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Post by Pink Betty on Sept 24, 2006 11:07:09 GMT
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Daz Madrigal
lounge lizard 
a Child of the Matrix
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Post by Daz Madrigal on Sept 24, 2006 11:25:26 GMT
Hey I know, I've just been totally transfixed by it. Hence my late arrival, Miss.  Yeah very compelling because the way of the world is that a load of monied and glamourous children don't garner very much sympathy which is typical of the reverse snobbery of Socialism. Every life is of equal importance whether its a girl from a sink estate or a bloke who works on the Stock Market floor. |
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Daz Madrigal
lounge lizard
a Child of the Matrix
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Post by Daz Madrigal on Sept 24, 2006 11:34:30 GMT
The only exceptions are lawyers - let them drown!
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Post by Pink Betty on Sept 24, 2006 18:11:53 GMT
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Post by E.D. Wivens on Sept 25, 2006 7:58:03 GMT
Yeah very compelling because the way of the world is that a load of monied and glamourous children don't garner very much sympathy which is typical of the reverse snobbery of Socialism. I think you’re getting an obsession with socialism, Daz. I would imagine that there are as many Conservative-voting, “Daily Mail”-reading people who hold these attitudes as there are socialists (perhaps more, given that so many of the socialist elite are part of the meeja merry-go-round that is choc full of glamorous wastrels). I think these attitudes are more to do with Puritanism and the work ethic and general disapproval of anything that appears to be frivolous and unwholesome. |
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Post by E.D. Wivens on Sept 25, 2006 7:58:37 GMT
another tear jerker on Pick of the Week - a mother (name seems unimportant*) reading her witness impact statement. * but here it is anyway - Elizabeth Davidson Oh yes, I heard that on Today last week. Very affecting, indeed. Apparently, the Judge who read it said that it had moved him to tears. When this was announced, I was a bit sceptical and thought that this was hyperbole but it really was a very moving statement: the most affecting piece of radio I heard last week. |
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