What Sort Of World?

[allenlondon]

Watching an old “999: What’s your emergency?” (S11, E2, 12/10/20).

One small scene. Two coppers called to a ‘break in’. Found a teenage girl who’d jumped over the gate of a closed Co-op, stealing discarded food items from a garbage bin.

Initially arrested her (handcuffs, caution, the lot) until wisdom prevailed and they sent her on her way (foodless).

What the hell kind of world is this? If that young copper hadn’t thought twice, she would have been knicked for stealing a discarded loaf of bread!

And you tell me all’s right with our society?

[gness]

Having read your post at 10.24 I can't see that a world you helped to build, Allen would be a kind and caring world. I wouldn't want to live in it.

[emmie]

me neither.

[allenlondon]

Blimey gness, you can be wrong about people, can’t you. Ah well, never mind.

[allenlondon]

Naomi, you’re usually wrong, and have upheld your poor record here. (Allen, in his previous life as Bainbrig, had his own business. Maybe he wasn't too successful ... hence his hatred of capitalism.)

Allen had his own business in his previous life, as Allen!

Highly successful, went from one person and dog to turnover of £2m in 15 years, run on socialist principles, paying people more than they asked for. Gave it away and took up gardening.

I don’t hate anything, not even crass idiots. I don’t LIKE capitalism because it inevitably leads to young girls ‘stealing’ food from garbage bins.

A

[andy-hughes]

allen - I am not sure what you actually wanted or expected in response to your OP.

Clearly you didn;t appreciate my response - but that's fine.

I do hope you got out of it what you wanted, even if it was only to get your sense of injustice off your chest.

[emmie]

no it doesn't lead to young girls stealing from garbage tips...
where on earth do you get your info from The Morning Star perhaps.

[Zacs-Master]

'The likes of you'

Mmm. Who was it that used phrases like that?

[emmie]

someone who has a giant chip on each shoulder.

[Zacs-Master]

'I don’t LIKE capitalism because it inevitably leads to young girls ‘stealing’ food from garbage bins.'

Unlike socialism where you can't fit anything in a bin as there's no money to pay anyone to empty them and everyone goes hungry.

You really do spout some rubbish, Al.

[allenlondon]

I always think of you twirling your waxed moustache and looking superior, Zacs. Something like Lord Snooty...

Anyway, who DID use the phrase ‘the likes of you’?

Or are we moving into the Answerbank’s favourite afternoon pastime of making things up?

[Zacs-Master]

I found it quite amusing (exaggerated twist of waxed moustache) that I accused you of possibly being AOG and then you go and use one of his (godawful condesending) phrases. Curious (another twiddle) and curiouser.

Anyway, I'm still waiting for you to confirm how many people are in your Gang, dear boy.

[allenlondon]

No, ano the old git and me never got along after I insisted on adding spaces to his name.

My gang? Nobody at all! Well, apart from Mrs A, and possibly C the Cat (although I suspect cupboard love...)

A