Jesus wept the English are stupid

As you know, I like to think of myself as a man of the people. Actually that isn't true; for the most part I despise people and have no wish to be associated with them whatsoever. Still, it's always good to know what the enemy is thinking, so I have been keenly following public opinion these last few weeks. The medium through which I have been gauging it is the exciting world of the interactive BBC. Jesus wept the British are stupid. I thought that the Americans had some strange and xenophobic viewpoints, but I am forced to admit that for really unimaginative, small-minded, ill-informed and self-interested bigotry my countrymen win hands down. If the groundswell of opinion represented is to be believed then every problem in England that has occurred since Churchill's death is the fault of knife-wielding teenagers, unwashed 'immigruntZ' (sp), Gordon Brown and above all 'the PC Brigade'. I don't really know what the 'PC Brigade' is, I can only garner that it is some kind of Marxist terrorist organisation staffed by one-legged black lesbians with the express aim of ruining the good honest working Englishman through some kind of ninja weapon called 'stealth taxes'.

I have become pretty good at predicting the general form of any of these online debates. A discussion on government measures to combat youth crime is almost certain to provoke a braying mob calling for a return to the birch, hanging, and compulsory military service, and nary a comment on the wisdom (or otherwise) of arming and training youths who have been convicted of violent offences. (There is a peculiar misconception in the UK that military training instills respect and discipline. I challenge people with this view to visit Catterick or Aldershot on a Saturday night). A recent issue asked the question 'with oil prices spiralling upwards, the government has backtracked on plans to increase fuel duty. So when the economy is in trouble, are the conditions right to push an environmental message?' Frankly, I am amazed that some of these people can remember how to breathe, never mind type (badly) their ludicrous brainfarts into a computer. Certainly they can't do both at the same time, which puts in my mind the image of some retired colonel hitting a keyboard with a single digit in between indignant gasps of air.

We only green when prices go up. If prices were as cheep as 1950 we wouldnt think twice, fact! The only reason why they encourage recycling is because of the price local government have to pay for old quaries and old open cast mines in which to put it all in. Its nothing to do with Turtles and plastic bags etc, its to do with COST and they label it with being green because the councils are losing a fortune removing your trash. Being Green is good, WE should have done this 20yrs ago they new this

TryTo HelpUsee, Avalon, United Kingdom

I don't understand either; I think he's saying that if only we could still get a pound of potatoes for two-and-six like in the '50s, we wouldn't think twice about putting Turtles into open-cast mines. I think.

This is the whole green idea they want us to live a meek lifestyle,

Mr Wideboy, Oxford, United Kingdom

I could be wrong, but I don't think that Jesus had climate change in mind when he said that the meek would inherit the Earth.

If the government wanted to reduce fuel emissions, it would be opening cottage hospitals & village schools, & tearing down out of town shopping centres, not doing what it is doing which is the exact opposite; forcing us into our cars. This proves that their 'green' argument is purely about justifying more taxes. Also, if they want to cut fuel usage, water usage and landfill usage, why are they deliberately persueing a policy of mass immigration leading to over population? Gerrymandering p'haps?

Sally, Chesterfield

See, told you; it's the immigrants, isn't it Sally. Now how about a sit down with a nice cup of tea before it's time to go back to your padded cell?

Dog is not for only a Christmas but a life.
So is green! It is what people sometimes talke about and often forget about it when they is actually required to act on it.
Does Mr Brown care about little miss Green as the long run basis? Do we?

KB, Oxford

there is no scientific consensus at all, in fact you won't be able to find one scientist ANYWHERE who is willing to say that they are 100% convinced that global warming is man made - there are however 100s who are 100% convinced that it has nothing to do with man at all.

Jon Cooper, Camborne, United Kingdom

I am a scientist, and I am prepared to say that I am 100% convinced that global warming is man made. Ha, fuck you Jon Cooper of Camborne!

Never. It's a con to get more taxes and more control.

The global warming rubbish was dreamed up by Margaret Thatcher when she wanted to get rid of the miners and go with nuclear power. The whole thing is nonsense. Don't believe me do some research tree huggers !

Iain Williams, Newton Abbot, United Kingdom

It's comforting to know that it's not only the right that has it's lunatics.

And still the climate change con bandwagon rolls on!
Britain is being blighted by almost daily stabbings, people are scared to go out, unemployment is soaring, but hey, as long as we reduce those "carbon footprints" everything will be fine. I wonder if some of these knife criminals are bothered about going green?

kenneth riding

I think that has everything covered; climate change is due to immigrants, New Labour taxation and knife-wielding youths. I would like to be able to that the collection of dribblings I've shown here are anomalies, but alas they pretty much represent the views of people who apparently have had sufficient education to be able to read. Depressing, isn't it?