A rant about this abhorrent spit of land
Posted by Anonymous User
Beer? 
Everyone knows that million-to-one chances happen 9 times out of 10; indeed, it's a common requirement in fairy tales. If the human didn't have to overcome huge odds, what would be the point? Terry Pratchett - The Science Of Discworld
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Everyone knows that million-to-one chances happen 9 times out of 10; indeed, it's a common requirement in fairy tales. If the human didn't have to overcome huge odds, what would be the point? Terry Pratchett - The Science Of Discworld
GPGSL S5 Race driver for IED.
I'd have to agree with you on this one
I'm filipino, my parents came to london around 30 years ago and i was born here, so technically i'm british.
the time of grown up here, all 26 years of my life, i've seen a massive change in the uk.
growing up, i was kind of the odd one out, you had white kids, black kids, but not many from anywhere else. i felt no racism growing up, as we were brought up in a kind of golden period, no one new of terrorism, the world was finally opening up to each other, and it seemed as though everyone was getting along.
but over the last 10 years, i''ve seen a direct influx of immigration, from africa, asia, eastern europe and this has led to alot of things going down.
they tend to get benefits like moving to the front of the queue for council houses etc, which mean the tax payer has to fork out more and more.
but this isn't solely the problem of immigration, you've just got some downright lazy people here too, look at that family in liverpool who said their daughter was missing so they could get reward money, things like this are shocking.
dont get me started on those freeloading mp's, they could be the worst of the bunch!
its something that cannot just be rectified over night, how to you address a problem like this?
the taxes we pay are ridiculous, i cannot see where my honest money is going.
the only thing that i appreciate is the nhs, i've been lucky enough to not need to go often, by i appreciate free health care.
the amount of money the goverment has from taxes is incredible, why can't they build more prisons, i for one think the nation will benefit as a whole if we lock up all the crap on the street. that enables people to go about their lives and achieve their goals instead of worrying about a bunch of shady kids hanging on the street corner.
the one thing that baffles me is how can one sweet innocent child, grow up to be a complete retard? the parents need a slap, and this all stems from education, we need better schools, if they are educated well enough and taught family values, then their kid is going to grow up and live a prosperous life, instead they get neglected and end up doing some crazy @#$%&, this then leads their children to do the same.
we need to focus on the rough areas, try to promote growth, encourage them to turn things around and lead them away from a path of destruction.
and what about the war in iraq and afgansistan?
how many billions are being pumped each year into that? what a waste of time.
the income tax is retarded, what's the point of trying to make better of yourself, reach the top so when you start earning serious money, you get taxed 40% on it
how are people able to afford anything in this country, housing is too expensive, when i was growing up, when you were like 22 or 23, it was expected of you to move out and live on your own, if you plan to do that now, you would have to be making around £35,000 a year to do so.
from all the guys i grew up with, only a handful have moved out. rent is over the top, you can't get a mortgage, and we're living in a life of debt.
why spend money that's not yours?
if you've been brought up well, you'll understand the value of money and to be responsible with it, now people are in so much debt, they live for superficial things, because of they are being brainwashed to think that they need them by the media.
this country is a joke now, i'm happy that my parents will retire soon and will return to the philippines where they invested their money well and can live off their hard work here.
i for one can't wait for the opportunity to jump ship and make a proper life for my own, there are no opportunities here anymore, there are no jobs.
everyone is competing for the same thing why?
because you can get an A grade for getting just over half of the answers correct in an exam.
what happened to the days when an A was 90% and above?
you can now get a B for 50%, they all say grades are increasing, and year in year out beating new records, but set them a @#$%& goal, make the grade percentage properly and the businesses and universities can distinguish the best and help contribute to the economy better.
and what the @#$%& is london doing with the olympics?
it's great for the capital, but the transport service sucks, there is traffic everywhere, you've got these stupid unions that go on strike every year and disrupt everyones lives.
i can't see it being a success, it'll be so expensive to get a hotel room for tourists, if you think the cost of living here is bad think about the people coming over for the olympics.
rant over.
i know this is just a bundle on non coherent mess, but i just had to say what i've got to say about the governess of this country.
oh and the bbc?
if you've heard on the radio, you need a tv licence to watch iplayer, @#$%& that @#$%&.
everyone is trying to squeeze just that little extra from you, no wonder you get all these benefits frauds, people just simply can't afford it.
car insurance, price of fuel, food, bills, everything is so expensive.
i'm making £20,000 a year, live at home with my parents, and it isn't enough if you want to lead a healthy and active life.
I'm upping sticks and moving to Korea on the 9th January for 4 months, hopefully i can find some opportunities there cos this place has lost its way.
i'm a londoner and proud, but enough is enough, its slowly going down the shitter.
I'm filipino, my parents came to london around 30 years ago and i was born here, so technically i'm british.
the time of grown up here, all 26 years of my life, i've seen a massive change in the uk.
growing up, i was kind of the odd one out, you had white kids, black kids, but not many from anywhere else. i felt no racism growing up, as we were brought up in a kind of golden period, no one new of terrorism, the world was finally opening up to each other, and it seemed as though everyone was getting along.
but over the last 10 years, i''ve seen a direct influx of immigration, from africa, asia, eastern europe and this has led to alot of things going down.
they tend to get benefits like moving to the front of the queue for council houses etc, which mean the tax payer has to fork out more and more.
but this isn't solely the problem of immigration, you've just got some downright lazy people here too, look at that family in liverpool who said their daughter was missing so they could get reward money, things like this are shocking.
dont get me started on those freeloading mp's, they could be the worst of the bunch!
its something that cannot just be rectified over night, how to you address a problem like this?
the taxes we pay are ridiculous, i cannot see where my honest money is going.
the only thing that i appreciate is the nhs, i've been lucky enough to not need to go often, by i appreciate free health care.
the amount of money the goverment has from taxes is incredible, why can't they build more prisons, i for one think the nation will benefit as a whole if we lock up all the crap on the street. that enables people to go about their lives and achieve their goals instead of worrying about a bunch of shady kids hanging on the street corner.
the one thing that baffles me is how can one sweet innocent child, grow up to be a complete retard? the parents need a slap, and this all stems from education, we need better schools, if they are educated well enough and taught family values, then their kid is going to grow up and live a prosperous life, instead they get neglected and end up doing some crazy @#$%&, this then leads their children to do the same.
we need to focus on the rough areas, try to promote growth, encourage them to turn things around and lead them away from a path of destruction.
and what about the war in iraq and afgansistan?
how many billions are being pumped each year into that? what a waste of time.
the income tax is retarded, what's the point of trying to make better of yourself, reach the top so when you start earning serious money, you get taxed 40% on it
how are people able to afford anything in this country, housing is too expensive, when i was growing up, when you were like 22 or 23, it was expected of you to move out and live on your own, if you plan to do that now, you would have to be making around £35,000 a year to do so.
from all the guys i grew up with, only a handful have moved out. rent is over the top, you can't get a mortgage, and we're living in a life of debt.
why spend money that's not yours?
if you've been brought up well, you'll understand the value of money and to be responsible with it, now people are in so much debt, they live for superficial things, because of they are being brainwashed to think that they need them by the media.
this country is a joke now, i'm happy that my parents will retire soon and will return to the philippines where they invested their money well and can live off their hard work here.
i for one can't wait for the opportunity to jump ship and make a proper life for my own, there are no opportunities here anymore, there are no jobs.
everyone is competing for the same thing why?
because you can get an A grade for getting just over half of the answers correct in an exam.
what happened to the days when an A was 90% and above?
you can now get a B for 50%, they all say grades are increasing, and year in year out beating new records, but set them a @#$%& goal, make the grade percentage properly and the businesses and universities can distinguish the best and help contribute to the economy better.
and what the @#$%& is london doing with the olympics?
it's great for the capital, but the transport service sucks, there is traffic everywhere, you've got these stupid unions that go on strike every year and disrupt everyones lives.
i can't see it being a success, it'll be so expensive to get a hotel room for tourists, if you think the cost of living here is bad think about the people coming over for the olympics.
rant over.
i know this is just a bundle on non coherent mess, but i just had to say what i've got to say about the governess of this country.
oh and the bbc?
if you've heard on the radio, you need a tv licence to watch iplayer, @#$%& that @#$%&.
everyone is trying to squeeze just that little extra from you, no wonder you get all these benefits frauds, people just simply can't afford it.
car insurance, price of fuel, food, bills, everything is so expensive.
i'm making £20,000 a year, live at home with my parents, and it isn't enough if you want to lead a healthy and active life.
I'm upping sticks and moving to Korea on the 9th January for 4 months, hopefully i can find some opportunities there cos this place has lost its way.
i'm a londoner and proud, but enough is enough, its slowly going down the shitter.
You say that we need better schools. As a school teacher, I can say that schools are actually doing a damn fine job with the resources they've got available, but the resources are dreadful. Why is so little money given over to education by the government each year? Why are children growing up with a Nintendo Wii at home, and yet still using a computer from the 1990s at school because the school can't afford to upgrade?
Anyway, I admit all of the above points have also crossed my mind at some stage.
I can best compare the state of the social strucure in Britain to being like a shanty house in a slum. The whole house is made out of trash which is not fit for purpose, but it IS a roof over your head. And if you try to change one bit of it, it's so poorly put together that the whole thing will come crashing down. All you can do is keep adding bits of reinforcement to the existing framework, to squeeze a few years more life out of it.
If somebody actually had the courage to tear the whole damn thing down and start again, IMHO society would benefit in the long-term. But the short-term pain would be so extreme, so anarchic, that nobody is willing to try.
That's the state of the nation as I see it!
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Anyway, I admit all of the above points have also crossed my mind at some stage.
I can best compare the state of the social strucure in Britain to being like a shanty house in a slum. The whole house is made out of trash which is not fit for purpose, but it IS a roof over your head. And if you try to change one bit of it, it's so poorly put together that the whole thing will come crashing down. All you can do is keep adding bits of reinforcement to the existing framework, to squeeze a few years more life out of it.
If somebody actually had the courage to tear the whole damn thing down and start again, IMHO society would benefit in the long-term. But the short-term pain would be so extreme, so anarchic, that nobody is willing to try.
That's the state of the nation as I see it!
here here @loque
Jenson drives it like he owns it; Lewis drives it like he stole it
Don't worry, there should be a rock hurtling at us at a couple million of MPH or so.
But hey, I bet you don't get near the same amount of problems from illegal immigration over there!
The Flanker is gone.
But hey, I bet you don't get near the same amount of problems from illegal immigration over there!
The Flanker is gone.
Locke Cole Wrote:
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> You say that we need better schools. As a school
> teacher, I can say that schools are actually doing
> a damn fine job with the resources they've got
> available, but the resources are dreadful. Why is
> so little money given over to education by the
> government each year? Why are children growing up
> with a Nintendo Wii at home, and yet still using a
> computer from the 1990s at school because the
> school can't afford to upgrade?
My dear colleague, I can so much relate to this.
REHAB IS FOR QUITTERS
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> You say that we need better schools. As a school
> teacher, I can say that schools are actually doing
> a damn fine job with the resources they've got
> available, but the resources are dreadful. Why is
> so little money given over to education by the
> government each year? Why are children growing up
> with a Nintendo Wii at home, and yet still using a
> computer from the 1990s at school because the
> school can't afford to upgrade?
My dear colleague, I can so much relate to this.
REHAB IS FOR QUITTERS
smorr Wrote:
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> But hey, I bet you don't get near the same amount
> of problems from illegal immigration over there!
Viva Mexico, Viva Cuba !!
Talking serious look at this:
[www.usborderpatrol.com]
Slowly the Berlin wall of Mexico-USA is growing.
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> But hey, I bet you don't get near the same amount
> of problems from illegal immigration over there!
Viva Mexico, Viva Cuba !!
Talking serious look at this:
[www.usborderpatrol.com]
Slowly the Berlin wall of Mexico-USA is growing.
And thank god it is. Tell the people of Postville, Iowa that illegals hopping the border at will is a good thing; now that their town has lost it's number one employer because they were hiring illegals for less than what they should have. Build the wall, and build it now.
But this isn't the place for a long winded discussion on border control.
The Flanker is gone.
But this isn't the place for a long winded discussion on border control.
The Flanker is gone.
smorr Wrote:
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> And thank god it is. Tell the people of Postville,
> Iowa that illegals hopping the border at will is a
> good thing; now that their town has lost it's
> number one employer because they were hiring
> illegals for less than what they should have.
> Build the wall, and build it now.
>
> But this isn't the place for a long winded
> discussion on border control.
From what my many, many US friends in other forums post (and most of my online friends are from the US) Obama is going to sell America to Cuba anyway, so no need to worry about borders ...
REHAB IS FOR QUITTERS
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> And thank god it is. Tell the people of Postville,
> Iowa that illegals hopping the border at will is a
> good thing; now that their town has lost it's
> number one employer because they were hiring
> illegals for less than what they should have.
> Build the wall, and build it now.
>
> But this isn't the place for a long winded
> discussion on border control.
From what my many, many US friends in other forums post (and most of my online friends are from the US) Obama is going to sell America to Cuba anyway, so no need to worry about borders ...
REHAB IS FOR QUITTERS
turkey_machine Wrote:
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> Beer?
Only if you pay the tax on it! :P
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> Beer?
Only if you pay the tax on it! :P
Vader Wrote:
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> smorr Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > And thank god it is. Tell the people of
> Postville,
> > Iowa that illegals hopping the border at will is
> a
> > good thing; now that their town has lost it's
> > number one employer because they were hiring
> > illegals for less than what they should have.
> > Build the wall, and build it now.
> >
> > But this isn't the place for a long winded
> > discussion on border control.
>
> From what my many, many US friends in other forums
> post (and most of my online friends are from the
> US) Obama is going to sell America to Cuba anyway,
> so no need to worry about borders ...
News to me!
Ohhh well, Fidel is old. Very old. He'll be dead and gone soon. And I don't think Russia is in any condition to fire up another cold war......
Bear Infantry?
The Flanker is gone.
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> smorr Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > And thank god it is. Tell the people of
> Postville,
> > Iowa that illegals hopping the border at will is
> a
> > good thing; now that their town has lost it's
> > number one employer because they were hiring
> > illegals for less than what they should have.
> > Build the wall, and build it now.
> >
> > But this isn't the place for a long winded
> > discussion on border control.
>
> From what my many, many US friends in other forums
> post (and most of my online friends are from the
> US) Obama is going to sell America to Cuba anyway,
> so no need to worry about borders ...
News to me!
Ohhh well, Fidel is old. Very old. He'll be dead and gone soon. And I don't think Russia is in any condition to fire up another cold war......
Bear Infantry?
The Flanker is gone.
loque Wrote:
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> turkey_machine Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Beer?
>
> Only if you pay the tax on it! :P
Tax on alcohol's a bad idea anyway. 'nuff said.
I would pay the tax on it if I actually earnt enough to pay tax. I'd quite happily like to earn £12k a year, but I don't have a job despite me applying for 20-30 jobs a week and not getting the breaks I should be. The employment situation is laughable in my town because not only are the immigrants able to get a job better than I am, the employers will also rather employ school children, some of whom can't spell their own damn name, over somebody who's more qualified and can probably do the job better than them.
Why?
Because it costs them less.
Minimum wage doesn't apply to anybody under 16 still in full-time education. Even if NMW applied, who would you, as an employer, rather take on? Somebody who would cost you £3.57/hr, or somebody at £5.80/hr?
The worst part is, that employers were telling the schools not so long ago that they were the ones picking up this country and having to fill the education gaps, implying that schools don't do their job properly. Schooling can only go so far. If the pupil doesn't want to learn, how can you teach them?
Everyone knows that million-to-one chances happen 9 times out of 10; indeed, it's a common requirement in fairy tales. If the human didn't have to overcome huge odds, what would be the point? Terry Pratchett - The Science Of Discworld
GPGSL S5 Race driver for IED.
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> turkey_machine Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Beer?
>
> Only if you pay the tax on it! :P
Tax on alcohol's a bad idea anyway. 'nuff said.
I would pay the tax on it if I actually earnt enough to pay tax. I'd quite happily like to earn £12k a year, but I don't have a job despite me applying for 20-30 jobs a week and not getting the breaks I should be. The employment situation is laughable in my town because not only are the immigrants able to get a job better than I am, the employers will also rather employ school children, some of whom can't spell their own damn name, over somebody who's more qualified and can probably do the job better than them.
Why?
Because it costs them less.
Minimum wage doesn't apply to anybody under 16 still in full-time education. Even if NMW applied, who would you, as an employer, rather take on? Somebody who would cost you £3.57/hr, or somebody at £5.80/hr?
The worst part is, that employers were telling the schools not so long ago that they were the ones picking up this country and having to fill the education gaps, implying that schools don't do their job properly. Schooling can only go so far. If the pupil doesn't want to learn, how can you teach them?
Everyone knows that million-to-one chances happen 9 times out of 10; indeed, it's a common requirement in fairy tales. If the human didn't have to overcome huge odds, what would be the point? Terry Pratchett - The Science Of Discworld
GPGSL S5 Race driver for IED.
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