tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post2062018660715310361..comments2024-03-27T21:30:35.824+00:00Comments on UK Commentators: Let's Go Round Again ...Labanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12031578024191117985noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-5301738959075005752007-07-14T03:58:00.000+00:002007-07-14T03:58:00.000+00:00I would prefer to phrase it:"Procedures", of cours...I would prefer to phrase it:<BR/><BR/>"Procedures", of course, are what you have when you don't have a <I>community</I>.<BR/><BR/>'Cultures' are ten (or even hundred) a penny in our cities, but 'communities' - to the extent that they impose the higher-level moral values on members are increasingly rare.<BR/><BR/>If you choose to fight the localist battle on 'cultural' terrain, you will lose. Locals have none they think worth protecting. (Incomers have dozens.) But locals <I>can</I> be inspired by their family and friends; community.<BR/><BR/>Civilisation is community before it is culture. Having lost both we must regain the base.glad thereafterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08492706037234933335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-50541006462982662132007-07-13T10:23:00.000+00:002007-07-13T10:23:00.000+00:00Don't know what you're all moaning about. Back to ...Don't know what you're all moaning about. Back to the Victorian heyday - workhouse and Dotheboys Hall???<BR/><BR/>As the thermo-fascists like to say, "get over it, the argument's settled". Do-the-young-persons Hall got nationalised, and properly staffed. <BR/><BR/>Good enough!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-22681133536956244512007-07-13T10:12:00.000+00:002007-07-13T10:12:00.000+00:00This sad tale tells us why the married parent fami...This sad tale tells us why the married parent family unit is the most secure structure for rearing children. Children are at the greatest risk of abuse, physical or sexual, from what used to be euphemistically termed 'uncle.'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-20341424132764189062007-07-13T09:27:00.000+00:002007-07-13T09:27:00.000+00:00One thing I don't get.A businessman round my way w...One thing I don't get.<BR/><BR/>A businessman round my way was recently jailed for costcutting and negligence leading to the death of an employee.<BR/><BR/>I don't have a problem with that.<BR/><BR/>However, our local Social Services are averaging one child death from similar incompetence a year, or so.<BR/><BR/>But no action of any sort is ever taken. They aren't even dismissed, let alone prosecuted.<BR/><BR/>You may remember Victoria Climbie. Her "Social Worker" was sacked. Then reinstated, on appeal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-16855979209332560322007-07-13T09:17:00.000+00:002007-07-13T09:17:00.000+00:00"...social workers had visited the family after he...<I>"...social workers had visited the family after hearing concerns from neighbours, but no action was taken."</I><BR/><BR/>Well, if you wanted <I>action</I>, why would you call social workers? <BR/><BR/>Unless of course the allegations related to open-air Satanic abuse in the depths of winter in the Orkneys. <I>Then</I> they'd go in like gangbusters....<BR/><BR/>My heart goes out to those ambulance staff. I think if I were them, walking in on <B>that</B> scene, I'd find a whole new use for that defibrillation equipment....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-70424825904391304502007-07-13T08:40:00.000+00:002007-07-13T08:40:00.000+00:00That's all very well and good, but what I want to ...That's all very well and good, but what I want to know is this: were 'lessons learned' ?DJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00446322024174274621noreply@blogger.com