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We Are the Normal Ones - And the Outside World are the Fruit-Loops

Desmond1979

Having heard about the Train Stabbing, last night, I can safely assume that we're the level-headed ones.

Perhaps our way of living spared us from the savagery out there. We know how to process ills better. Rather than lash out, we find other outlets for satisfaction.

Some Inner-City areas, in our country, would make the Third World Squirm. A society trained, like dogs, to attack at will.

The problem is Centralised Planning. Trying to make every town and city the same. In the end, they lost their sense of character. Too many aspiring architects, with connections, ruining everything.

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  • Desmond1979 said:
    Some Inner-City areas, in our country, would make the Third World Squirm.

    I'm guessing you haven't been to any third world countries to see their down-at-heel neighbourhoods.

    It will put your concerns into context and realise that it is still pretty civilised if you can see beyond the scaremongering and ragebaiting of the tabloid press or social media.

    I've seen stuff in Indonesia and Morrocco that make the slums of Birmingham or South London look like Chelsea.

    There is a lot to be improved certainly but we are not nearly as bad as the press would have us believe.

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    Iain said:
    I'm guessing you haven't been to any third world countries to see their down-at-heel neighbourhoods.

    I'm sure they were speaking figuratively, but in any case, it is wrong to compare ourselves to other nations: we should compare ourselves to what we are capable of... although be careful doing that, when I do it for myself I find I fall so short that I start getting depressed about it.

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    Hairyloon said:
    it is wrong to compare ourselves to other nations:

    I remember years ago, a staff member who suggested the school I was teaching in was like something out of a third world country (It was a complaint about a general lack of pupil and staff resources). A staff member who was originally from Somalia suggested that the person could take a look at the reality of living in some of the least developed countries in the world. Hearing the school compared to a third world country made me feel bad because the issue of limited resources had been exaggerated out of all proportion, and they didn’t reflect reality. Also, it was undermining the experience of the person from Somalia.

  • in reply to ArchaeC

    I agree, the alternatives are worse, we could get lucky and have some kind of benign dictatorship, but then every person who lives to have power over others would hate it and try and overthrow the benign dicator.

    I do think politics has become harder to enter, it seems that there are far fewer ordinary people in politics and the situation of women in politics is particularly toxic. All the keyboard warriors making rape and death threats is bad enough, but there are far to many "credible threats".

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  • in reply to ArchaeC

    I agree, the alternatives are worse, we could get lucky and have some kind of benign dictatorship, but then every person who lives to have power over others would hate it and try and overthrow the benign dicator.

    I do think politics has become harder to enter, it seems that there are far fewer ordinary people in politics and the situation of women in politics is particularly toxic. All the keyboard warriors making rape and death threats is bad enough, but there are far to many "credible threats".

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