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To not want to be lectured at

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ShakyBake · 27/03/2026 21:28

Perhaps just me but as I get older my patience for people in authoritive roles giving lectures on the rights and wrongs and how we should be living our lives has drastically decreased.

Listening to the newly appointed arch bishop of Canterbury and I ended up turning off. Same with prince Charles recently, I can't help but think you people were born roughly the same time as me, what makes you think you know better. Half of them don't practice what they preach anyway especially if it involves oil and then you see them on a private jet

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RedTagAlan · 28/03/2026 01:49

Is lecturing not a Bishops job ?

Batties · 28/03/2026 01:44

I don’t know why you expected anything else when listening to the Archbishop of Canterbury or Prince Charles.

PollyBell · 28/03/2026 01:32

So unless any of has proof of what these people do or not we put our own bias to it so why would we be mpre right than then

And just because they speak does not mean we are being lectured too I would only presume that if we had issues of our own, or chips on our shoulders

HaroldMeaker · 28/03/2026 00:12

I agree although I’ve no idea what the arch bish or Charles are instructing us on as I don’t listen. But yeah, in theory you’re bang on op

WaryOliveBird · 28/03/2026 00:09

because you may not follow your own advice but the advice itself could still be correct etc

BigYellowBus · 27/03/2026 23:58

Do you know that the Archbishop of Canterbury doesn't practise what she preaches?