Homeless people/addiction.

[Mr Kobayashi]

Is that in Chicago?

Getting your musicals mixed up I think.

 

[shackattack]

Had a look at Brian Cox's new documentary 'how the other half live' where he contrasts the growing gap between the have's and have nots. For those that don't know his background he was born into poverty in Dundee and has never forgotten where he came from. Whilst its not perfect it is worth a watch as there is little like it on tv (Ch 5).

He interviews a multi millionaire who says he would be very happy to pay a wealth tax if it were fairly and consistently applied (globally) :-0

That last word demonstrates how bloody difficult it will be to resolve this as real wealth has no problem relocating anywhere where their assets are protected. Meanwhile the 'have nots" hand over their hard earned income to those that have wealth every time we spend.

I believe that at some point there will be a reckoning when decent folk decide 'enough is enough'. A rerun of the french revolution?

Quite enjoyed it generally and thought the East End lad made good made some valid points. Second episode looks quite enlightening and Brian Cox came across well as someone who had not forgotten his roots

 

[Grassland Blue]

Bill,

I expected more of you.

Given those quotes are direct references to words I used ABOUT A MAN TURNING TO GOING TO THE PUB AND DRINKING EVERY NIGHT AS A REASONABLE COURSE OF ACTION…

“who could sit at home every night alone ?”
(Your words)

…I take offence at the implied characterization of me ever stating any such person being “pathetic lazy trash” (once again, your words).

Sadly, I responded to your initial “radio story” with honest observations of THE STORY YOU TOLD.

Clearly, reading comprehension is not what it should be, because not only was the initial story then twisted by individuals, but my own words were twisted.

I remained engaged, explained myself, and even had a family member reach out on here to discuss these issues we have experienced within our own family.

I have been forthright, honest, and shown compassion and empathy for those with mental illness. However, the “crime” I committed was DARING to say that a grown man who effed his personal life up should have made a better choice than seeking his solace “down the pub, drowning his sorrows.”

I stand by that, based on the story YOU TOLD, not the many and varied personal stories that were overlaid on the initial post and which then became a blunt object with which to harangue.

I get it…this is the internet and almost anything goes, but the level of INTELLECTUAL DISHONESTY on display has been surprising.

I thought you were better than that throwaway, yet very pointed, closing line, in an attempt to elevate what was, for all intents and purposes, a pathetic story that happens every day in every industrialized society in the world.

pathetic​

adjective​

pa·thet·ic pə-ˈthe-tik

1
: having a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity
2
: marked by sorrow or melancholy : SAD
3
: pitifully inferior or inadequate
the restaurant's pathetic service
4
: ABSURD, LAUGHABLE


-/-/-/-/

I’m using definition #2, while you started out preferring #1, but are now preferring to mischaracterize #2 as #3, which is, ironically, also #3.

Thanks for the empathetic and compassionate response! Didn’t realize you were just part of the mob.

mob​

1 of 2

noun​

ˈmäb

1
: a large and disorderly crowd of people
especially : one bent on riotous or destructive action
2
informal : a large number of people
a mob of shoppers clogged the aisles
a team greeted by mobs of fans
3
: a criminal set : GANG
especially, often capitalized : MAFIA sense 1
a member of the Mob
a mob informant
4
old-fashioned : the common people : MASSES
5
chiefly Australia : a flock, drove, or herd of animals

-/-/-/

Lest there be any mischacterization of that word, I’m using the term as in #2, with a splash of #1 for good measure.

Wouldn’t want to be mischaracterized as using definitions #3 or #4, or in your case #5.

Some people are trying to claw their way back up after being down but either get blocked for whatever reason, or, even worse, kicked in the head by some careerist cock of a supervisor/manager to further their own ambition.
I, left to my own devices, function and operate well within the parameters of normality and do not usually require the intervention or downright interference from others.
I know that I am not perfect, but show me someone who is.

 

[Saddleworth2]

Quite enjoyed it generally and thought the East End lad made good made some valid points. Second episode looks quite enlightening and Brian Cox came across well as someone who had not forgotten his roots

I did like how it demonstrated wealth by inheritance and self made wealth.

I really don't know what the answer is. On the one hand, wealth creation should be encouraged, on the other hand, with wealth being held by a tiny % of the population, they have to be taxed relatively highly to fund 'society' properly. All fair enough but if they can then relocate to a tax haven in the blink of an eye, where do you go then?

Who in the world gets it right just now?

 

[havefaith]

Cunty post.

Indeed.

"Get a grip, stand up, be the master of your own ship" what a wanker, and highlights why we have such a fucked up Country/world.

If it wasn't, for good fortune in life (starting with birth) then the OP could quiet easily be in such a position.

And don,t give me "no ones ever helped me, I worked hard for all I've got" crap, life is literally down to luck, hard work alone only gets you so far.

 

[Nebuchadnezzar]

Anyway, hearing this story made me realize that it can happen to anyone and that drunk guy sitting in a doorway or under a bridge talking to himself, could be anybody, a bloke who has worked for many years and paid taxes, or an ex-soldier etc etc.
Someone's Dad.

A well timed thread, and it can happen to anyone indeed. I spent a few hours last night helping an Internet stranger empty their bedroom of bottles after they had been secretly drinking in there for a year. Too ashamed to admit it to family and friends and when someone shouts into the ether for help, how can you refuse? A highly intelligent person, articulate and well mannered, yet troubled.

 

[remember arthur mann]

What?
Every man for himself?
Surely not.

Not at all. I don't have CBs view on this but in his Job you must have a very strong character.

 

[inchy14]

Is that in Chicago?

No it’s in Bugsy Malone

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

 

[kaz7]

Wim Hoff likes this post! :-)

i lurve him, some of my friends swim in the ocean which i would love to do but wouldnt be safe for me so i walk in the winter in just a summer dress, about twenty mins then back into a warm bed, swear by it