tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17218624.post8871284172399683232..comments2024-03-29T09:44:58.143+00:00Comments on Finding life hard?: Then I remembered ShaneLiz Hindshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04646532093872561703noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17218624.post-28719327179173270152011-08-16T16:50:35.399+01:002011-08-16T16:50:35.399+01:00post script... had to stop that comment it as a ra...post script... had to stop that comment it as a rant!!!<br /><br />I have met people like Shane those who are beaten senseless by those around who should love them. It is so heartbraking - some do get through but it is not easy.Furtheronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11903753972242964410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17218624.post-71663728688101630982011-08-16T16:50:27.101+01:002011-08-16T16:50:27.101+01:00post script... had to stop that comment it as a ra...post script... had to stop that comment it as a rant!!!<br /><br />I have met people like Shane those who are beaten senseless by those around who should love them. It is so heartbraking - some do get through but it is not easy.Furtheronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11903753972242964410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17218624.post-83423592886419460352011-08-16T16:49:00.051+01:002011-08-16T16:49:00.051+01:00Flipping heck - you cut straight through it all wi...Flipping heck - you cut straight through it all with this writing Liz... can you stand for PM? I'd vote for you.<br /><br />I agree with the decline of society since good old Mrs T told us it was gone in the 1980s and I saw the madness in the City first hand as I worked there from 86 - 91... it was frankly grotesque in places. Labour under Blair / Brown did little to address that problem and it continues today...<br /><br />The haves have got more and the have nots get less unless they claim benefits (if you believe the press) - I do have a disabled friend and his wife simply doesn't work as she is his full time carer - if she worked it would imply he didn't need full time care and their benefits would plummet... how can that be right?<br /><br />However to justify the actions the last week or so based on all that is nonsense... I do feel we should instead of giving these youngsters community orders here should ship them out to Africa, India or somewhere and ask them to simply live with people who do truly have nothing and no help ... might change their perception of their level of poverty...<br /><br />I'll stop I'm off on one again... :-)Furtheronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11903753972242964410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17218624.post-45701753929579085142011-08-16T05:31:06.263+01:002011-08-16T05:31:06.263+01:00Well stated, Liz. We try so many surface solutions...Well stated, Liz. We try so many surface solutions and look for quick and easy explanations of things that run very deep and complicated. It doesn't work that way. (But I am glad it was last year we were in London that particular week of August not this.)Katneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13399336885633739593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17218624.post-63190360246020632252011-08-16T00:15:17.216+01:002011-08-16T00:15:17.216+01:00You probably heard about our "hockey riot&quo...You probably heard about our "hockey riot" that was terrible back in June, but no one has been charged yet. The public is horrified and want those who participated to be properly punished. But they probably will get a slap on the wrist, if anything. It does not bode well for society as a whole if they get away with it, in England or here, because it'll just get worse! It fine and dandy to look into the root causes of such disturbance, but there must be swift justice of some sort.Leslie:https://www.blogger.com/profile/11964698251137788839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17218624.post-65320287266412308992011-08-15T22:12:11.806+01:002011-08-15T22:12:11.806+01:00I wish I knew what the answers were too Liz. The L...I wish I knew what the answers were too Liz. The Looters should be punished (but I question a six month sentence for a bottle of water).<br /><br />The root causes need to be determined and addressed - and these are not the soundbite opinions of politicians looking for a quick ratings rise.<br /><br />What we don't need is knee jerk overreactions to the situation eg shutting down social media sites etc. We're not Iran or China after all!jams o donnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17315325008175184363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17218624.post-17106058683633751272011-08-15T21:44:12.685+01:002011-08-15T21:44:12.685+01:00Certainly to condemn all the rioters as criminals,...Certainly to condemn all the rioters as criminals, as Cameron has, is simplistic in the extreme. Obviously there are deeper reasons why they did what they did, including as you say materialism and Mrs Thatcher's "There's no such thing as society" (and wasn't the ruthless looting and destruction a splendid example of that!). The politicians need to think long and hard about the poor prospects for young people's lives and how they can be improved.nickhttp://nickhereandnow.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com