Originally Posted by Sally Redux

I don't like it either but it seems to be the latest thing, my brother sent me his holiday snaps showing buildings which are, apparently 'corporate rape'.

Thinking about it, isn't it more like 'pillage' which is meant in these contexts?

Originally Posted by cresta57

Funny you should say that, I once, a very long time ago, had to write a 1000 word essay on Vikings. I wrote about a Viking I named "Ivan the Biggun" incidentally the nickname of my English teacher. In the essay I wrote about his exploits raping & pillaging villages in Lincolnshire. I received a C- with a large red note written in my book stating "You don't rape villages!"
My geography teacher happened to notice the note & threw me a dictionary with a comment about checking my wording. Sure enough you can rape a village Didn't help my argument for a grade increase though

Originally Posted by slapphead_otool

I just wish I had written "Britain gets Rooted. Again!!!"

Originally Posted by sonlymewalter

jeez people use words selectively / randomly all the time

Get over it people

Originally Posted by cresta57

It rarely bothers me. What does are stupid Aussie words like farewelled, I mean come on guys it's not even a word
Bastardising the Queens English, round 'em up put 'em in a field & bomb the bastards!

Originally Posted by Bernie Barfly

Yer right mate mate mate mate mate mate

Originally Posted by sonlymewalter

yous is right mate


lost your high chair mate

Originally Posted by slapphead_otool

Tata Group Chairman, Mr Ratan Tata had made some pretty serious claims about British management capabilities, based on his experience at Tata’s British steel plants. He has used this as part of the excuse to shut down these plants. Some 1500 jobs will go at Scunthorpe and Teeside.

But wait… this isnt the real story. Tata in fact gets the carbon credits from the closed plants, allowing it to use its cheaper but less efficient (and more polluting) Indian plants.

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2009/1...5BA2JJ20091214

This is worth more than what they paid for the steelworks. On top of that they can sell off the land, and pick up the market share and customers.

Tata are masters at ripping off the British.

In 2008 they bought Rover, Jaguar, Land Rover for 2.8 billion. Within 9 months they were asking for loans from the British government to keep the cars in production. Even then, they shut Rover.

I’m always amazed that we let crap like this happen. Re-nationalise Scunthorpe and Teeside for a nominal amount (ten quid) and tell Tata to piddle off home, banning their products at the same time.

Originally Posted by aman_sharma2k1

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/i...ow/8497118.cms

He has all the rights to take decisions if people don't want to work.

You bother too much about great Britian, what British ere doing in India for 200 years? Don't forget one thing : What goes around comes around!

Originally Posted by Amazulu

The article in your link is interesting and Tata has a point, but, more importantly, the Indian government should be doing more to help their teeming masses of ultra-poor people. Your government has plenty of money, that they choose not to use it to relieve poverty is a question you should be asking them.

That the west is giving billions in aid to a country with a massive military, nuclear weapons and a space program is a disgrace too.

Originally Posted by aman_sharma2k1

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/i...ow/8561741.cms

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/as...743325321.html

Originally Posted by aman_sharma2k1

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/i...ow/8561741.cms

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/as...743325321.html

Originally Posted by slapphead_otool

Excellent news.

Now if you could just explain why Britain is still giving aid money to India….

Originally Posted by Amazulu

So that India can give $5b to Africa

Originally Posted by Amazulu

That the west is giving billions in aid to a country with a massive military, nuclear weapons and a space program is a disgrace too.