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Of course people have to be rewarded for their training and for doing work which is anti-social but driving around in 4x4s and generally flashing the cash is a bit backward. There is an element of the nerds revenge about it too. Fair play to anyone who has risen up from poorer backgrounds but slamming people to a life of drudgery because they weren't academically good as a teen is bit unfair. I think it's also causing social problems. There's more violence in the air recently than before.
I think British society is becoming more and more fractured and unequal. I do think a more egalitarian society is something to be aimed at where people from all backgrounds and jobs are valued and given a good quality of life. Of course there will be differences. I'm not a communist. It's important to give all people the chance to work and to encourage this too!
As regards my original rant, I was a bit drunk as I was quite upset about something and posted what I thought was a piss-take. I shouldn't post when I feel like that. I generally don't drink during the week. However, I feel a lot of the views on here lately have been very right wing but if SG.org is a bit on the right, so be it. It's a free country. I just didn't expect a forum concerning this area to be like that.
The love you take is equal to the love you make. Maybe true about love, but I don't think it's always true about money.
@ Chang. I think people should be mindful of the environment. If people need a 4x4, fair enough but not just as a status symbol. While people with big incomes pump more money into the local economy, surely if this was distrubed more fairly the same amount of money would still go into the local economy. As I said above I want money to be distrubed more fairly among the working population and not given to the lazy job shirkers. All can benefit and pump money into the local economy.
Considering our roads are now the equivalent of an off road obstacle course with colossal speed bumps and gaping holes (the root cause of which is patchwork utility digging, not big cars) I'm not surprised people buy 4x4s.
But then I'm kind of just playing devil's advocate here and get driven mad by people driving massive cars they can't manoeuvre myself.
...so I'll shut up.
Cockwagon?
I've seen rappers drinking Cristal on the dance floor straight from the bottle or mixing it with Red Bull. I once got a £1,000 tip. That's flashing your cash.
Fortunately, there are no places like that in SG. So what are we talking about?
Mind you it's not all motorists.
Today I got abused by a businessman who I said excuse me too when he stepped into the road while not looking directly in front of me cycling along.
On Friday I got abused by a fellow cyclist who had just cycled through a red light when I was going through a green one.
These arrogant tossers deserve to be routinely humilated.
Is there an expression akin to 'cockwagon' we can shout at these people - usually men? Something akin to 'small chopper!' (geddit?) perhaps?