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28 Feb 2006 12:06:14 PM |
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Death of Linda Smith |
Linda Smith, comedian, broadcaster, and president of the British
Humanist Association died today of cancer aged 48.
A sad loss to broadcasting and rational thinking.
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| User: "Steve Marshall" |
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| Title: Re: Death of Linda Smith |
28 Feb 2006 06:45:28 PM |
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"JPG" <me@privacy.net> wrote
Linda Smith, comedian, broadcaster, and president of the British
Humanist Association died today of cancer aged 48.
A sad loss to broadcasting and rational thinking.
I'm sad to hear this. I thought she was a good figurehead for BHA.
A sad loss indeed !
Steve M
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| User: "M Dunne" |
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| Title: Re: Death of Linda Smith |
28 Feb 2006 01:10:03 PM |
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"JPG" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
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Linda Smith, comedian, broadcaster, and president of the British
Humanist Association died today of cancer aged 48.
A sad loss to broadcasting and rational thinking.
Oh no. Linda Smith was wonderful. That's awful news.
I was *always* delighted to encounter her on the TV or radio. One of the
very finest UK comedians.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4759968.stm
Such a shame.
M.
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| User: "Sanitys littIe helper" |
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| Title: Re: Death of Linda Smith |
28 Feb 2006 05:18:50 PM |
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JPG wrote:
Linda Smith, comedian, broadcaster, and president of the British
Humanist Association died today of cancer aged 48.
A sad loss to broadcasting and rational thinking.
That is a tragedy. I am shocked. I saw Linda live about 21 years ago.
She came from Erith (pronounced 'ear-if') just 3 miles from where I was
born. "It's not twinned with anywhere, but it has a suicide pact with
Dagenham". Plans to twin it with another Essex town, Thucking, were
mysteriously abandoned.
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| User: "Les Hemmings" |
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| Title: Re: Death of Linda Smith |
28 Feb 2006 01:40:11 PM |
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JPG wrote:
Linda Smith, comedian, broadcaster, and president of the British
Humanist Association died today of cancer aged 48.
A sad loss to broadcasting and rational thinking.
Heard about it on the way home tonight. She was excellent on "The News Quiz"
on Radio 4. She was working up until very recently i think. Didn't know she
was a humananist.
It's not very old is it.... must give up the fags! (special L.Smith
moment for our colonial friends...;o)
Les
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| User: "M Dunne" |
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| Title: Re: Death of Linda Smith |
28 Feb 2006 01:54:45 PM |
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"Les Hemmings" <les.frontalclaire@lobesvirgin.net> wrote in message
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Didn't know she was a humananist.
http://www.humanism.org.uk/site/cms/contentViewArticle.asp?article=1708
M.D.
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| User: "Les Hemmings" |
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| Title: Re: Death of Linda Smith |
28 Feb 2006 02:00:57 PM |
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M Dunne wrote:
"Les Hemmings" <les.frontalclaire@lobesvirgin.net> wrote in message
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Didn't know she was a humananist.
http://www.humanism.org.uk/site/cms/contentViewArticle.asp?article=1708
M.D.
Cheers MD... i'll take a listen to her on Devout Sceptics.... it's a shame
it takes someone dying for them to become known...
L
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Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able?
Then he is not omnipotent.
Is he able, but not willing?
Then he is malevolent.
Is he both able and willing?
Then whence cometh evil?
Is he neither able nor willing?
Then why call him God?
His name shall be The Flying Spaghetti Monster!
http://www.venganza.org/index.htm
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Les Hemmings a.a #2251 SA
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| User: "M Dunne" |
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| Title: Re: Death of Linda Smith |
28 Feb 2006 02:07:54 PM |
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"Les Hemmings" <les.frontalclaire@lobesvirgin.net> wrote in message
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Cheers MD... i'll take a listen to her on Devout Sceptics.... it's a
shame it takes someone dying for them to become known...
Sad to say, 'Devout Sceptics' is a lousy series presented by a complete
tosser: not even Linda Smith could perform well on it...!
Why not try and catch Radio 4's 'News Quiz' tribute to her on
Friday/Saturday instead...?!?!
M.D.
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| User: "Peter Ashby" |
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| Title: Re: Death of Linda Smith |
01 Mar 2006 03:41:23 AM |
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M Dunne <MarcusDunn@homework.com> wrote:
"Les Hemmings" <les.frontalclaire@lobesvirgin.net> wrote in message
news:46jofjFbgdpgU1@
Cheers MD... i'll take a listen to her on Devout Sceptics.... it's a
shame it takes someone dying for them to become known...
Sad to say, 'Devout Sceptics' is a lousy series presented by a complete
tosser: not even Linda Smith could perform well on it...!
Agreed, I have been deeply disappointed by the episodes I have listened
to.
Peter
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| User: "Les Hemmings" |
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| Title: Re: Death of Linda Smith |
28 Feb 2006 02:13:36 PM |
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M Dunne wrote:
"Les Hemmings" <les.frontalclaire@lobesvirgin.net> wrote in message
news:46jofjFbgdpgU1@
Cheers MD... i'll take a listen to her on Devout Sceptics.... it's
a shame it takes someone dying for them to become known...
Sad to say, 'Devout Sceptics' is a lousy series presented by a
complete tosser: not even Linda Smith could perform well on it...!
Why not try and catch Radio 4's 'News Quiz' tribute to her on
Friday/Saturday instead...?!?!
M.D.
Will do.... been a NQ addict for years!
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Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able?
Then he is not omnipotent.
Is he able, but not willing?
Then he is malevolent.
Is he both able and willing?
Then whence cometh evil?
Is he neither able nor willing?
Then why call him God?
His name shall be The Flying Spaghetti Monster!
http://www.venganza.org/index.htm
Epicurus
Les Hemmings a.a #2251 SA
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| User: "M Dunne" |
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28 Feb 2006 02:22:24 PM |
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"Les Hemmings" <les.frontalclaire@lobesvirgin.net> wrote in message
news:46jp7bFbfudoU1@individual.net...
M Dunne wrote:
"Les Hemmings" <les.frontalclaire@lobesvirgin.net> wrote in message
news:46jofjFbgdpgU1@
Cheers MD... i'll take a listen to her on Devout Sceptics.... it's
a shame it takes someone dying for them to become known...
Sad to say, 'Devout Sceptics' is a lousy series presented by a
complete tosser: not even Linda Smith could perform well on it...!
Why not try and catch Radio 4's 'News Quiz' tribute to her on
Friday/Saturday instead...?!?!
M.D.
Will do.... been a NQ addict for years!
In that case you'll have heard her a lot! She was the woman with the
south-east London accent, who often used to lead the team opposing Jeremy
Hardy's!
M.D.
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| User: "Les Hemmings" |
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| Title: Re: Death of Linda Smith |
28 Feb 2006 02:30:59 PM |
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M Dunne wrote:
In that case you'll have heard her a lot! She was the woman with the
south-east London accent, who often used to lead the team opposing
Jeremy Hardy's!
M.D.
Indeed! That's why i put "She was excellent on "The News Quiz"
on Radio 4. She was working up until very recently i think" in original
post....
Hardy was introduced on PM toady as "Close friend".... is that still R4
euphamism for partner i wonder?
L
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Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able?
Then he is not omnipotent.
Is he able, but not willing?
Then he is malevolent.
Is he both able and willing?
Then whence cometh evil?
Is he neither able nor willing?
Then why call him God?
His name shall be The Flying Spaghetti Monster!
http://www.venganza.org/index.htm
Epicurus
Les Hemmings a.a #2251 SA
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| User: "M Dunne" |
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| Title: Re: Death of Linda Smith |
28 Feb 2006 03:36:55 PM |
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"Les Hemmings" <les.frontalclaire@lobesvirgin.net> wrote in message
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M Dunne wrote:
In that case you'll have heard her a lot! She was the woman with the
south-east London accent, who often used to lead the team opposing
Jeremy Hardy's!
Indeed! That's why i put "She was excellent on "The News Quiz"
on Radio 4. She was working up until very recently i think" in original
post....
Sorry, dear boy! I think my mind was clouded there! Somehow I never saw that
bit!!
Hardy was introduced on PM toady as "Close friend".... is that still R4
euphamism for partner i wonder?
I don't think so: Linda Smith had a partner going back years. I'd have
proposed to her ages ago, otherwise..!
M.D.
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| User: "Jeffrey Goldberg" |
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02 Mar 2006 12:42:41 PM |
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JPG wrote:
Linda Smith, comedian, broadcaster, and president of the British
Humanist Association died today of cancer aged 48.
No doubt a C of E memorial service is being planned.
-j
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| User: "Crispin Allard" |
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| Title: Re: Death of Linda Smith |
04 Mar 2006 01:32:59 PM |
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"Jeffrey Goldberg" <nobody@goldmark.org> wrote in message
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JPG wrote:
Linda Smith, comedian, broadcaster, and president of the British
Humanist Association died today of cancer aged 48.
No doubt a C of E memorial service is being planned.
Linda Smith's association with Humanism has been widely publicised (see for
example the BBC obituary
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4759922.stm). I caught the Obituary
Show on Radio 4 earlier this week, and they invited Hanne Stinson from the
BHA on to talk about her.
If the C of E were foolish enough to try to hold a memorial service for
Linda Smith (in the way they've just done for Ronnie Barker) it would be
totally hypocritical and provide opportunities to promote humanism.
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| User: "JPG on Google cos Agents bust" |
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| Title: Re: Death of Linda Smith |
07 Mar 2006 07:11:08 AM |
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BHA Tribute:
BHA Homepage
Linda Smith
President of the British Humanist Association
2004 - 2006
"When I think of her it will always be with a warm and happy smile" Sam
Rimmer, BHA Chair
The British Humanist Association (BHA) has learned with great sadness
of the death of our President, Linda Smith, who was not only a
remarkable comedian and broadcaster, but also a great friend of
Humanism. She had been President of the BHA since July 2004.
When she first took on the role, Linda said, "The BHA's work is more
important than ever - with fundamentalism of many kinds on the rise,
the rational voice of humanism needs to be heard. I see publicising
Humanism in order that other people might identify themselves not just
negatively as atheists, but positively as humanists, as a vital part of
my role. I'm looking forward to evangelizing - if that's the right
word. The future is bright, the future is human!"
When the British Humanist Association's trustees were discussing who
should be invited to be the BHA's next President and Linda Smith's
name came up, one of them commented that she would be "a brave
choice"! Perhaps he envisaged the Radio 4 Just a Minuteteam
attempting to talk about Humanism for one minute without hesitation,
repetition or deviation, and it may be true that a comedian was not the
most obvious choice, but the trustees were unanimous in approving Linda
as the BHA's President, and delighted when she accepted the role.
Humanists who had heard Linda talk about her beliefs on Devout Sceptics
on Radio 4 not so long before shared their enthusiasm.
Hanne Stinson, Executive Director of the BHA said, "Linda Smith was
one of the few comedians to make me laugh out loud, but when I met her
to talk about the President's role I was struck by how everything she
said about her beliefs was completely in tune with the BHA's
position, and her commitment to supporting the BHA's work was
amazing. Although Linda's illness towards the end of her life meant
that she could not give as much time to her role as she would have
liked, Linda did great work for the British Humanist Association and
for Humanism in her time as President, particularly in the publicity
she obtained for the BHA's campaign against faith and sectarian
schools."
Sam Rimmer, Chair of the BHA said, " Humanists celebrate life. It's
very sad for us to have lost the explosion of humour that was Linda,
but there is so much in her life to celebrate. Her many friends have
described her personal qualities and achievements in obituaries
throughout the media, but I want to celebrate Linda's wonderful
contribution to Humanism. When she first became our President, she said
she hadn't realised that she had always been a humanist. When they read
or heard Linda's comments, many other people identified with this and
sought out other people just like themselves for support and
like-minded company. I wish Linda was still around, but when I think of
her it will always be with a warm and happy smile."
For more about Linda and the BHA, click here to read an article in The
Independent , 2 March 2003.
Linda Smith died on 27 February of ovarian cancer. If you would like
more information about ovarian cancer, click here.
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| User: "Peter Ashby" |
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02 Mar 2006 03:29:47 PM |
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Jeffrey Goldberg <nobody@goldmark.org> wrote:
JPG wrote:
Linda Smith, comedian, broadcaster, and president of the British
Humanist Association died today of cancer aged 48.
No doubt a C of E memorial service is being planned.
Aunty is planning a celebration of her comedy on R4 tomorrow evening,
afterwards you could find it on the listen again page.
Peter
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| User: "Uncle Vic" |
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28 Feb 2006 12:43:50 PM |
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on 28 Feb 2006 in alt.atheism, dear sweet JPG (me@privacy.net) made the
light shine upon us with this:
Linda Smith, comedian, broadcaster, and president of the British
Humanist Association died today of cancer aged 48.
A sad loss to broadcasting and rational thinking.
Damn. I'm going to be two years older than her in a few months.
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chrome-plastic doo-dads to add feet to Jesus fish department
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| User: "Meteorite Debris" |
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28 Feb 2006 09:24:47 PM |
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on 28 Feb 2006 in alt.atheism, dear sweet JPG (me@privacy.net) made the
light shine upon us with this:
Linda Smith, comedian, broadcaster, and president of the British
Humanist Association died today of cancer aged 48.
A sad loss to broadcasting and rational thinking.
Damn. I'm going to be two years older than her in a few months.
Me 2.
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