What we can learn from Crimea

[Little Lou]

(30 March 2014, 12:36)bigpaul Wrote: some of the HA tenants are like you say LL, but one of the households I've got my eye on are of the "Private house owners" and in employment so its not just those on benefit!

You're right, and I'm generalizing badly. Those with money can be every bit as bad as those without, and I don't mean to stigmatize anyone by their being on benefits.

It's just odd, though. I work full time, but I still manage to volunteer and do my bit for the community in all kinds of ways. So do all the pensioners, who have free time but a lot less physical strength. It is literally ONLY these people in that particular road who are always far too busy to help out, and don't even have time to sort their rubbish properly on dustbin day. To me, those are people who are taking and giving nothing back. I used to go round there recruiting for Neighbourhood Watch, but you can only be told 'f*ck off, bitch' so many times before you stop bothering.

The way I see it - if the community is supporting me by paying my benefits, then I can keep my self-respect by supporting the community in return. But that's politics, and I'm straying OT. What matters here is who can be counted on when TSHTF, and I'm afraid that particular road most certainly can't.