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Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2019 19:59:54 GMT
Cellphone. And sloppy checking. (Raises hands). I was shocked.
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Post by TonyDunkley on Oct 14, 2019 20:00:01 GMT
What I'm finding somewhat difficult to understand is the level of outrage being displayed by most of the people on CWDF who are baying for this man's blood. They would gladly see the stupid sod strung up by his thumbs for doing no more than treating a hire boat in much the same manner as the majority of those who hire it will routinely do, . . and yet the same people will applaud C&RT for illegally depriving people of their boats, homes and property. Disproportionate, . . or what ?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2019 20:03:47 GMT
...and this incident was only back in June. Social media, eh? One step wrong and you're on YouTube and the ridicule of the whole world and your family and employer. There is more than a measure of truth in this. Magnetman was decrying the activities of businesses like Google while Dogless is suspicious of smart tellys. I sympathise with both these things but another truth is that we are complicit in the whole miserable circus. There's a segment in a series that focuses on the holocaust about how the Nazi state relied on input from the general public as much as any form of surveillance to maintain its grip. The environment issue won't be the only thing Greta is concerned with later on.
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Post by naughtyfox on Oct 14, 2019 20:43:38 GMT
That looks a bit of a mess. It's not your bedroom is it?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2019 21:35:52 GMT
That looks a bit of a mess. It's not your bedroom is it? Ha ha. Search 'panopticon'.
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Post by naughtyfox on Oct 14, 2019 21:51:07 GMT
That looks a bit of a mess. It's not your bedroom is it? Ha ha. Search 'panopticon'. Gertcha!
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Post by Mr Heron on Oct 14, 2019 23:29:12 GMT
The thing that often amazes me when seeing such clips is how someone could possibly have such an attitude in middle age. Has he forgotten about the kickings he got at school? Or are there vacuums in this country, where people can behave in such a way throughout their lives without ever being corrected, taught what is and isn't acceptable in society?
Obviously he sized the people in the cruiser up and thought they were prime targets for a spot of bullying.
That's what bullies do, and middle aged bullies are the ones who've been most successful in picking their victims.
You won't get out of your twenties without having your attitude adjusted if you behave like that to random people. I suspect he wouldn't have done it to me. I definitely don't think he would have done it to certain boaters I could mention, unless he's suicidal.
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Post by thebfg on Oct 14, 2019 23:43:04 GMT
The thing that often amazes me when seeing such clips is how someone could possibly have such an attitude in middle age. Has he forgotten about the kickings he got at school? Or are there vacuums in this country, where people can behave in such a way throughout their lives without ever being corrected, taught what is and isn't acceptable in society?
Obviously he sized the people in the cruiser up and thought they were prime targets for a spot of bullying.
That's what bullies do, and middle aged bullies are the ones who've been most successful in picking their victims.
You won't get out of your twenties without having your attitude adjusted if you behave like that to random people. I suspect he wouldn't have done it to me. I definitely don't think he would have done it to certain boaters I could mention, unless he's suicidal.
Welcome aboard Mr Heron. Stay and join in, whoever you are.
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Post by patty on Oct 15, 2019 5:40:37 GMT
The thing that often amazes me when seeing such clips is how someone could possibly have such an attitude in middle age. Has he forgotten about the kickings he got at school? Or are there vacuums in this country, where people can behave in such a way throughout their lives without ever being corrected, taught what is and isn't acceptable in society?
Obviously he sized the people in the cruiser up and thought they were prime targets for a spot of bullying.
That's what bullies do, and middle aged bullies are the ones who've been most successful in picking their victims.
You won't get out of your twenties without having your attitude adjusted if you behave like that to random people. I suspect he wouldn't have done it to me. I definitely don't think he would have done it to certain boaters I could mention, unless he's suicidal.
What a lovely avatar.. I spent a whole week trying to take a pic of a heron and managed some notable 'just missed it' pics Welcome. As to middle aged bullies, I agree with that fact and its something I hadn't really thought about.
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Post by patty on Oct 15, 2019 5:45:55 GMT
That looks a bit of a mess. It's not your bedroom is it? Ha ha. Search 'panopticon'. Fascinating..hadn't come across that before... Its an education on here at times
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Post by naughtyfox on Oct 15, 2019 6:29:51 GMT
The thing that often amazes me when seeing such clips is how someone could possibly have such an attitude in middle age. Has he forgotten about the kickings he got at school? Or are there vacuums in this country, where people can behave in such a way throughout their lives without ever being corrected, taught what is and isn't acceptable in society?
I suspect he wouldn't have done it to me. I definitely don't think he would have done it to certain boaters I could mention, unless he's suicidal. Have you considered changing your user name to 'Mr Tough Heron' ?
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Post by bodger on Oct 15, 2019 7:04:00 GMT
Ha ha. Search 'panopticon'. Fascinating..hadn't come across that before... Its an education on here at times torking of edumacation ...................... Wiki says the panopticon was sometimes used for skools. Presumably the boarders were tucked into their separate cubicles under the watchful eye of the night monitor, and there was no funny stuff allowed - either solitary or group. How bloody frustrating boring for the pubescent boys. I wonder what they got up to when they were released each morning?
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Post by JohnV on Oct 15, 2019 7:11:23 GMT
seem to remember a programme on daytime tv (was poorly at the time and I'm sticking to that excuse) Isn't there the complete remains of one in Cuba ?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 15, 2019 7:15:11 GMT
seem to remember a programme on daytime tv (was poorly at the time and I'm sticking to that excuse) Isn't there the complete remains of one in Cuba ? The TV programme was Abandoned engineering I think? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidio_Modelo
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Post by JohnV on Oct 15, 2019 7:16:29 GMT
edumacation is a grand thing
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