tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8248707.post4201925043558179246..comments2023-08-14T16:35:49.756+01:00Comments on Cruella-blog: War of the WordsCruellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03446805038957924958noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8248707.post-29638382041699068602007-04-28T18:36:00.000+01:002007-04-28T18:36:00.000+01:00Great to have you back. Country goes to hell when ...Great to have you back. Country goes to hell when you leave!<BR/><BR/>They say rich people are eccentric and poor people are mentally ill. Or differently put, that life is a pooh sandwich - the more bread you have, the less pooh you have to eat.<BR/><BR/>I have to agree that it's a valid point about social work being all about the poor, and that the manifest antisocial tendencies of the rich are never addressed.<BR/><BR/>Would love to see the Cru Crew breaking down doors in Kensington to sort out some coke-head rich-kid, his gin-soaked mother and philandering father.Stanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06103651970861727267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8248707.post-14733679852631086242007-04-27T00:21:00.000+01:002007-04-27T00:21:00.000+01:00Yeah I'll definitely do something about those peop...Yeah I'll definitely do something about those people. I'll catch them before they get that bad and give them a really good education, and my parenting police will spot their no doubt appalling home situations early on and have them fostered into better homes (who will be rushing forward to volunteer their services under my tax breaks for volunteers scheme).<BR/><BR/>Although in fairness several of the examples of bad social behaviour you give are in fact just robbery. That's already illegal. I don't think anyone's been getting and ASBO for doing too much murdering...Cruellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03446805038957924958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8248707.post-27350952147040638762007-04-26T16:46:00.000+01:002007-04-26T16:46:00.000+01:00Fair enough: I think I know the kind of boorish ba...Fair enough: I think I know the kind of boorish banker type or trustafarian kid you're talking about. The big egos with big wallets that think they can get away with treating people like crap. It's a stereotype because those kind of people do exist, no doubt about it.<BR/>My argument is for every Michael Winner or Naomi Campbell defacating on a hostess trolley (an interesting if disgusting image) there are lots of pleasant and respectable types who you'd never notice were there. So it's perhaps unfair to say the super-rich are significantly worse than other groups because it's perhaps just opinion and a few bad experiences that that lead you to it. But fair enough - we all have our opinions and that's why we're discussing this.<BR/>But if you're talking about becoming Prime Minister, Kate, you'll get my vote if you do something about the bad social behaviour I see every day: the person that stole my bike for the second time, the guy who nicked my phone and nearly killed me when I wrestled it back from him, the people sitting behind me in the cinema that beat my friend up when he quietly asked them to stop laughing at shouting during a film, the aggressive beggars who hassle me when I don't give them change or the guys upstairs who play drum & bass all day and night. But let me draw back from sounding like a Daily Mail reader here... 8-)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16047917804575313902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8248707.post-91875392884393991192007-04-26T15:25:00.000+01:002007-04-26T15:25:00.000+01:00Actually I disagree, I think the very rich are mor...Actually I disagree, I think the very rich are more of a problem than other groups. There are problem characters all across the social spectrum. However I think there is a tendency for a significant proportion of the very rich to feel a sense of entitlement - which leads them to treat others like crap...Cruellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03446805038957924958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8248707.post-83133892163537145862007-04-26T14:10:00.000+01:002007-04-26T14:10:00.000+01:00Some very wealthy people behave atrociously. That'...Some very wealthy people behave atrociously. That's because some people behave atrociously. Some poor people behave atrociously. Some people behave atrociously. Some people will always be rude and anti-social.<BR/>Is it reasonable to infer, from the actions of a minority, something about the actions of the majority? No. That's what we call prejudice and stereotyping.<BR/><BR/>What about the people who work and earn a good salary - are you really arguing that they and more rude and anti-social than poor people? Don't you think there's something a little bit simplistic about that?<BR/><BR/>Perhaps in the pursuit of a fairer and more just society we should not consider some minorities 'fair-game'? Only a suggestion.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16047917804575313902noreply@blogger.com