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That goes a long way to explaining why people tend to get more right wing the older they get.
Quote from: BillyStubbsTears on December 03, 2019, 12:15:54 pmThat goes a long way to explaining why people tend to get more right wing the older they get.Dead right BST about people getting more right wing the older they get, although we'd probably disagree about the reasons for it. You'd put it down to those stupid facts and figures quoted above whereas I know that it's down to life experience and wisdom.Children more polite nowadays? Have you heard the vile language they use in the street? It was an unwritten rule when I was a young bloke that you never swore in front of women and kids. Now they're worse than us.It all boils down to the obsession many of you on here have with statistics, which can be manipulated to suit any argument or agenda. Like I've said many times, I view the world with MY eyes, and think about it with MY brain.Some of you need to walk round the town centre a bit more.
Quote from: scawsby steve on December 03, 2019, 05:39:04 pmQuote from: BillyStubbsTears on December 03, 2019, 12:15:54 pmThat goes a long way to explaining why people tend to get more right wing the older they get.Dead right BST about people getting more right wing the older they get, although we'd probably disagree about the reasons for it. You'd put it down to those stupid facts and figures quoted above whereas I know that it's down to life experience and wisdom.Children more polite nowadays? Have you heard the vile language they use in the street? It was an unwritten rule when I was a young bloke that you never swore in front of women and kids. Now they're worse than us.It all boils down to the obsession many of you on here have with statistics, which can be manipulated to suit any argument or agenda. Like I've said many times, I view the world with MY eyes, and think about it with MY brain.Some of you need to walk round the town centre a bit more.As the article says SS, you remember bad examples more than good. You won’t remember the countless young people who you walk past everyday who haven’t caused a problem. As for the stats, well I believe them more than I believe you...no offence though.
It’s true that many people move to a more right wing view point as they get older. I heard a man on the radio explain why he was voting Tory. “ When i was a young man, living on a council estate, no job and no money then I needed Labour. Now I’m retired, have a nice house and good pension I don’t need them anymore, so I’m voting Conservative.”
Quote from: Herbert Anchovy on December 03, 2019, 05:39:38 pmIt’s true that many people move to a more right wing view point as they get older. I heard a man on the radio explain why he was voting Tory. “ When i was a young man, living on a council estate, no job and no money then I needed Labour. Now I’m retired, have a nice house and good pension I don’t need them anymore, so I’m voting Conservative.” People getting more right-wing as they get older doesn't necessarily mean they are getting more selfish. They are no more selfish than when they were young and poorer. Back in the days when they were less well off, they wanted a share in rich people's wealth just like the new generation of youngsters do now.
How do you think everyone can be better off BB?
Quote from: Herbert Anchovy on December 03, 2019, 05:43:16 pmQuote from: scawsby steve on December 03, 2019, 05:39:04 pmQuote from: BillyStubbsTears on December 03, 2019, 12:15:54 pmThat goes a long way to explaining why people tend to get more right wing the older they get.Dead right BST about people getting more right wing the older they get, although we'd probably disagree about the reasons for it. You'd put it down to those stupid facts and figures quoted above whereas I know that it's down to life experience and wisdom.Children more polite nowadays? Have you heard the vile language they use in the street? It was an unwritten rule when I was a young bloke that you never swore in front of women and kids. Now they're worse than us.It all boils down to the obsession many of you on here have with statistics, which can be manipulated to suit any argument or agenda. Like I've said many times, I view the world with MY eyes, and think about it with MY brain.Some of you need to walk round the town centre a bit more.As the article says SS, you remember bad examples more than good. You won’t remember the countless young people who you walk past everyday who haven’t caused a problem. As for the stats, well I believe them more than I believe you...no offence though.That's fine Herbert, I don't need you to believe me.Have a nice day.x
Stupid facts and figures...Dear God up above.I'm not dealing with shite like facts! I've got my own prejudices to tell ME what's happening.
SS.All of those are verified facts See, there ARE things out there in the world that are objectively true. Facts. Genuine, correct facts.God help us if we lived in a world where everyone just lived on their prejudices and refused to believe in objective truth.
Quote from: BillyStubbsTears on December 03, 2019, 06:59:38 pmStupid facts and figures...Dear God up above.I'm not dealing with shite like facts! I've got my own prejudices to tell ME what's happening.I can't believe that someone with a mind as brilliant as your's doesn't trust it above those who are quoting facts that could come from anywhere.I'll bet that most of those who collated those facts that Herbert quoted are too young to even remember the 60s, whereas I was there.How many times have you had a completely different take on a Rovers match than what the DFP has reported?
Quote from: scawsby steve on December 03, 2019, 09:05:54 pmQuote from: BillyStubbsTears on December 03, 2019, 06:59:38 pmStupid facts and figures...Dear God up above.I'm not dealing with shite like facts! I've got my own prejudices to tell ME what's happening.I can't believe that someone with a mind as brilliant as your's doesn't trust it above those who are quoting facts that could come from anywhere.I'll bet that most of those who collated those facts that Herbert quoted are too young to even remember the 60s, whereas I was there.How many times have you had a completely different take on a Rovers match than what the DFP has reported?SS, i think that the primary point of the report was to project how people’s perceptions of a particular time period is heavily influenced by their own circumstance. Hence, people view the decade in which they were in their 20’s as ‘the best’. It was also to show that, when presented with hard facts and evidence, people are still extremely reluctant to change their view. Human nature I’d guess. Maybe the 1960’s were great for you. However that doesn’t disguise the fact that statistical assessment tells us we are now a richer, more peaceful and more tolerant society.
Around 1965, there was a murder in Balby. It was the TV news headline for a week. Nowadays a murder in Doncaster might not even hit the front page of the Doncaster Free Press.That is a fact that goes against statistics.