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19 Oct 08
19 Oct 08
"The Grim Reaper's Road Map: An Atlas of Mortality in Britain shows exactly how people's deaths are affected by where they live, how much money they have, the type of work they do and their lifestyle."
http://www.mg.co.za/article/2008-10-19-atlas-reveals-how-britons-are-likely-to-die
Some of the paragraphs read like a weather report. "A cluster of cervical cancer spreading from Merseyside to Grimsby ... "
19 Oct 08
Originally posted by Bosse de NageWell of course. It is obvious that these factors must inevitably play a part in the game of living in the real world as distinct from a fool's paradise.
"The Grim Reaper's Road Map: An Atlas of Mortality in Britain shows exactly how people's deaths are affected by where they live, how much money they have, the type of work they do and their lifestyle."
http://www.mg.co.za/article/2008-10-19-atlas-reveals-how-britons-are-likely-to-die
Some of the paragraphs read like a weather report. "A cluster of cervical cancer spreading from Merseyside to Grimsby ... "
In the commie-type society which bods like you and Redmike favour it is the Party hierarchy who take the place of the wealthy in getting priority treatment. Grow up.
19 Oct 08
Originally posted by Bosse de NageIf you're on "benefits" and smoke, eat nothing but fish'n'chips, drink beer, and attend soccer games, then you've increased your odds considerably for an early death. What could be more fair than that?
"The Grim Reaper's Road Map: An Atlas of Mortality in Britain shows exactly how people's deaths are affected by where they live, how much money they have, the type of work they do and their lifestyle."
http://www.mg.co.za/article/2008-10-19-atlas-reveals-how-britons-are-likely-to-die
Some of the paragraphs read like a weather report. "A cluster of cervical cancer spreading from Merseyside to Grimsby ... "
19 Oct 08
Originally posted by der schwarze RitterI like it when you talk about the culture in other countries because it always shows how your world view is based on the simple stereotypes you get from watching too much TV.
If you're on "benefits" and smoke, eat nothing but fish'n'chips, drink beer, and attend soccer games, then you've increased your odds considerably for an early death. What could be more fair than that?
Apart from the fact that fish and chips is probably one of the healthier fast foods you can eat, assuming you let the oil drain well, nobody lives off the stuff in the UK. I suspect you´d be hard pressed to find anybody who has it more than once a month.
For some more news you may be interested to know that London isn´t foggy, the fairly modern view that the Brits all have bad teeth (I think I heard that one first on the Simpsons) is no more true there than anywhere, British cuisine is currently highly rated within serious culinary circles, nobody wears bowler hats, coffee is drunk more than tea, you can watch hundreds of channels on the TV, most people don´t care about the royal family, Americans are usually liked, and very few people have butlers.
19 Oct 08
Originally posted by WheelyBut DsR hasa point.
I like it when you talk about the culture in other countries because it always shows how your world view is based on the simple stereotypes you get from watching too much TV.
Apart from the fact that fish and chips is probably one of the healthier fast foods you can eat, assuming you let the oil drain well, nobody lives off the stuff in the UK. I suspect ...[text shortened]... on´t care about the royal family, Americans are usually liked, and very few people have butlers.
There is a strong correlation between eating and drinking habits and early death so that it is not surprising that the locations where the inhabitants tend to indulge in unhealthy items of diet (not, as the Socialist myth would have it, because they are cheaper but because they are preferred) have higher death rates than elewhere.
19 Oct 08
Originally posted by piper2Well I´m not sure too many people would disagree with that.
But DsR hasa point.
There is a strong correlation between eating and drinking habits and early death so that it is not surprising that the locations where the inhabitants tend to indulge in unhealthy items of diet (not, as the Socialist myth would have it, because they are cheaper but because they are preferred) have higher death rates than elewhere.
19 Oct 08
Originally posted by piper2That and the fact that a social safety net has negative repercussions.
lik the chiken and the egg
When people can live however they wish and still survive you are going to get alot more of the lower socio-economic class surviving then reproducing.
Social safety nets and human nature are not a good combination.
19 Oct 08
Originally posted by EladarJust so: as in the case of the so-called 'ethnic minorities'.
That and the fact that a social safety net has negative repercussions.
When people can live however they wish and still survive you are going to get alot more of the lower socio-economic class surviving then reproducing.
Social safety nets and human nature are not a good combination.
19 Oct 08
Originally posted by piper2You nearly fooled me, 3 posts in a row without personal attacks, without blaming anything on labour, without attacking anyone with a different skin tone. A valiant effort to disguise yourself, but your true colours show again.
Just so: as in the case of the so-called 'ethnic minorities'.
Welcome back Philidor.
19 Oct 08
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Originally posted by BartsWho? He's been dead a long while.
You nearly fooled me, 3 posts in a row without personal attacks, without blaming anything on labour, without attacking anyone with a different skin tone. A valiant effort to disguise yourself, but your true colours show again.
Welcome back Philidor.