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