Giantaxe

Well, exactly. Screaming "personal attack" every time ezzie's opinions get criticized is pretty silly. I've found her postings fascinating, but that doesn't mean that what she writes should be immune from criticism and/or non-agreement.

cricket1again

You can choose what you put in your mouth. You can't always choose your working conditions.

Dessiree

'Hear hear' as a silent reader, i have to say i am getting a bit bored with Ezzies posts. She doesn't realise how lucky she is, having the opportunity for her little holiday before she decides to come back. Some people come back with limited funds and just get on with it. I for one hope she stays in Oz.

cricket1again

What did the Aussies do wrong?

Dessiree

[QUOTE=cricket1;7066834]What did the Aussies do wrong?[/QUOTE

Ha ha, very good point

Jules Europe

The point is not what people put into their mouths but the reasons why they do it, for some its just a bad habit but for others its a sickness and like any sickness or bad habit that leads to sickness, it should be treated. Should serial smokers be denied NHS treatment for lung cancer? Should alcoholics be denied NHS treatment for liver cancer? All knew the risks of what they were doing but should they along with obese people be denied NHS treatment?

The vast majority of people these days do have the opportunity to work in decent conditions especially in first world contries. Whether they decide to or not is another question.

Lorna at Vicenza

not read the last few posts but just have to say :

GISSUS A PINTA CIDER...LUV ....

Budawang

Hey, this is Ezzie's thread. Nobody's forcing you to read it. If you don't like what she has to say, why do you keep reading her posts? I for one, find Ezzie's comments a lot more sophisticated than much of the superficial banter you get on this forum. She's obviously got a brain and uses it.

Jules Europe

Thought I was on your ignore list?

Honey I`d have a pint of cider with you anytime

cricket1again

Well who knows? Maybe after the current wake up call about the correction on the value of money, the next big wake up call is going to be about taking personal responsibility for one's health instead of making excuses not to.
We'll have to agree to disagree because I work in fashion and frankly I see a lot of young overweight women binge drinking and eating because they can, not because they're ill. I see young mothers feed their children absolute rubbish because they're lazy, not because they don't have time. I work in this environment and I see it at grass roots level. It's an attitude mostly not an illness. Maybe on the Gold Coast, the decadent lifestyle means we see more of it here.

Jules Europe

I`ll agree with you, that parents shouldn`t allow their children to eat rubbish etc After all its the parents responsibilty. Point I am continuing to make, is that there is a very thin line between certain bad habits and certain illnesses. We live in a society where stress, depression etc invoke people to do a lot of things that they shouldn`t do. What qualifies us to judge these people without knowing the true facts behind their situation.

Dessiree

I am entitled to my opinion.....as are you

cricket1again

Sometimes you have to judge. It's the only way to get things changed. When I see a mother buy her child a cup of chips for a dollar so she can spend what's left on clothes for herself, I can't help but judge this kind of person as doing something that is wrong not only for her child but for society in general. Children deserve good food and they only get this through the nurturing of a good parent. Neither can you suggest that money is a problem because a banana costs only 50 cents and is far healthier so it's about choice which costs nothing except knowledge which is also free.
You are correct, who are we to judge but if we apply the judgement fairly as a society making allowances where necessary and applying restrictions also where necessary, then you are reacting to and apprehending certain attitudes which can if left to develop, grow into a social nuisance, which is obviously what Ezzie is noticing in the UK. However, you cannot make sweeping judgements categorising all 'chavs' or single mothers for example as being the main drain on society and that this is the main problem affecting Britain.

Incidentally, just to draw a parallel and just because it gives me a sense of everything that is good about Britain because it seems that it's too easy to focus on the not so good, you only have to look at the amazing minds and the entreprenurial brains that Britain has reared to know that we are still one of the best countries in the world. The British television and film making is the best in the world, Richard Branson is hugely successful, our sporting stars and medical researchers are world class, Emily Pankhurst gave women the right to vote, Winston Churchill guided us through the war, David Attenborough showed us the magic of our animal planet, the Beatles, our fantastic musicians, the list goes on

Yep, definately proud to be a Brit despite all that seems wrong.

Giantaxe

It's a thread started by ezzie that people are free to read/not read and free to comment on/not comment on as they see fit.

sel

So did you strutt around with your Burberry cap on, comparing ya bling with ya mates ?? Smoking your head off, not giving a shit ??

If so "yes" you would have been called a chav