European Salon de News, Discussion et Klatsch - 10 October | 110 comments (110 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Europe (4.00 / 6)

This can only happen because ordinary people are bastards who will bully sick and disabled people and make them feel ashamed of themselves if they complain in public about their condition and not receiving help.

I distribute. You re-distribute. He gives your hard-earned money to lazy scroungers. -- JakeS

by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Oct 10th, 2012 at 09:39:21 AM EST
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Re: Europe (none / 0)

True.

If only there were a form of compassion/solidarity/whatever that wasn't susceptible to the usual attacks:

Leftist/Working class - "'it were terrible'? I think you mean 'it was'. Good day."
Leftist/Trotskyist student - "Get a hair cut. Stop smoking that."
Religious - "Yeah, fine, grandma, why don't you stick to the psalms and the knitting."

Compassion pays of for society over time. Greed pays off for the individual right now. (I have no solutions today. I yield the floor.)

by Number 6 on Wed Oct 10th, 2012 at 10:00:29 AM EST
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Re: Europe (4.00 / 4)

Another reason why the government can get away with this kind of thing is that cutting benefits is not so obvious a way of killing people off as beating them to a bloody pulp.

I distribute. You re-distribute. He gives your hard-earned money to lazy scroungers. -- JakeS

by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Oct 10th, 2012 at 10:06:54 AM EST
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Re: Europe (4.00 / 4)

well it would be obvious if the national broadcaster actually transmitted anything more than scrounger rhetoric.

for example theres a report today that GP's are suggesting that 1 in 4 disabled patients are considering suicide when faced with this scheme

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Wed Oct 10th, 2012 at 04:40:57 PM EST
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Re: Europe (none / 0)

Isn't the new BBC boss cutting down core staff? As in 'we'll just order "programmes" and let the market sort it out'?

by Number 6 on Thu Oct 11th, 2012 at 05:01:42 AM EST
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European Salon de News, Discussion et Klatsch - 10 October | 110 comments (110 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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