Stuff WORTH getting upset about

[007XX]

I asked my 9 year old daughter what she was most afraid of the other day, her reply was not expected. Teenagers she said. She sees them doing stupid things, driving too fast, smoking around schools, and hassling younger kids, and even taunting adults, with language normally reserved for brothels and army training camps.

My daughter is afraid of your kids NZ, not dragons, or werewolves, or monsters hiding in the closet, or under her bed, but of the fruits of your over permissive soft cock, undisciplined parenting.

yeah, that sucks big time...I'm seriously considering getting my boy into martial arts...not so that he can become some puffta Karate Kid, but just so that he can defend himself against bullies at school. Worst thing is, when our kids defend themselves, they are getting told off for using violence...What about fucking self defence????

The system can kiss my shiny hiney...

[007XX]

By the hour??.i charge by the minute..its normally over in 3 minutes..and thats with a shower as well..

Apparently, they have very nice, shiny little pills to fix that these days...

[Shadows]

what in fucks name have you been smoking mate!

the oens that are paid to stay at home and breed create the south auckland gang problem.
their breeding lazy bastards not working ones!

You forgot to mention that they all grow up to be Labour voters too.

[Hitcher]

You forgot to mention that they all grow up to be Labour voters too.

And why wouldn't they be? It's unlikely they would get treated as well under alternative regimes.

Using my "no representation without taxation" model, people who are not net contributors to the public purse would not be allowed to vote.

[avgas]

Government 30 people MAX , plus support staff ...

Thats generous, i was thinking take the same strategy,
1 for every million in the country.
We are a small country so i was thinkn 4?

[imdying]

the oens that are paid to stay at home and bread create the south auckland gang problem.
their breading lazy bastards not working ones!

Yes, that's right. Every mother in NZ who is getting a benefit is contributing to the south Auckland gang problem.

I suppose you think taking the babies off of all the coons because they're not fit to be parents is the answer? That's working out real well in Australia at the moment so I hear.

[ManDownUnder]

Stuff worth getting pissed off about that I've personally seen?

• Good people being treated like scum by their significant other
• Good people being treated like scum by anyone
• Any powerless innocent caught in a threatening situation
• Society's incredibly ignorant attitude towards mental health
• Arrogance... generally found in wankers
• Theives
• Bigots
• Anyone dumb enough to maintain an opinion in the face of overwhelming evidence

Lots more - need coffee...

[imdying]

My father-in-law borrowing my car then parking it in the garage in gear with the handbrake off so when I hop in and start it the next day it crashes into my wooden shelving that I built in year 12 for woodwork and the toolbox full of old screws and nuts and bolts that was sitting on top of the shelves falls onto the bonnet and I get fucken mad and my father-in-law just says "Hey you shoulda had yer foot on the brake!"

I agree with your father in law, you shouldn't be starting a car that you're not fully in control off... hell I was taught to give the gear lever a wiggle before I even had a license.

[ManDownUnder]

And why wouldn't they be? It's unlikely they would get treated as well under alternative regimes.

Using my "no representation without taxation" model, people who are not net contributors to the public purse would not be allowed to vote.

Bollox to that. We need the Singapore model... representation my arse. We get a capable CEO at the helm, that makes some truly ugly decisions that impact a lot of people, shaking them out of their unfortunate, unskilled, and hopeless situations.

They WILL get educated to the best of their abilities... and then they WILL get a job. Sickness beneficiaries don't stay home on the dole - they simply change to a job they can do, until they're well again, or if they don't get well again, they get so damned good at their job they get to supervise others.

What??? I hear you say - they might not like that job?

Good. It's quite the incentive for them to get off their butts and find one they DO like. God forbid they should be productive.

Work for the dole is an easy first step. No worky no money... you do the math. Again - quite an incentive.

Prison... don't get me started on prison. Too easy, too comfy, too well stocked with good food. Prison is meant to be a bad place to be. Somewhere they do not want to go back.

Bring it on!

[Squiggles]

Bugger the Bounty bar.
I am still highly pissed off about the demise of the Milko bar.

WHAT ABOUT BANANA PADDLEPOPS?????

[MSTRS:Me]

Bollox to that. We need the Singapore model... representation my arse. We get a capable CEO at the helm, that makes some truly ugly decisions that impact a lot of people, shaking them out of their unfortunate, unskilled, and hopeless situations.

They WILL get educated to the best of their abilities... and then they WILL get a job. Sickness beneficiaries don't stay home on the dole - they simply change to a job they can do, until they're well again, or if they don't get well again, they get so damned good at their job they get to supervise others.

What??? I hear you say - they might not like that job?

Good. It's quite the incentive for them to get off their butts and find one they DO like. God forbid they should be productive.

Work for the dole is an easy first step. No worky no money... you do the math. Again - quite an incentive.

Prison... don't get me started on prison. Too easy, too comfy, too well stocked with good food. Prison is meant to be a bad place to be. Somewhere they do not want to go back.

Bring it on!

Exactly. But it's well comfy in the TooEasyBasket....

[ManDownUnder]

Exactly. But it's well comfy in the TooEasyBasket....

YES!. And those of us paying for the food and nice appointments expected in the TooEasyBasket are looking in asking "WHAT THE FARK IS GOING ON IN THERE????"

If the response in any way resembles "but we deserve it" then I'm willing to correct them. They deserve it all right... a size 12 steel capped proctological motivational program...

Stick 'em in the military. Get some discipline in them...

[janno]

Sickness beneficiaries don't stay home on the dole - they simply change to a job they can do, until they're well again, or if they don't get well again, they get so damned good at their job they get to supervise others.

Oh dear! So when my transplant fails and leaves me with kidney failure again, and I can no longer summon the energy work to support myself because my blood is so toxic, despite dialysis, I am supposed to do what job?

I have a great job, journalism, not exactly physically demanding, and I am nearly at the stage now where it is very difficult to work, because my transplant is on the way out and my body is slowly getting poisoned. Have you ever had a really bad flu, come out the other side feeling like shit and like a bus has run over you?

That is what a lot of chronic illnesses are like. Willpower or skills have nothing to do with it. If they did, I'd be away and laughing, because I have plenty of both.

Yes, there are a lot of people who are on the sickness benefit for highly dodgy reasons, but for example my mother who had MS for 20 years and died as a tetraplegic - she should have been working at what job?

I hope you never have to find out what a debilitatingly severe illness is really like, because it's certainly not on my top ten list of fun occupations.

I'm not mad at you by the way, I just think you haven't engaged the braincells much on this one!

[Toaster]

Thats just three things I can think of worth getting upset about
Whats My point??
Dunno really just an observation

Good observations, yes VERY frustrating! I am sick of this Govt telling us what to do and how to live and taking our money off us only to give it to those that can't be buggered working in a tight labour market. I certainly don't accept it and vote and grizzle accordingly.

[vifferman]

WHAT ABOUT BANANA PADDLEPOPS?????

Careful there - paddlepops are an Aussie institution.

Oh - have I had a grizzle yet? I can't recall, and I'm too lazy/apathetic to go back through this thread and check.

The thing that pisses me off most is the overabundance of laws, rules'n'regulations protecting us from our own dumbarsedness. It's reinforcing the NannyState, and encouraging the lack of personal responsibility. It's got so that whenever almost anything adverse happens, no matter how trivial, some moron cries, "There should be a law against it!" or "What is the Gubmint going to do to fix this?"
Feck that - there's already too many rules, and the Gubmint meddles WAY too much as it is. Whatever happened to us being a nation of pioneers and innovators, and just getting on and doing stuff? Has the British DNA finally become dominant, and turned us into a pack of whingeing bastids?

Will there ever be a backlash against political correctness (now there's an oxymoron - the politicians[ are not at all correct, but oh so precious and self-important) and against our over-regulated, far-from-free society?