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    #11
    Originally posted by ratewhore View Post
    Patricia from Croydon is clearly a fascist...
    I'd like to see her try to spell 'fascism'.
    And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014

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      #12
      This was written by a rig worker in North Sea - he makes a lot of sense!
      I work, they pay me. I pay my taxes and the government distributes my taxes as it sees fit. In order to earn that pay cheque, I work on a rig for a drilling contractor. I am required to pass a random urine test, with which I have no problem.
      What I do have a problem with is the distribution of my taxes to peoplewho don't have to pass a urine test. Shouldn't one have to pass a urine
      test to get benefits?

      David Birkett, Peterhead, United Kingdom


      But he has a point...
      Science isn't about why, it's about why not. You ask: why is so much of our science dangerous? I say: why not marry safe science if you love it so much. In fact, why not invent a special safety door that won't hit you in the butt on the way out, because you are fired. - Cave Johnson

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        #13
        Originally posted by gingerjedi View Post
        There was an article on the news last night were the police were raiding loan sharks, one story mentioned that a women only had £50 left from her £1700 benefits after she had paid the shark.

        My wife and I were speechless.
        If you owe money to a loan shark and that loan shark is then caught, prosecuted and jailed, are you legally obliged to pay anything back?
        Coffee's for closers

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          #14
          Originally posted by gingerjedi View Post


          But he has a point...
          Nah - he's taking the piss...


          igmc
          Older and ...well, just older!!

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            #15
            Originally posted by Spacecadet View Post
            If you owe money to a loan shark and that loan shark is then caught, prosecuted and jailed, are you legally obliged to pay anything back?
            Hmmm... borrow loads then shop him to the rozzers, kerching.

            Live in fear.
            Science isn't about why, it's about why not. You ask: why is so much of our science dangerous? I say: why not marry safe science if you love it so much. In fact, why not invent a special safety door that won't hit you in the butt on the way out, because you are fired. - Cave Johnson

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              #16
              Are there no poor-houses ?

              Bah - Humbug !

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                #17
                Originally posted by gingerjedi View Post
                Hmmm... borrow loads then shop him to the rozzers, kerching.

                Live in fear.
                I'm sure there are ways to easily avoid any retribution...
                Coffee's for closers

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                  #18
                  Originally posted by AlfredJPruffock View Post
                  Are there no poor-houses ?
                  Yes. One's called 'Glasgow' and the other is known as 'Merseyside'.
                  And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014

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                    #19
                    [QUOTE=ratewhore;713446]Patricia from Croydon is clearly a fascist...[/QUOTE]

                    not in the minority of opinion on that site!
                    "Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny. "


                    Thomas Jefferson

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                      #20
                      Yes they should, in fact all tax-payers should be allocated their own scrounger, who can do odd jobs for them.
                      It would bring great joy to me to see my hard-earned cash being put to good use in the form of a benefit claimant tidying my garden, washing my car, exercising the dog etc.
                      Not likely to happen though, Gordon needs their vote.....

                      [princeGeeGee]
                      PrinceGeeGee for PM, butlers for all... hurrahh.
                      Science isn't about why, it's about why not. You ask: why is so much of our science dangerous? I say: why not marry safe science if you love it so much. In fact, why not invent a special safety door that won't hit you in the butt on the way out, because you are fired. - Cave Johnson

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