yeah
But that's just generalising in the exactly the same way. Is everyone who didn't go to school abusing the system? Is everyone on benefits abusing the system?

Same mentality, different prejudice.
( rofl harris, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 17:45, 2 replies)

Not really.
There are indeed those who sponge off the system. The woman from Wifeswap a couple of years back being a case in point. Some people do work hard but find themselves placed on a backburner in a system designed more to cater getting everyone through at the expense of the best and brightest.
( jim_bob can herd cats., Wed 15 Oct 2008, 18:30, closed)

My Dad..
receives Disability Living Allowance because he was told he couldn't work any longer after being diagnosed with asbestos-related lung disease.

He worked six or seven days a week for 30+ years in a job that nearly killed him (he was registered disabled after an accident in 1981, but continued to work his full workload for a further 15 years). So, no, I don't think that everyone on benefits is a pikey. I do, however, think that those who believe in geting knocked-up at 16 gives them a right to a free house and a cushy lifestyle with no work are scum and if the state is paying for their breeding programme, then maybe the state should control it, too - if I can't afford to raise 7 kids, I won't have 7 kids, so why should the chavs who are viewing kids as paycheques and whose offspring will soon be stealing my TV?

My dad grew up in a council house after the war and, because of this, worked hard to get away from that lifestyle, and owned his own house from the age of 25. I applaud his efforts and those of the people like him who sought to make their lot better. I have zero sympathy for the scroungers, spongers and ne-er-do-wells who think that the world owes them a living, however.

Oh, and how many of the pikeys who won millions on the lottery have done something to benefit the society that paid for their council house, I wonder...?
(Chad, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 10:39, closed)