Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[Jebus_lives]

The thing is , at one point are we all meant to be the honourably citizens and just forget real life? All well and good people on here saying they will grass their neighbors up but for many, neighbors are family.

The majority of people will follow it anyway so not sure what the issue is.

Essentially for us working class, it's basically saying 'hey Barbara , I know you have been there for me and the family for the past 20 years but having someone round since your Ronnie died for company, I'm gonna ring the bizzies and get fined because the government told me to'.

It's actually amusing to see such a reaction. People grow up with their neighbors and to just turn them in so easily. That's not real life.

And we aren't talking house parties here , I'm talking about having someone round.


I don't mean this specifically to me, but why is it my job to call the police on a neighbor for having someone around?

Am I going to cure the pandemic by doing so?

Better question , do you really think people calling the police on each other is the right course of action during a nationwide pandemic? Logically?

No. That's not the point I was making. I was asking, given you talked about community spirit, why you think a display of community spirit, in a pandemic, is to disregard infection control guidance in favour of doing what you want?

 

[roydo]

I’m thinking they know this, hence why they’re trying to get it down to a reasonable level before then.

There’s also Halloween and Bommy night before then too !

Wouldnt be arsed if Halloween dies anyrate.

But shouldnt it be "We" should be trying to get it down?

 

[Kenshin]

No. That's not the point I was making. I was asking, given you talked about community spirit, why you think a display of community spirit, in a pandemic, is to disregard infection control guidance in favour of doing what you want?

Because that is real Britain like I said.

As much as you personally wouldn't think twice about grassing on someone else, it doesn't mean the working class would in this country.

In fact go over to social media and you will see it for yourself , post after post about how ridiculous it would be asking people to grass each other up.

If you only know your neighbors through the crack in the blinds then go right ahead and grass them up. For many, they are communities who wouldn't even consider doing so.

 

[Nymzee]

Lived in this house 4 years and don’t know the name of a single person on the street.

 

[COYBL25]

Lived in this house 4 years and don’t know the name of a single person on the street.

Ask yourself this, do you want to lol

 

[orly]

Wouldnt be arsed if Halloween dies anyrate.

If Halloween died wouldn't it come back to life?

 

[Brennan]

Because that is real Britain like I said.

As much as you personally wouldn't think twice about grassing on someone else, it doesn't mean the working class would in this country.

In fact go over to social media and you will see it for yourself , post after post about how ridiculous it would be asking people to grass each other up.

If you only know your neighbors through the crack in the blinds then go right ahead and grass them up. For many, they are communities who wouldn't even consider doing so.

I find it quite amusing that you a) think you speak for the working class and b) think you can label everybody who is working class as having the same exact ideals.

Nonsense stuff.

My mum is working class and wouldn’t think twice about telling the police if people were flagrantly breaching the Covid rules. My dad is in a high risk group and has had life altering surgery cancelled twice because of the covid outbreak. Why should she be arsed about some weird “working class don’t grass” bollocks ?

 

[roydo]

I find it quite amusing that you a) think you speak for the working class and b) think you can label everybody who is working class as having the same exact ideals.

Nonsense stuff.

And he knows everyone who is working class. Whatever working class actually is. Or are.

I find it such a daft sweeping statement these days; prefer People myself.

 

[Kenshin]

I find it quite amusing that you a) think you speak for the working class and b) think you can label everybody who is working class as having the same exact ideals.

Nonsense stuff.

Why turn this into something that I'm clearly not saying, speaking for the working class? Since when? When did I announce myself as speaking for ALL the working class?

Or generalising what I am saying into meaning as such?

I know Liverpool, I know people won't grass on each other in communities. These are the communities that are there for each other, who throw street parties during the summer (before this year) , who are always on hand to help out lending something. The ones who will check up on their neighbors, who offer to do shopping for the elderly during the pandemic so they don't have to go out anywhere.

I know people who went shopping for neighbors for months recently to keep them safe. I know my neighbors would go out their way to help us and visa versa, including taking us to hospital in recent years, watching the kids when we needed them to. Same as they know if they ever need anything from us they just knock.

So you can sit there with an arrogant tone of writing and generalise what I'm saying into some falsified speak for everyone . I know that there are plenty of communities all around the country wouldn't be on the phone to the bizzies just for having someone round.

 

[roydo]

Why turn this into something that I'm clearly not saying, speaking for the working class? Since when? When did I announce myself as speaking for ALL the working class?

I know Liverpool, I know people won't grass on each other in communities.

Pretty much there mate.

 

[Nymzee]

Ask yourself this, do you want to lol

Not at all. Was just arguing that communities are, by and large, a thing of the past in urban places to me.

 

[Brennan]

Why turn this into something that I'm clearly not saying, speaking for the working class? Since when? When did I announce myself as speaking for ALL the working class?

Or generalising what I am saying into meaning as such?

I know Liverpool, I know people won't grass on each other in communities. These are the communities that are there for each other, who throw street parties during the summer (before this year) , who are always on hand to help out lending something. The ones who will check up on their neighbors, who offer to do shopping for the elderly during the pandemic so they don't have to go out anywhere.

I know people who went shopping for neighbors for months recently to keep them safe. I know my neighbors would go out their way to help us and visa versa, including taking us to hospital in recent years, watching the kids when we needed them to. Same as they know if they ever need anything from us they just knock.

So you can sit there with an arrogant tone of writing and generalise what I'm saying into some falsified speak for everyone . I know that there are plenty of communities all around the country wouldn't be on the phone to the bizzies just for having someone round.

I’m responding to the comments you’ve made. If you don’t like it that’s not my fault, you said it.

I’m all for live and let live, but we’re talking about people taking deliberate actions that endanger the lives of other people. Calling that “grassing” is just juvenile tosh.

Personally I wouldn’t call the police if 7 people were in a house instead of 6, but I can totally understand why somebody might and I wouldn’t call them a “grass” for doing so.

 

[Kenshin]

Pretty much there mate.

Thats not speaking for everyone though is it boss? Thats not me saying everyone in Liverpool , that's me saying I know Liverpool.

Not quite the same as speaking for everyone unless you assume that is what I mean lol

The funny thing is, by telling me I'm wrong, it's then speaking for everyone on the country to say I'm wrong , which ironically is what you are telling me that I'm doing?

Unless you think everyone in the country would be happy to grass on each other, then what I'm saying is right?

 

[Goat]

Why turn this into something that I'm clearly not saying, speaking for the working class? Since when? When did I announce myself as speaking for ALL the working class?

Or generalising what I am saying into meaning as such?

I know Liverpool, I know people won't grass on each other in communities. These are the communities that are there for each other, who throw street parties during the summer (before this year) , who are always on hand to help out lending something. The ones who will check up on their neighbors, who offer to do shopping for the elderly during the pandemic so they don't have to go out anywhere.

I know people who went shopping for neighbors for months recently to keep them safe. I know my neighbors would go out their way to help us and visa versa, including taking us to hospital in recent years, watching the kids when we needed them to. Same as they know if they ever need anything from us they just knock.

So you can sit there with an arrogant tone of writing and generalise what I'm saying into some falsified speak for everyone . I know that there are plenty of communities all around the country wouldn't be on the phone to the bizzies just for having someone round.

We had a minor fire a few years back, had to call the fire bobbies out.

Our neighbours came out to watch, not 1 of them asked if we needed anything.

Im happy you live on the set of Neighbours, but not everybody does.

 

[Jebus_lives]

Because that is real Britain like I said.

As much as you personally wouldn't think twice about grassing on someone else, it doesn't mean the working class would in this country.

In fact go over to social media and you will see it for yourself , post after post about how ridiculous it would be asking people to grass each other up.

If you only know your neighbors through the crack in the blinds then go right ahead and grass them up. For many, they are communities who wouldn't even consider doing so.

Where have I said this?

In fact, what part of the rest of that utter wham you've written do you think actually applies to people?

By and large the issue is, where there are people completely disregarding public health guidance, they shouldn't. That isn't community spirit, it's selfishness. It's got nothing to do with politics or working class/middle class.