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I think the woman must have had a moment of madness because apparently she is normally a cat lover. Apparently her father was very close to death at the moment she put the cat in the bin.
I love cats, we have three of them, I would never as a rule defend anyone for harming a cat as a rule. Perhaps the woman should be made to spend a few hours in a wheelie bin to contemplate what she did and how to make sure she never does it again.
I met mine in a room at an event in a town in the Midlands.
I went to a boys’ public school and left school in the early 1970’s. In those days an A and two B’s would have got you into Oxford or Cambridge – although they imposed further hurdles like their own entrance exams plus Oxford insisted on Latin O level (equivalent of GCSE) as well, regardless of your chosen course!
I got into a top University with A, C, D and E in my A level subjects, and was offered places at others. In the end I didn’t pursue the course in question, but now I’d need probably at least three A’s to get to those places.
I have a theory as to why boys, who used to do better than girls, now do worse. Computer games addiction. I’ve seen this myself in my extended family – teenage boys spending all their waking hours gaming, even when exams were imminent. Seeing them go down from being high academic achievers to disappointment.
I also think that these generous grades are being given in arts and other ‘soft’ subjects. From what I’ve heard, getting an A in Maths or Physics is pretty much as difficult as it used to be.
Who or what do I blame? I’m not going to blame one political party or another, it’s more to do with society. We used to design and make things here and export them all around the world. Now we rely on financial services, tourism, heritage and until recently, ever-rising property prices.
I also think ending the grammar school system has adversely affected the brighter students. But that had its faults too as, while it benefited bright pupils, it wrote off the keen ones who just missed getting through the 11 Plus exam to a rudimentary education.
Depression and self-esteem are clearly linked, but the link isn’t fixed.
For instance, a person can still have high self-esteem, sometimes too high, despite becoming seriously depressed. Typically, a successful and dominant businessman whose business gets into difficulties. I knew such a person. He became very depressed but he still had the belief that he deserved better and all the problems were caused by other people.
I’m not in favour of capital punishment (except for Bin Laden, if he’s caught), but put it this way – If Huntley had died I wouldn’t have minded one little bit.
The Muslims do this sort of thing in madrassas and the Christians at their Jesus boot camps.
It’s all shaping up for a holy world war one day.Where are all my fellow militant atheists? Isn’t it time we were teaching children that there’s no God and Jesus has been dead for 2000 years!
I could tell you a story that would make your blood boil about something like this. But I won’t because I don’t want to find a horse’s head on my pillow.
Prison this time ?
No……
A lifetime ban from driving would be more appropriate.The public needs to be protected from this menace on the road.
I read the original post with incredulity. I think Tom appears to have taken the belt-and-braces approach – shooting himself in the foot before putting his foot in his mouth :lol:
I’m a loyal Griffinite. So right now I’m keeping my head low and just doing what I can.
Griffin’s going anyway, isn’t he?
As a leftie I was rather hoping he’d stay as he’s basically the BNP’s version of Gordon Brown – a liability rather than an asset!
