On Sun, 03 Jul 2005 13:40:32 +0100, Dave G
The difference being that this country is perfectly capable of looking after itself. People choose to have consumer goods, foreign travel etc over helping those people.
Don't tell me to wake up with your piss poor analogy.
Okay, you don't want to help, fine be open about it rather than claiming things are sooooo bad here that the after effects of the rape of a continent do not bother you.
Given the West got rich from plundering Africa then they have the choice to redeem themselves. The great port of Liverpool grew rich from the slave trade.
If you don't want to give a poo, fine say so but do to claim history never happened it pathetic.
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cancel my debt 1568steve wrong. People choose to have consumer goods, foreign travel etc it's rather easy when you can't even acknowledge the fact that THIS COUNTRY can NOT in fact look after it's own. tackle the...
Start trying to educate yourself
Note, the arms given by the US were not donated but just more debt. As one of the major arms exporters this becomes a nice little income for the Exchequer.
Stop trying to divert the subject. This thread is nothing to do with the intentions of pop stars but Simon's selfish and ignorant attitude that you are defending.
Stop trying to spin what Simon was saying into something honourable.
Stop trying to spin that what I said was having a go at people looking after their own. Stop trying to defend ignorance.
