Reply to: Greece sinks further into daprivity

[Mich the Tester]

Not to mention whirling dervishes of course.

They don't like it up 'em either.

Although actually I suspect a lot of them do.

[Robinho]

not sure about that, I think many are quite enlightened. I and a few others are quite well off.

The basic issue with the economy is that banks gambled with high risk investments and their respective governments let them.

No it isn't. The central banks (particluarly the federal reserve) forced an easy money policy on us by holding down interest rates whilst inflating their currencies. Bank overleveraging in the housing market was the symptom not the cause.

[vetran]

As in

oops 1892 :

Fuzzy-Wuzzy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Was actually thinking about the Harry Enfield sketch, but yes Corporal Jones mentioned it as well.

[vetran]

1870s?

W*gs and C**ns were the terms of choice in the 70s.

If I remember my Alf Garnet correctly.

agree more 1910's

[vetran]

TBH I think the European economic problems are actually showing how backward we all are.

not sure about that, I think many are quite enlightened. I and a few others are quite well off.

The basic issue with the economy is that banks gambled with high risk investments and their respective governments let them.

[Mich the Tester]

was meant to be tongue in cheek and to illustrate how backward they are.

TBH I think the European economic problems are actually showing how backward we all are.

[vetran]

Shouldn't this post be dated at some time in the 1970s?

was meant to be tongue in cheek and to illustrate how backward they are.

[Mich the Tester]

Lt Col Christos Manouras of the Hellenic police force says operation Xenios Zeus, launched last August, has slowed down the flow of illegal immigrants. Anyone who looks foreign, or who has aroused suspicion, may be stopped, he says.
"If someone is stopped by the police and they do not have a valid means of identification we will accompany them to the station until their nationality can be determined," he explains.
"I think that is normal and I would expect Greeks to be subjected to the same treatment abroad."

No, Lt Col Manouras, it is not normal and in countries that respect the privacy and liberty of the individual, like Britain, foreigners who arouse suspicion are treated humanely, i.e. they get 7 shots through the head as they get on an underground train. Citizens who arouse the suspicion of a psychopathic police officer are, on the other hand, kicked tulipless until they collapse and die on the street.

I don't think I've ever used the :nazi: smiley before, but this looks like an opportune moment.

[BrilloPad]

Methinks you haven't read the original article.

quick precis :

Greek's economy is shafted, we can tell because their Police beat up all the fuzzie wuzzies because they think they are illegals.

Shouldn't this post be dated at some time in the 1970s?

[LatteLiberal]

All the great ecomomic powers went through similar crisises before rising to become super powers ecomically. Greece apparently has more oil under the Igean Sea than a Glasgow fish supper. They will rise soon.

[BrilloPad]

Thankfully no and I don't intend to go there either

It has lots of nice parks.

But I wouldn't go outside them.

[vetran]

Methinks you have drifted into the wrong thread.

Methinks you haven't read the original article.

quick precis :

Greek's economy is shafted, we can tell because their Police beat up all the fuzzie wuzzies because they think they are illegals.

[The Spartan]

If your taxes were blown on yachts for politicians and bonusses for the bankers that helped your government and the EU to cook the books, you'd be pretty lackadaisical about paying taxes too. At least, I would.

Nope instead they've been used to top up peoples wages in terms of benefits, bailout the banks and provide for immigrants

[The Spartan]

You've never been to Liverpool have you?

Thankfully no and I don't intend to go there either

[Mich the Tester]

"daprivity" is a new word to me


This thread has the top result for a google search

but I also note a " the girls guide to daprivity" listed which sounds v. interesting but my safe search suggests I don't go there!

Perhaps he means 'da privy'. First linky on google image search for 'privy';