Quote Originally Posted by brocktonblockbust View Post
Quote Originally Posted by walrus View Post
Nothing wrong with helping those who need it. We are not Spartans, we don't cull the herds. A society can in part be judged on how it takes care of its sick and disabled. It is a difficult line, some will always want to take the easy way out. Let us not kill off those who need a hand. Let us take our fellow man by the hand, try to help him to understand we will all be together shaking our heads when we make it to the promised land, brothers.
ABSOLUTELY. I totally support helping people in need. We know who is in need, who cannot help it, and who are the lazy moochers. I totally support and HAVE supported those in real need, and I will continue to do so.
Then why post threads as though you were writing headlines for the Daily Mail ? We are in this country (Great Britain) being ruled by a bunch of old Etonians and this is the philosophy with which they are tearing apart Britain and the society that our fathers and grandfathers fought to defend. How do you measure strength ? I do not even have half the will power of the love of my life who is paralyzed down one side or a tenth of the strength of one of my friends who despite being so twisted with cerebral palsy that he can not use his arms or hands is so determined to live independently that he uses one foot to propel his wheelchair backwards through the city we both live in. Not an electric wheelchair, a manual one, and the government I live under announced the withdrawal of the independent living allowance he gets, just last week. He could end up in a home. This is a guy who has been a European councillor, has run for MP, acted in a TV drama and choreographed dance troops. We are in an ideological war where "Only the strong survive" has been used as the justification of retaining privilege of birth, inherited wealth and the trampling of people's right to make a meaningful contribution to society.


So excuse me if It seems personal but right now it is.