LizzygotDizzy

Erm.....bored senseless at work with nothing else to do apart from reading what the ED community are up to, honestly some of you are legends in your own minds and this is only very slightly the cliquiest forum I've ever been on! amuses me no end!

writing in pencil/getting friends to do same, been re-cycling same cards for the last 6 years

What a boring miserable bunch of old farts! Its only once a year!

Oh they all went off to the Plough to get plastered! Lucky so and sos, my baby sitter let me down at last minute X

Singapore?? Freedom??

Wow, where have all the messages of support gone!

Cormac though!!! Must be a really good fighter,

jumpinjackflash Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > No he looks fine until he opens his gob. Definitely have to agree with you, it just kills the whole "He Man" thing to hear his helium(istic) squeaky voice.

Now that I know what "lounged" means....

Does that mean you will now get "lounged" Sean? hehe!

Am I not allowed?

Me too Sean, I was just about to say wow!!! well done!! Major P up tonight then!

Brendon, I agree with you, how is that supposed to prepare our children for the competitiveness they will face in the real world? Competing for jobs, better money, better positions in life, I agree with you, even the exams are being dumbed down so as to make children not feel like they are underachieving, although this is also so that the government can turn around and say way hay, look at all those kids with all those O'/A'levels, who says our education system is failing? and we are basically teaching our kids crap, the sad thing is they expect us to believe it is all in their best interests but does nothng to prepare them for the big bad world out there.

And if thats not mad/crazy then what is?

But it isn't the schools themselves that make the decision as to whether or not they have a nativity, well certainly not in my local primary, when I asked the headteacher why there was no traditional nativity play this year as it was Christmas, she said, "officially" they were exploring other religions and ways of celebrating yuletide this year, but unofficially and off the record (as she is a friend as well) she said they have had pressure from "the powers that be", to do this.

yeah good luck

PC gone crazy if you ask me when it comes to schools being afraid of holding nativity plays through fear of upsetting the non-christian element of society. Even my friends of varying religions find this all absolutely ridiculous and do not support or condone it one bit, in fact they say it makes things worse for them!

Klaus wrote:- "By accepting alchohol, you are implicitly saying that it's morally ok for the public to get into a state of altered conciousness. Yet alcohol causes immense damage to society, ranging from personal relationships to city-centre violence to the burden on the NHS. Simply put, the law is hypocritical and directly causes a lot of the problems associated with drug usage." Erm, sorry Klaus, I don't recall saying anything of the sort! didn't say it was ok to go out in the world and get blottoed with alcohol, did say they would'nt go mug an old lady for the money to buy booze though.

Aren't all religions made up stories then? But you tell that to someone of the Muslim faith and I bet they won't be too happy about it. I believe there is a God out there, (and not the blond jesus depicted in many of the stories our children get to hear about), (Jewish - Blond and fair skinned, I think not!)I believe we are all responsible and accountable for the lives we lead, but I actually believe that this is where we learn from/make our mistakes/deal with our crap and then have to answer for the mistakes we make, choices we take, lives we lead in the next life. No harm in nativity plays whatsoever though, or learning/experiencing any other religious celebrations of other faiths.

dita-on-tees wrote:- "But jesus I am so surprised by some of the views here - this is a forum that gets itself in rebellion over chain coffee shops, overpriced babyclothes shops, estate agents and carbon foot print issues, but drug abuse and smuggling nahhhhh thats ok. Eh??? One of my big bug bears is middle class attitudes to "recreational" drug use. Well unless drugs are now being sold in John Lewis, organically farmed in sussex by a nice farmer called John, then where do we really think our money goes when we purchase drugs. The drug industry, and it is a huge industry, is happy to sell dirt cheap heroin to kids who have to sell themselves to pay for it. Middlesborough has the highest instances of under age prostitution in the country and guess what, the majority are on heroin or crack. More often than not prices are supplemented by the people willing to pay more for it - ooh all those nice people with a bit of charlie after the carbon neutral organic dinner party. Ok some dealer dont push class a but where do you think they buy their stuff from??? Not John Lewis. I dont know how anyone with a social concience can contribute to the demand for this industry - the money all flows to a small number of sources, and these people arent all that nice well thats me not able to attend any forum drinks......." Guess she was right about the attitudes on here eh!

*Bob* Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > LizzygotDizzy Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > People don't kill/mug/sell themselves/steal > from > > houses/people (well not many people) in order > to > > get their next glass/fix of rum, Seroxat, or > > cigarette, bit of a difference there peeps. > > That's because they're legal and are available at > relatively little expense. Drugs are offered basically everywhere you go so they are not that hard to get and surprisingly not that expensive anymore, my point was someone would'nt go and mug someone for money or steal from them if they couldn't get money to buy the above items, I wouldn't mug an old lady for ?20 to go buy cigarettes or booze, whereas someone on crack would think nothing of mugging someone or whatever to get their next fix.

People don't kill/mug/sell themselves/steal from houses/people (well not many people) in order to get their next glass/fix of rum, Seroxat, or cigarette, bit of a difference there peeps.

Wow, that could have been embarrassing!

cor lucky I can type fast

Erm... didn't actually mean for the kids to waste as little money as possible trying to kill me either, before someone points out my mistake! Though nowadays with kids bumping their parents off for the insurance money one never knows!