Things that make you go GRRRRR.... (Part 2)

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shappi_78

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It isn't nonsense. It might be a point of view with which you disagree, it is also a point of view with which I would at least partially disagree, but it isn't nonsense. I hate the way political discourse is conducted on the internet, that's why I signed up to a Martial Arts forum. Very much regretting engaging in this discussion.
 
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Colonel#3

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There is no argument. Charities beg for donation and compel patrons to place their hands in the pockets and donate by trying to elicit sympathy and compassion.
 
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gumballxx9

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OK, I am really regretting getting involved in this, I wasn't even making this argument! Im no Ayn Rand loving libertarian, although I have read her work, but you can't post a definition that completely contradicts your argument and then ignore it! None of those definitions remotely applies to charitable donations! You suffer no penalty if you do not donate to charity. Try not paying your taxes and see how that works out for you.

Begging might upset you, but it contains no element of compulsion until it becomes a mugging.
 
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chevyray8

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Very well, it's demonstrably untrue unless your definition of morality is more concerned with the method by which the decision is made then the outcome of the decision. If we seem defensive, it's largely because most input regarding 'socialism' and the national health service from the states recently has been derogatory, and it gets a little wearing pretty fast.
 
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MoltenOrange

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My wife made a rail trip on the weekend that made her and me go grrrrr and it basically sums up a lot of what's wrong with the UK.

I see her onto the train, I'm holding our daughter on the platform and we wave her off. Bye Mummy!

Immediately she gets confronted by some drunken nugget asking what she's up to.
She tells him she's off down to London for the weekend. Polite but trying to sort herself out.
He asks "Are going there to do some *expletive deleted*. Nice. A real gentleman. A good start 30 seconds into the journey.
She heads off down the (packed train) to find her seat.
She finds that some middle aged woman is already sitting in it.
She asks the woman to vacate the seat because she'd booked it weeks ago and paid to have a reserved seat.
The woman gets a bit shirty and says she's not moving.
The train is full so my missus heads off to get the conductor so he can move this woman. When he looks at the woman's ticket she's also reserved that seat.
Train company had over booked it. How is that even possible? One seat sold to two people?
The conductor finds her another seat further along the train.
It's at a table that's covered in drinks cans.
My wife starts to put them in the bin so she can sit down.
ANOTHER drunken nugget pops up, having been to the toilets and starts having a go at her for touching "his beer".
He sits down. She sits next to him. He starts muttering under his breath *expletive expletive* etc etc.
Making my wife feel very uncomfortable.
She elects to find another seat rather than sit next to this idiot for 2 hours.
Nothing....no seats free so she has to come back and sit next to him again.
Luckily he got off a stop later but she felt very uncomfortable.

How is it possible to meet so much idiocy, incompetance and downright rudeness in one 10 minute span?
And the government want people to abandon car travel and use the trains?
Really? Not likely.
 
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Moonkeybiskits

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I appreciate the clarification Oddsbodskins. I think politics on the internet is a hideous idea, it entrenches people in extreme positions because it dehumanises the "opposition". Some of my most enjoyable evenings have been spent talking and debating with my socialist friends (they call me their "token Tory"), but that atmosphere just can't be replicated on the internet because you can't look people in the eye and you can't get the next round in.
 
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Rel1

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The trains. Oh the trains. They make me say GRRRR. Last time I was on one I spent a very confusing ten minutes looking for my seat before an announcement came on apologising to "all those passengers with a seat reserved in Coach C, as there is no Coach C on this train".
 
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sharony

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Ouch. hope you're not banged up too much.

On a slightly humorous note, Did anyone catch the fall on tape? =P


My grr today, Post wedding dinner bathroom trips make me realize just how SPICY the food was =(
 
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