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Originally posted by candyfloss
We did'nt have guns taken away from us because we never had them in the first place and we don't want them.
I'm sure it's not a laughing matter. Unfortunately you have been disarmed by your governemt, and are unable to defend yourself from those individuals who do, and will continue to carry weapons legally or not. I imagine there just aren't enough police officers to go around.
I'm intruiged that you take the issue of banning knives aka'pointy things' so lightly.I'm sure the greiving families of the teenagers that died everyday (and in one day five teens died)for the last few weeks with some horror and disbelief.There is a teenage knife crime epidemic going on in Britain and it is of great concern to politicians and public alike and it is not a joke.
I never said you were living under Sharia law, but itmay be a real possibility for you in the future. your government is far more oppressive than the United States. The UK is the prototype of things to come for the US if we don't all wake up soon.
Furthermore all this hysterical non-sense about 'Orwellian Britain' etc etc is ribbish.No we are not living under Sharia law and in fear of bin inspectors.We are a healthy ,functioning democracy.Don't beleive everything you read on the internet.
Originally posted by TheRedneck
reply to post by LLoyd45
Your opinions find respect here as well. I just thought it was strange, because I am usually on your side and not CC's.
I see your point about abuse, but so far the abuse has not occurred. This plan sounds to me like a really great way to get people off the public dole and get them to enter the world of reality, and there is some mention of safeguards to protect those who are truly unable to perform productive work.
Something simply has to be done to make welfare, unemployment, or prison uncomfortable. I don't want to see anyone go hungry or do without, but at the same time, I realize that a massive central government cannot fund everyone's life. All of that money is coming from the pockets of workers who actually want to improve their lot in life and pull their own weight. Why should it go to someone who doesn't want to work so they can be lazy? And what will happen when there are not enough workers to provide for the bums?
Better to save those we can than to all die trying to save someone who doesn't want to be saved.
TheRedneck
Originally posted by Lethil
I want a nuclear bomb...but boo hoo...i cant have them,silly laws.Truth is,people in the UK could care less about guns.Pointless in most peoples opinions,thats culture for you.No way is better....except america has an astonishingly high gun crime rate....nevermind illegal trade in guns to south america...
Originally posted by candyfloss
Originally posted by Lethil
I want a nuclear bomb...but boo hoo...i cant have them,silly laws.Truth is,people in the UK could care less about guns.Pointless in most peoples opinions,thats culture for you.No way is better....except america has an astonishingly high gun crime rate....nevermind illegal trade in guns to south america...
I could'nt agree more.It's never occured to us ,as a nation,to want guns.The very idea is preposterous.Once again we are NOT ,repeat,NOT going to have Sharia law in England.Just because some nitwit on the internet got hold of the wrong end of the stick does not mean it get's a rapid passage through parliament.I think one QC said that aspects of Sharia law may have to be considered to serve the Muslim population adequately.This ,for example,can mean special provisions for getting a mortagtage to buy a house as Muslim people see lending money as usury.
Originally posted by CPYKOmega
Most people on welfare either lack the mental capacity to work, have disabilities, or some other mental disorder which is debilitating and prevents them from working a normal job.
Originally posted by crawgator406
there is a difference here in the states, we unemployment program and welfare. if you are laid off from your jobs you receive unemployment benefits,
Originally posted by TruthTellist
Americans Were Occupied by the British Until their Armed populace forced them off the continent.
Originally posted by TruthTellistThey maintain their Right to bear arms in case their own Military ever falls under the Control of a Government that does not adhere to the constitution.
An armed populace would also help repel a foreign invasion - observe Iraqis fighting for their freedom against a foreign occupier.
Question Answered.
Originally posted by chise61
You may want to try to better understand our forefathers genious in giving us the right to keep and bear arms & our insistance on not giving up that right.
Originally posted by chise61However if something like that were ever to happen a hell of a lot of us would be able to defend what's ours. WE wouldn't have to sit in fear waiting for the troops to arrive. If i looked out the window and saw enemy soldiers marching down the street, i could dial a couple of numbers and in minutes we'd be a well armed militia on our street defending our country. Can you do the same ?
Originally posted by chise61I guess you also don't know that our right to keep and bear arms is not only to protect ourselves and our country from foriegn invaders.
Originally posted by C.C.Benjamin
My god, you just told me you weren't scared of invasion, and the previous poster (and the rest of your post) goes on to detail how you expect the tanks rolling down your streets to be your own!
I have no idea what sort of ethnic cleansing you expect your government to take part in, either. You speak like you expect your government to start committing genocide against your own people.
I'm a big, big fan of military history, and I can tell you that getting a bunch of untrained, uncoordinated civilians out on the streets to fight a professional army is just asking for a slaughter.
Aside from the fact you clearly think your own army is incompetent, you'd not have the balls to go out and actually fight a proper army if they were marching down your streets, anyway.
Originally posted by TheRedneck
reply to post by deathpoet69
So, you're saying that you have a bad attitude in some way (only reason I can think of for being let go that many times) and your girlfriend is overweight(? Not real familiar with the 'stone', so I'm guessing form context), and because of that you can't work?
I am saying that when I was working and been in school through out my life I have had a bad attiude and still have abit of temper that I try to keep down because it gets me in to trouble. My girlfriend is of the sick for depression and at the time obesity. She has lost alot of weight and has become alot stronger and confident in her self. We have just applied for voluenteering work
Based on the assumptions I made above, I see the problem. It is that you want a job, but you want the job to be exactly what you want to do, not what your employer wants done. That's not a problem with the employer; it's a problem with you.
I just am applying to youth volunteering because i want to help youths who suffer in silence which will gain me experiance to get a proper job as in, social working or a police officer.
A job only exists because someone wants/needs someone to perform a task. It does not exist because you want it. It is not a right, nor an entitlement. If you want to be paid, you have to perform useful work, not just do whatever you want to do. That is called 'fun', not work.
I no that. I am learning.
"Taken care of"? Wait, did someone not wipe your nose when you wanted them to? Oh, how terrible. Hey, here's a great idea: how about taking care of yourself? I do, and so do millions of other people around the globe..
Sort the menality of a young society out first before complaining about their injustice in the future. I have taken care of myself since i was a kid, with no help from a parent figure or education system, i have been in alot of dangerous situations which somtimes i have put myself in but come straight back out off. thank you.
Ah, the obligatory threat paragraph. "Give me what I want or I'll hurt you." Now how could any employer refuse someone with that attitude? ..
Reducation
Speaking for myself, I care quite a bit about my world. That's why I want lazy whiners to get out and do something, before the workers have to retire and there is no one to do anything. Well, almost anything, sounds like there will be a lot of professional cryers.
those on welfare are mentally delinquent to society who have an average age span of 10. I am not one of them though.
I'm sorry, were you refused education when you were younger? I thought the UK had a similar public education system to what we have here, where every child gets to go to school. Oh, let me guess, you quit..
I was refused education in the sense they cant help me because of my unruly behavioural problems and ended up been excluded, i dint quit.
I was refused gcse's an exam in england look it up.
I dint get a record of achievement either, i left school at 13 then soon as i was 16 i went to college and achieved an exam all without the help of the education i had in the past.
As for starting your own business, that is actually a great idea! Now stop threatening and do it.
Oh, how terrible it is to work for 4 weeks a year, or eventually have to actually work for charities to help out people who genuinely need it in return for your refusal to work in the public sector and your insistence on getting money for nothing. You can always try and hide your attitude a while and get a real job, then this wouldn't even affect you.
Totally agree, i tried that in all the jobs i had and i dint seem to hold it back. i dint concentrate and was always doing something wrong however i am making a change to that and i am now volunteering for charities to gain experience to know how to handle a working environment.
You don't need any of these things, these are simply excuses you are using to justify your present life choice. Life coaching? What in the name of Robert E. Lee is that? Someone to hold your hand so you can live? Anger management... sheesh, how about just biting your tongue and growing up. Anxiety management? Give me a break, you're not anxious; you're childish. Get off your rump and get out on the street and try to find something to do. And when someone gives you a chance, take it and don't screw it up.
agree, just like what others have told me. I should take it in action. I would like someones advice on how to start a conversation to someone who is not like in to the things we are. How do i separate conspricy type topics to average life type topics that everyone speaks about. How do i intergrate with certain groups in the working enviroment?. I shy away somtimes and become an outcast. any advice from anyone?
And before you start whining about this, no, I do not 'hate' you or want you to 'suffer'. I want you to be able to hold your head up and be a man. I want you to take some pride in yourself. I want you to be part of the solution and not part of the problem. I want you to feel like you're somebody, because you are.
And i agree, thank you. give me some advice about how to interact at work.
TheRedneck
(yeah, I'm back from working for a living)