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Originally Posted by Senior_AP
I take it yellow is the colour then.
Rubbish comment. Is that all you've got?
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Originally Posted by Redkop
Totally agree, go past any senior school gate when they come out, they are meant to be in school uniform, but most look like right scruffs, shirts hanging out and ties undone. You'll see 12-13 year olds light up a ciggie as soon as they step through the gates. Not to mention the language either....
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Originally Posted by scoobynutta555
Judging from what you have typed i'll wager that there are significantly high number of rubbish comments in your post counts. Go out into the sunshine now and again.
Dan, you're embarrassing yourself. Really.
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Originally Posted by scoobynutta555
And where does it say I'm a Labour supporter? Never voted for them in my life.
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Originally Posted by scoobynutta555
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Judging from what you have typed i'll wager that there are significantly high number of rubbish comments in your post counts. Go out into the sunshine now and again.
Judging from what you have typed i'll wager that there are significantly high number of rubbish comments in your post counts. Go out into the sunshine now and again.
OK then. What are your opinions and observations of this country. I'm not having a go, I am just asking the question as I'm interested.
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Originally Posted by scoobynutta555
You must have gone to Rhodean in your school years. Have witnessed this at my school 15 years ago.
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Ah, a Liberal Democrat.
That explains everything. ![Wink](images/smilies/wink.gif)
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I take it yellow is the colour then.
No
No
Anyway, what's the point of voting Conservative when the most right wing party ever are Labour?
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Originally Posted by Redkop
Perhaps I just live in a better area than you, as it wasn't prolific here 15 years ago ![Roll Eyes (Sarcastic)](images/smilies/rolleyes.gif)
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Originally Posted by scoobynutta555
Never had this problem when I was a lad, what the hell is up with this generation.
I don't understand this comment unless you tell me you spent your youth in the Shetland Islands. Of course everything was better in the good ol days when there was no need for a police force because there was no crime
I don't understand this comment unless you tell me you spent your youth in the Shetland Islands. Of course everything was better in the good ol days when there was no need for a police force because there was no crime
Example point, I couldn't say for definate that the police had a chat to them as this was in the next close on the estate, but they were standing in the open when I last saw them, and then after the police go they come back for another look at the garages!!!
There were 7 garages on that row (mine one of them - but I'd like to see them get in mine with padlocked bolts), I'd rather stood there in the rain preventing the crime or more crime than turn a blind eye to it.
Adult criminals I can understand, but meer kids!!! God when I was that age I was doing football, skateboarding, and drinkin cider round s friends house. Youth of today seem to be more in break-ins, vandalism, and gang/mob culture than any of that. And no, I don't blame computer games, as seems ot be the growing public trend for anti-social, violent behavior (considering I was playing them since I was 9)
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one of many theories is the significant increase in single parent families, esp those where male children are brought up by their mothers; I would like to ignore political agendas an go straight to basic evolutionary traits; the lack of a male role in up-bringing (for both sexes) creates an imbalance in the input the child recieves, and removes (physically in some cases) the normal 'fear>respect mode' a child should have to other older males.........not having a go at single moms here, just giving part of the reasoning behind inter-play between young and older males ie; when i was young, I wouldnt even look at an older lad; nowadays i can walk around and 12 yera olds start shouting 'give us a ciggie mate' at you then swear when you ignore them.
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Originally Posted by scoobynutta555
But it is prolific now in your area? It isn't in mine, ergo I live in a better area than you ![Big Grin](images/smilies/biggrin.gif)
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Originally Posted by Prince Popeye
'finding jobs was actually hard work, and my mother was treated like **** for being a single parent...if we had no political correctness, then this would still be happening....oh, sorry I forgot, our BNP supporting brethren want us to go back there.'
So you think giving single parents tax payers money for breeding like rabbits is great?
As for finding work, half our Chavvie dolies can't be arsed to get a job and want to live off their giro for life whilst robbing us at the sametime.
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So you think giving single parents tax payers money for breeding like rabbits is great?
As for finding work, half our Chavvie dolies can't be arsed to get a job and want to live off their giro for life whilst robbing us at the sametime.
And WTF has BNP got to do with it?
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Please tell me what THIS government has given quite so differently to the last tory offering to the "Chavvie dolies".Plenty of girls went the "pregnant for a council house" route in the 70's and 80's...thats probably this governments fault too
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Dont get me wrong I think this lot are t0ssres, but no more t0ssers than the last lot...they played a very cute trick, and stole tory policies...forcing them much further to the right, and the tories have been ridiculously re-active for the past 2 terms. I mean who would have thought that the first thing a labour government would do would be to hand control of interest rates to an independent body...hardly socialist is it?
My point is that there is plenty of **** happening, and I dont think it would be any worse if anyone else had been in power
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Originally Posted by scoobynutta555
Somebody needs to go to spec savers.
Anyway, what's the point of voting Conservative when the most right wing party ever are Labour?
Anyway, what's the point of voting Conservative when the most right wing party ever are Labour?
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In that case you forefit your right to an opinion in my view.
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Originally Posted by Redkop
Totally agree, go past any senior school gate when they come out, they are meant to be in school uniform, but most look like right scruffs, shirts hanging out and ties undone. You'll see 12-13 year olds light up a ciggie as soon as they step through the gates. Not to mention the language either....
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Originally Posted by gsm1
No different to schools 20, even 30, years ago.
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Originally Posted by Redkop
Perhaps I just live in a better area than you, as it wasn't prolific here 15 years ago ![Roll Eyes (Sarcastic)](images/smilies/rolleyes.gif)
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So you think giving single parents tax payers money for breeding like rabbits is great?
One of the reasons there are more single parents around nowadays is because it's very easy to get divorced and women are no longer forced to put up with a bad relationship. Consequently the lack of parental guidance has a detrimental effect in some cases (but not all)
Also not to be discounted is the increasingly litigious society we now live in and the rise of the true scum of the earth : no win no fee lawyers. Because of these fast-buck ar$eholes school discipline has all but disappeared due to fear of legal action.
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Originally Posted by Senior_AP
OK then. What are your opinions and observations of this country. I'm not having a go, I am just asking the question as I'm interested.
I have studied politics, and was taught to evaluate politics on a level playing field, alligning myself to no political party in particular. This allows you to take a pragmatic view and a more balanced perspective. I can and have been critical of Blair, just as I can for any party. To simply blame the current government on all of UK society ills from a 7 year record is patently a very flawed arguement. Indeed, I'd be hard pushed to blame Thatcher for the many things she's been accused of doing to this country, and she was here for 11 years as PM.
The past 7 years have seen us a country improve out status in wealth terms. Whilst many economies have been in slight recession, UK remained on an even keel and even improved economically. Employment has been at quite high levels, and business as well as general population has benefited not only from low interest rates but from relatively consistant rate.
It is a well known fact that people look at years gone by as a golden age where crime was less and everything was generally better. This is on the whole a fallacy. For example, child murders. Reading newspapers today you'd think this was an increasing problem. However, if you look back at the statistics, there has been an even number each year going back decades of child abduction and murder.
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My point is that there is plenty of **** happening, and I dont think it would be any worse if anyone else had been in power
All this is a New Labour creation.
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Originally Posted by scoobynutta555
But it is prolific now in your area? It isn't in mine, ergo I live in a better area than you ![Big Grin](images/smilies/biggrin.gif)
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Its more prolific in more areas than it was in the past.
I live in a nice area. There is better but htere is alot worse!!
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Originally Posted by MJW
One of the reasons there are more single parents around nowadays is because it's very easy to get divorced and women are no longer forced to put up with a bad relationship. Consequently the lack of parental guidance has a detrimental effect in some cases (but not all)
Also not to be discounted is the increasingly litigious society we now live in and the rise of the true scum of the earth : no win no fee lawyers. Because of these fast-buck ar$eholes school discipline has all but disappeared due to fear of legal action.
Also not to be discounted is the increasingly litigious society we now live in and the rise of the true scum of the earth : no win no fee lawyers. Because of these fast-buck ar$eholes school discipline has all but disappeared due to fear of legal action.
Yep, good points. How you combat the ill-effects of a higher incidence of divorce is anyone's guess.
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But the underlying *attitudes* were undeniably different, from what i saw then and what i see now.
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Originally Posted by unclebuck
No, but it might have been a damn sight better. We would not have the politically correct, police as revenue collectors, cameras not traffic cops 'law and order' system we have now. I also doubt we would have the 'f*ck you, you can't touch me' attitude today's youth have where they all about their 'rights' but nothing about their responsibilites as citizens.
All this is a New Labour creation.
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All this is a New Labour creation.
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Oh, so you're one of the 'anti-everything I don't vote' brigade.
In that case you forefit your right to an opinion in my view.
In that case you forefit your right to an opinion in my view.
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Originally Posted by scoobynutta555
One observation is that even though obviously there is intelligence on Scoobynet, political nous is not that apparent. Saddens me to read many political comments on here from obviously intelligent people that barely have a rudimentary grasp of politics.
Sorry, but in my opinion, that smacks of not being able to distinguish theory from reality. And *still* crushingly patronising. Don't wish to discuss it further though if that view invokes another cheap shot.
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Originally Posted by scoobynutta555
One observation is that even though obviously there is intelligence on Scoobynet, political nous is not that apparent. Saddens me to read many political comments on here from obviously intelligent people that barely have a rudimentary grasp of politics.
I have studied politics, and was taught to evaluate politics on a level playing field, alligning myself to no political party in particular. This allows you to take a pragmatic view and a more balanced perspective. I can and have been critical of Blair, just as I can for any party. To simply blame the current government on all of UK society ills from a 7 year record is patently a very flawed arguement. Indeed, I'd be hard pushed to blame Thatcher for the many things she's been accused of doing to this country, and she was here for 11 years as PM.
The past 7 years have seen us a country improve out status in wealth terms. Whilst many economies have been in slight recession, UK remained on an even keel and even improved economically. Employment has been at quite high levels, and business as well as general population has benefited not only from low interest rates but from relatively consistant rate.
It is a well known fact that people look at years gone by as a golden age where crime was less and everything was generally better. This is on the whole a fallacy. For example, child murders. Reading newspapers today you'd think this was an increasing problem. However, if you look back at the statistics, there has been an even number each year going back decades of child abduction and murder.
I have studied politics, and was taught to evaluate politics on a level playing field, alligning myself to no political party in particular. This allows you to take a pragmatic view and a more balanced perspective. I can and have been critical of Blair, just as I can for any party. To simply blame the current government on all of UK society ills from a 7 year record is patently a very flawed arguement. Indeed, I'd be hard pushed to blame Thatcher for the many things she's been accused of doing to this country, and she was here for 11 years as PM.
The past 7 years have seen us a country improve out status in wealth terms. Whilst many economies have been in slight recession, UK remained on an even keel and even improved economically. Employment has been at quite high levels, and business as well as general population has benefited not only from low interest rates but from relatively consistant rate.
It is a well known fact that people look at years gone by as a golden age where crime was less and everything was generally better. This is on the whole a fallacy. For example, child murders. Reading newspapers today you'd think this was an increasing problem. However, if you look back at the statistics, there has been an even number each year going back decades of child abduction and murder.
I can't discuss crime figures. These days I feel that less crime is being reported as people now feel "why bother". Things pass now where as 20 years ago they would have not been.
I refer to a general drop and slip of standards. A general trend of bad attitude and lack of respect, something previously reserved for pockets of society however is now the norm.