bang on the money...
Yes, if you start out life rich, you have to go a long way to die poor, it's true, but the fact is that there is a streak of resentment in the UK under New Labour that you have to laugh at, otherwise you'd want to go on a killing spree.

If you drive a nice car, people won't do as they used to and think "ooh that's nice", or smile at seeing something out of the ordinary burble past. No, they'll do their best to scratch it, spit on it, break it or ruin it in some way - if they can't have it, why should you? After all, they only bunked off school to get their teenage girlfriend pregnant, whilst you worked your ass off to get a raise.

I remember a time when if you had a decent car and someone damaged it, witnesses would contact you and, very often, the person who did it would leave a note with their details. Nowadays, they fuck off as soon as they can, and the witnesses laugh at the thought of someone having to pay thousands of pounds to repair something they didn't do.

If you work hard, educate your kids and provide for them, you're spoilt, or a cunt. If you steal, swear, sign on and act like a pikey, you're an urban bloody hero.

There are times when I truly hate this country...
(Chad, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 15:09, 1 reply)

Bloody hell
you have a massive chip on your shoulder. I thought your earlier post got a bit of unnecessary flak but I'm definitely losing sympathy now.
(Bazongaloid, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 15:20, closed)

not really..
I used to own an american car (cheaper than it looked) when I lived in Leeds - the local estate kids (who you would assume might have destroyed it), used to love seeing it, smiling and waving and asking questions about it. I lived in a rough area and not a scratch was made - in fact the kids used to make sure no-one went near it. So, this biterness and resentment towards someone who has done ok is not based on geography or social background - no, it's a peculiarly post-Blair phenomenon.

I grew up in the 1980s and, even during that age of conspicuous greed, if you saw a Ferrari or Bentley roll past, it made you smile - you didn't think "wait until that fucker's parked and I'll have the wing mirrors off of it"...or maybe you did and I'm the odd one out...?
(Chad, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 15:35, closed)

No I don't
and neither do most people. You are sliding down the slippery Daily Mail slope where fear of everything rules your life.

I drive a shit car and someone stole the trim and the aerial off it one night. I could have lived in the constant fear that everyone round my flat was nicking bits of cars, but they weren't I was just unlucky. I replaced everything and it didn't happen again.

You are harking back to halcyon days that didn't exist. Things are not sliding into chaos, Britain is not "broken" but if you don't like it, please feel free to fuck off.
(Bazongaloid, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 15:39, closed)