Sometimes I'm ashamed to be British...

dirtydog said:
Quite seriously I would be happy if we had 40 million here rather than 60+ and heading for 75.

40m is about what the population was when I was born in the 1970s.
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This, London has got so insanely full in the last 5 years. I can hardly move outside when i'm out and about. I don't care who leaves, deport some white chavs first for all i care
 
ninjabib said:
I think we should divide the country into 3 groups. (Forget race/religion/sex/age EVERY SINGLE TAG WE INSIST ON PUTTING ON ONE ANOTHER) Those who contribute, those who CAN'T contribute, those who won't contribute.

Those who can contribute - i love you, we will support those who genuinely can't contribute and put those who won't contribute on however many boats it takes an sink them.
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You see, this would work.

If the world was that simple - which unfortunately it isn't.

Define "won't contribute", also by that standard - people who get born into wealth & never work - don't contribute at all & should be put on a boat & sunk with the rest of them.

Even more so when you appreciate that somebody born into wealth (who does not work) will actually consume vastly great sums of resources & labour to service his needs due to having more money - while contributing nothing.

Also, where do you put people who suffer from "learned helplessness" which makes they genuinely believe they can't work (when they actually can) - or what about people who were sexually abused/physically abused/victims of terrible parenting?.

At what point does "personal laziness" take over from "victim of terrible parenting"?.

Do you expect those to be able to contribute the same, when objectively there failings are not entirely there fault?.

I really do wish the world was this simple, it would make solving complex social issues a doddle - but sadly, it's isn't.
 
Abuse/ bad parenting is not an excuse. Nowhere near. I suffered both,i'm fine and dandy because i choose to not let it beat me. Pretty much anything in life can defeat you if you let it. Don't let yourself be a victim is my advice.
 
OLDSKOOL said:
PMSL

Coming from an anonymous PC tech forum mod!!!

Oh the Irony!!

PMSL

Maybe a career in stand up comedy awaits you!

;)
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How did you expect a moderator to moderate your post?

Come around your house and confiscate your PC off you?

No, they use the moderator tools available to them online.

I can't even believe I have to explain that to you.

For the record it wasn't me who edited your post.
 
willhub said:
Britain is another word for UK or Great Britain.

England is for England....
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Close. UK is the "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland".

Great Britain is Eng/Wales/Scots.

You're correct that people use these names interchangeably, but they each have a well defined meaning.

Then there's the British Isles, which according to this link includes Ireland - but I didn't think it did... oh well, learn something new every day :p

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/questions/britain/britishisles.htm
 
A woman charged over an alleged racist rant on a tram that was captured on video and seen online 11 million times is set to face trial at a Crown Court.

Emma West, 34, of New Addington, has been charged with two racially aggravated public order offences, one with intent to cause fear.

She gave Croydon Magistrates' Court no indication of her plea and said she wanted to face a Crown Court trial.

Ms West was given bail and will appear at Croydon Crown Court on 17 February.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-16394046

Yep trial at Crown Court for a simple public order offence.
 
The grand irony is that No one is British, we are all mostly German, with a bit of everything else added in.

So they insult themselves, which is a laugh. :D
 
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