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I currently work as a support worker for students with learning behavioral difficulties and disabilities and have spent the last 10 years or so working in a variety of care and support environments. I am slightly right of center politically and I enjoy debating

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Politics, News & Issues > US Military (Other) 2006: Political correctness gone amok: 3 of 42
When I look at the wave of political correctness sweeping britain and the United States. I cannot help thinking that, when you are making social descisions on the assumption that it might offend another race or culture without researching the issue first, are you not living up to the ignorance and mis-education that is the fo... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Party Politics & Ideology Why nationalism has disappeared: 2 of 16
The loss of nationalism in America is the same as the loss of nationalism in Britain's housing estates. It is due to the fact that no-one knows what it is to belong to a nation any more. I work with young teenagers who show more allegiance to the housing estates where they live and the gangs that they belong to, than the coun... More..
Entertainment > Celebrity Commentary Sick of celebrities: Will there be a backlash against the beautiful people?: 5 of 39
When you look at the definition of celebrity you get a famous person or some one of renown and fame, but what are celebrities now?Someone who is famous for five minutes and then thrown back into the cold hard ether of the real world?Not always but we now have the three worlds of celebrity, non celebrity but still well known a... More..
Entertainment > TV Genres & Trends BBC: Quality programming or Politically correct rubbish: 2 of 7
Now these days I was under the understanding that when a nationalised industry was failing to live up to the British publics standards or simply considered a waste of money and unable to compete with it's foreign and or privatised rivals it was either sold or privatised.Not so the British Broadcasting Corporation (B.B.C).The ... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Politics in the UK Margaret Thatcher, first female prime minister: 4 of 12
Margaret Thatcher, first female British prime minister and probably the last politician of her kind.I say this because unfortunately the bastions of political correctness do not allow leaders to be strong and able to say what is really happening in Britain today. Margaret Thatcher's premiership was not an entirely successful ... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Christian Doctrine & Issues Gay rights and the Christian church: 53 of 141
The term a man should not lay with a man as he would a woman for the lord finds it detestable. Hmmmmmmm written in a bible which did not arrive by facsimile from heaven as Sir Ian Mcellan states in the davinci code. Therefore more likely written and put in by mere mortals who use the bible as a way of keeping God fearing peop... More..
Entertainment > Movie Remakes & Adaptations Evaluating movie remakes: 11 of 19
When looking at movie remakes and t.v. series that have become films we must look at the most troubling point here and that is why are the summer blockbusters completely unoriginal?Now I am not knocking the films individually as there have been some great remakes and some of the superhero films based on 80's cartoons and seri... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Politics in the UK What will be Tony Blair's legacy: 12 of 17
Tony Blair's legacy?hmmmmmmmm. Where to begin? As a Conservative leaning person it would be to easy for me to use this as an oppurtunity to bash our premier but all things being fair I will keep this as fair and as even an evaluation as possible.In looking at the past ten years the country under Blair has seen a lot of upheav... More..
Society & Lifestyle > North American Culture Top 5 most influential people in America: 29 of 41
As someone from Britain I probably am not very qualified to write on this but here goes...........Number 1 Bill Gates not only is he the richest man in the world let alone the U.S. he is also the emperor of the world's biggest information and communication platform in Microsoft. Even though Bill Gates did not exactly come fro... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Terrorism Exploring the reasons behind terrorism: 28 of 39
The concept of terrorism can be a hard one to tackle and debate as the old saying goes one man's terrorist is one man's freedom fighter and a champion to a cause.What actually causes terrorism or people who would not normally harm anyone to take up arms against foreign regimes or even their domestic brethren?Normally it start... More..