #8 - June 05, 2009, 06:20 PM

AC Grayling is a professor of philosophy , author and columnist , as well as a prominent atheist / humanist .
I think he might have spoken at the anti-sharia conference at Conway Hall last year as well , but I'm not sure I got there late
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Reply #9 - June 05, 2009, 06:46 PM

Quote from: IsLame on June 05, 2009, 05:54 PM
My parents moved to Karachi too after the partition, and then to UK. What made you move from USA to Canada?

My dad's family initially moved to what's now Bangladesh (East Pakistan back then). After the Pakistani massacre of 1971 there, they managed to leave and moved to Pakistan (ironic, isn't it?) I guess they couldn't go back to India like the 10 million refugees who did that during that war.

As for moving from USA to Canada, it's a long story, but basically it was because the US has really homophobic laws and back in 2004 when we left, it was a real nasty place to live. It's socio-political landscape may be changing but the basic arrogance and homophobia makes it impossible for a US citizen to sponsor his or her same-sex partner. So we came here instead. Toronto at least, is a fantastic city in terms of socio-politics and culture. If it wasn't enclosed in ice and antarctic winds 8 months of the year, it'd be perfect.

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Reply #10 - June 06, 2009, 04:58 AM

Allat, I'd be extrmely surprised if Toronto was afflicted by antarctic winds.

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Reply #11 - June 06, 2009, 02:15 PM

Quote from: osmanthus on June 06, 2009, 04:58 AM
Allat, I'd be extrmely surprised if Toronto was afflicted by antarctic winds.

Arctic winds....

Seriously, it's June 6th and I'm sitting here wearing way more than I like to wear around the house.... a tank and a hoodie! IN JUNE!

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