Originally Posted by Margaret3 (Post 9658032)

http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/

Did anyone watch this, thought it was a bit one sided myself (for one i would hazzard a guess the wee girl from glasgows mum had a bit of a drug problem, so i think perhaps some of the income was used in that area. I also was amused by the subtitles for the scottish wee girl (i thought she was quite well spoken).

Originally Posted by Amazulu (Post 9658073)

I did and found it very sad. What struck me though was how nice, balanced and resilient all the children were.

Originally Posted by papilon (Post 9658248)

I watched it as well and although as previous posters have said it's a very sad situation for the kids but in my opinion it has always been like this and always will be. Not sure i agree with the guy at the end when he says that it is much worse than the rest of Europe. I think he is just comparing us to the Scandinavians and Northern Europeans who do have a much higher welfare system and the taxation that goes with that. But you will most certainly find people living in similar circumstances in France,Ireland, Italy, Spain and Greece and probably much worse, let alone Eastern European countries such as Poland, Bulgaria etc.

The white underclass in Britain is in for a tough ride in the next few years as there is simply no money to support there cradle to grave welfare dependency. Might just be the best thing that happened to them for a long time.

Originally Posted by papilon (Post 9658248)

I watched it as well and although as previous posters have said it's a very sad situation for the kids but in my opinion it has always been like this and always will be. Not sure i agree with the guy at the end when he says that it is much worse than the rest of Europe. I think he is just comparing us to the Scandinavians and Northern Europeans who do have a much higher welfare system and the taxation that goes with that. But you will most certainly find people living in similar circumstances in France,Ireland, Italy, Spain and Greece and probably much worse, let alone Eastern European countries such as Poland, Bulgaria etc.

The white underclass in Britain is in for a tough ride in the next few years as there is simply no money to support there cradle to grave welfare dependency. Might just be the best thing that happened to them for a long time.

Originally Posted by sonlymewalter (Post 9658288)

watched it and thought it was really sad people still live in those crap conditions and not sure why its the best thing to happen to them for a long time:confused:

Originally Posted by papilon (Post 9658353)

I know what i said might sound callous but what i mean is this, we have created a class of people that go thru life just living off benefits, they have lost all self respect and see no wrong in being subsidised by the rest of society there entire life, and the cycle is carried over to the next generation. Education is free in the UK but these people cannot grasp the incredible opportunities they have compared to the underclass in the developing world who in my opinion grasp every opportunity they can to improve there lives.

Originally Posted by Amazulu (Post 9658361)

When you go to the 3rd world and see how much people value education (despite it often being very little and of poor quality), you get ashamed of how many in the west treat their educational opportunities with contempt.

Originally Posted by lesleys (Post 9658626)

But not those children last night. They were extremely articulate and mature about the whole thing. I think that was the stand-out feature of the program.

Originally Posted by lesleys (Post 9658626)

But not those children last night. They were extremely articulate and mature about the whole thing. I think that was the stand-out feature of the program.