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just thought I’d add, I’m not citing poverty as an excuse for crime, just describing the tendency of the criminals.

And yes, poverty is relative, in global terms there are probably about half a dozen poor people in the entire UK.

But one of the reasons we don’t describe people with mobile phones or trainers or whatever as poor is because we have…[Read more]

@GAZLAN wrote:

http://nathanieltapley.com/2011/08/10/an-open-letter-to-david-camerons-parents/

The link leads to a brilliant summary of another point I read recently. Poor criminals tend to commit crimes against poor victims and to use violence. They then are defined by the crime – thieves, thugs etc – without any chance of redemption.

Richer…[Read more]

@eve wrote:

@jen_jen wrote:

1. The riots, as distressing as they are to watch, are a flash in the pan. They may have started out with a political trigger but they descended into sheer opportunism and greed. They will fizzle out when the risk of being caught (or hurt) becomes too great. . . . . . . . . .

Now here’s a moral question.
Your teenager is…

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@eve wrote:

@GAZLAN wrote:

@eve wrote:

once again a thread that could have had some interesting social opinions has come down to Gazlans rantings.

:lol: :lol: :lol: Please do share these interesting social opinions ~ I can’t wait!

It would be pointless Gazlan as the only opinions your are interested in are your own.

. . . but Gazlan isn’t the…[Read more]

@tinks wrote:

i did comment on the subject earlier………..i asked what this thread is supposed to be about……thought it was about riots as thats what the title says but as you read in it seems to have changed to god knows what by someone who hasn’t got a good word to say about this country.

Why do people live in a country they have to ‘diss’…

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@tinks wrote:

@eve wrote:

once again a thread that could have had some interesting social opinions has come down to Gazlans rantings.

yes eve and the fact that he feels he has the right to post personal comments about someone when he clearly judges by the cover and no more.

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@Mrs_Teapot wrote:

… . Yes words its wonderful that we have young people turning out to help with the clean up, I never said it wasn’t.

Sorry you got the impression I was saying you had said that Mrs T. I didn’t say it, and didn’t mean it either. I was addressing the subject of the thread generally, not you in particular.

@GAZLAN wrote:

What a terrible shame to see all those business’ in turmoil . ‘collateral damage’ springs to mind . . . Thank heavan for insurance I can hear you say!

Collateral damage is still damage. Insurance partially compensates for financial loss, but for family businesses, whether new or well established the owner often has a huge personal…[Read more]

Well, two young people I know have got up far earlier than they would on a school holiday to go down to Dalston and help with the clear-up. There are places to donate clothes etc for people disposessed by the fires etc. Opportunities are there to show that we actually care about people, not just fulminate like armchair colonels. . . .. .

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@eve wrote:

Y does gaz have to hijack every thread with his totally incomprehensible rants?

Maybe this thread should be under “Getting Serious” but here’s my brief take on the subject.

The Riots? At first anger over a man shot by police – I hope they it was justified, I want to trust the police, but the first few hours after Jean Charles de…[Read more]

@anc wrote:

@Wordsworth50 wrote:

@rubyred wrote:

for ONE night all the way there !! would cost me about 80 quid. I will wait on the big one !!

have a great time . as im never invited anyhoo :)

Despite my reputation as a meet-monster, I’ve never actually been invited to one, although someone did attempt to bar me once . . . . .

oooo words, I told…

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@kent f OBE wrote:

Meet monster? Thought it was something else :lol: ………………………………………runs……

Cake? Nice cups of tea?

@rubyred wrote:

for ONE night all the way there !! would cost me about 80 quid. I will wait on the big one !!

have a great time . as im never invited anyhoo :)

Despite my reputation as a meet-monster, I’ve never actually been invited to one, although someone did attempt to bar me once . . . . .

I might be having a late run back to London from Birmingham that night, although I’m toying with the idea of staying over til Sunday morning, so I might give someone a call to see where you are and meet up with the rest of you when you’re suitably pie-eyed.

Dear Aunty anc

Should I be arsed with hunting around different energy suppliers to make maybe 10% saving or should I badger my family to use less energy, turn off the telly etc?

@Tatler wrote:

Aunty Anc ,

black or silver dress ?

Black for ‘bedroom’, Silver for ‘town’, given suitable style and undergarments of course!

@catlady wrote:

hi, just a question as a new chatter, can anyone tell me about the chat rooms please, and who i should try to avoid, lol.

is it better just to stay on the boards, or get in and chat???? am a chatterbox at heart, and am a fast typist, used to a fast room.

want to meet like minded and also unlike minded folk, haha,

Is this a dating…

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y’no . . .

I had to go over this thread a couple of times to ‘get’ the personalisation, (I only really read threads in depth when I’m tired or feeling ‘meh’. I find myself agreeing with Eve on the point that, knowing their history, the reference to Thin was a dig, not just a question. and as far as I’m concerned, bang out of order.

While her…[Read more]

@GAZLAN wrote:

It’s I’m not am. :roll:

Maybe she types as she thinks . . . .

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