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# I know what you mean
but my brain then turns to the anguished families of the 1000s that would be laid off through no fault of their own.

I agree it's an absolute scumrag, but it's hardly a printer or a typesetters fault

(I helped save b3ta! Joe Scaramanga with a G-double-O-D vibration, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 11:41, archived)
# *avoids Clerks-style discussion about working for an evil empire*
(I helped save b3ta! Afinkawan Yes I can hear you Clem Fandango, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 11:43, archived)
# Haha, I very nearly slipped in a reference to construction workers on the Death Star into my post below
but the same principle applies
(I helped save b3ta! emvee cruor deo cruoris, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 11:45, archived)
# I have friends who work for NI in all their various guises - some for the Scum, some for Sky, I think even one at the Screws
They knew that they were going to work for the Evil Empire when they took the job. If it all comes crashing down I wouldn't shed many tears. The Nuremberg defence doesn't elicit much sympathy from me.
(I helped save b3ta! emvee cruor deo cruoris, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 11:44, archived)
# In the words of punk rocking butter salesman John "Jonny Rotten" Lydon:
"No one's innocent."
(I helped save b3ta! Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 11:48, archived)
# Exactly
I ended up spending some of last year working for the Conservative Party. I knew it was the wrong thing to do, but I had to pay the bills. Subsequently, when I was in a more favourable position I turned down a hefty pay rise to go full-time and chose a job at a charity instead. Morals are great, but only if you can afford them.
(I helped save b3ta! emvee cruor deo cruoris, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 11:52, archived)
# All of this
Well, not your personal experience, but the sentiments behind it.
(I helped save b3ta! Wasp Box like a nervous random stranger at a glory hole, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 12:09, archived)
# Morality is the tit-bits thrown to losers from the table of the winners.
(I helped save b3ta! Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 12:12, archived)
# I cancelled my sky subscription
just in case
(I helped save b3ta! Piper Alpha is being a grumpy northerm bastard on:, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 13:00, archived)