Oh well. As long as bankers bonuses are OK.
Feb 10th 2010, 2:04 am
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Re: Oh well. As long as bankers bonuses are OK.
You know, there will be a few posters reading this who don't know how serious you are. They might even think you're indulging in sarcasm, but of course I know you better.
Feb 10th 2010, 2:12 am
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Re: Oh well. As long as bankers bonuses are OK.
This is an interesting read. If IMF policy had been applied to banks in the west then equity and bond holders would have lost everything, account holders protected, the banks nationalized, restructured and then sold back into the private sector. Those culpable would have been sacked instead of receiving obscene bonuses. The state may well be us as Oink says, but if it is then we don't half like being ripped off by powerful vested interests.
Feb 10th 2010, 2:13 am
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Feb 10th 2010, 2:26 am
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I am just pro choice and pro opportunities for all. Degrees aren't right for some and are for others, but I think it's correct for us to all make that choice for ourselves!!!!!!!!!!!!
Feb 10th 2010, 2:49 am
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If enough people decide that they resent the fruits of their labour being taken away from them to pay for other peoples education then it will eventually become policy in any correctly functioning democracy. It only becomes your choice alone when you aren't using other peoples money to pay for it.
Feb 10th 2010, 3:18 am
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I'm not
Feb 10th 2010, 4:02 am
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The Robbins report, the big bang in higher education.
Feb 10th 2010, 5:16 pm
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Feb 10th 2010, 5:40 pm
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Re: Oh well. As long as bankers bonuses are OK.
I like that quote from one of those email funnies that was doing the rounds a wee while ago:
"When somebody says, 'I'm not book smart, but I'm street smart.', what I hear is 'I'm not real smart, but I'm imaginary smart.'"
"When somebody says, 'I'm not book smart, but I'm street smart.', what I hear is 'I'm not real smart, but I'm imaginary smart.'"
Feb 10th 2010, 5:45 pm
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I like John Osborne's Jimmy Porter, "my university wasn't so much a reddbrick but more of a white-tile."
Somehow Jimmy Porter always reminds me of our Butch.
Somehow Jimmy Porter always reminds me of our Butch.
Feb 10th 2010, 5:48 pm
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Re: Oh well. As long as bankers bonuses are OK.
Or, "I can't read very well but I can smash your face in."
