Thread: Changes on the High Street
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Old 24-04-2020, 20:56   #366
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Re: Changes on the High Street
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Originally Posted by jfman View Post
Hang on there Old Boy, you aren't claiming that Universal Credit isn't enough to live on? Or that DWP benefits pay poverty amounts that impact on human health?

The state has the ability to support people and businesses. People pay in for the best part of 50 years Old Boy and we are looking for the state to support them for a meagre three months. The underlying business models are still there - all we need is something to bridge the gap of a solid lockdown.



Given the effort taken to reduce Coronavirus deaths the comparison is completely invalid.



This sums it up in your head - "fun". Nobody is laughing Old Boy, there's absolutely nothing entertaining about tens of thousands dead, tens of thousands of bereaved families, an NHS on the brink of collapse and hundreds of thousands of NHS staff putting their very lives at risk every day to keep everyone safe.

It's a damning indictment of where you are in your head that you can use the word "fun" to describe the actions of those trying their best to prevent it. I suppose you view these people as absolute fodder - front line soldiers to go in to inevitably die while the generals (big business in your eyes) watch and await the outcome.

I thought attitudes like those died out in the 20th Century but evidently not.



Let's not Old Boy. Let's rely on medical advice and rather than spreadsheets to inform decision making. Especially is analysis of them is as atrocious as yours.
I disagree with you on so many levels, jfman, and if you read my post a little more carefully, you will see that I never suggested that coronavirus was a laughing matter. However, I do believe that the sensationalist parts of the media have been having a laugh. So take it up with them. I'm not endorsing it.

We can all see how you are winding all this up out of all proportion. It's what you do.

However, this is now off-topic, so I will end it there.
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