O/T:- ⚠️Impressed with the leadership [The UK Party Politics Thread]

[Med Pie]

The comment I was referring to that your comrade friend made was extremely immature. I pointed that out. Now as you are the self proclaimed head of the childish comment politburo, you felt it was your duty to interject. That is your right on a public forum.

The fact that his comment was also extremely narrow minded, made it look like he had been in an enclosed space for a long time.

Now kindly go back to picking horses out of a newspaper until you see some more childish comments to rule on.

Seems we share the same view on politics Lullapie but I think, by historical standards, Elite Pie has been largely absent from these kind of conversations. Mind you, it's hard to shed an image once one has been formed of you on a forum such as this!

[Elite_Pie]

Now as you are the self proclaimed head of the childish comment politburo, you felt it was your duty to interject. That is your right on a public forum. Now kindly go back to picking horses out of a newspaper until you see some more childish comments to rule on.

Not sure about self proclaimed, but if "head of the childish comment politburo" is my job, I'll try and do it well. I'll start with this one from you in response to a post from frenchmagpie:

I'll be in Colombia for a month from Feb whilst you're freezing your tits off because you can't afford to have your heating on.

His username suggests he lives in France, so I doubt he's "freezing his tits off". But that's not the childish bit, that comes when you say "because you can't afford to have your heating on". How do you know that? I'll answer for you, you don't. It's just what you hope it is in your warped stereotypical world. You might not realise it, but on here you come across as a very strange person.

[Med Pie]

Following on from the conversation about education, I offer this piece on kids mental health and the shocking number of kids who claim to be affected with mental health issues. I also attach a line from the article, one that I think many people will agree is the obvious reason though I fully expect the label of 'dinosaur' to be attached again.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gp19n111vo


But some experts in the field of mental health have raised another question: that is, is there really a mental health crisis or are young people simply not resilient enough?

I'm certain that I know the answer.

[Mapperleypie]

I'm certain that I know the answer.

A man of your obvious intellect is completely wasted on Notts Mad Med Pie. It's a shame in all your years on earth more people had not listened to you.

[Med Pie]

A man of your obvious intellect is completely wasted on Notts Mad Med Pie. It's a shame in all your years on earth more people had not listened to you.

I'm extremely offended by this and may need a break for the sake of my mental health.........................

Anyone of a certain age can clearly see that we have a soft, spoiled generation who are mortally offended or at least they claim to be, by absolutely anything and everything. They'd have been terrified of my maths teacher, out history teacher who would hurl a board rubber at people and the geography teacher who caned me, my mate was even slippered at junior school.

God only knows who will defend the country if war ever does break out again.

[Kent Magpie]

I'm extremely offended by this and may need a break for the sake of my mental health.........................

Anyone of a certain age can clearly see that we have a soft, spoiled generation who are mortally offended or at least they claim to be, by absolutely anything and everything. They'd have been terrified of my maths teacher, out history teacher who would hurl a board rubber at people and the geography teacher who caned me, my mate was even slippered at junior school.

God only knows who will defend the country if war ever does break out again.

Don't be soft. This is a lazy stereotype pushed by ignorant people who can't be bothered to look beyond their own privilege.

I am of a certain age and had teachers who did the same thing. They didn't terrify me, but I did (and still do) think they were **** teachers. I learned far more from those who didn't need to resort to violence to keep control. I can see the abuse you received from your teachers has really scarred you, but you need to get over it and not be such a snowflake.

The boomers and Gen X have had it really easy; no significant wars involving the UK, relatively affordable houses, cheap / free education, well paid jobs, not having to contend with 0 hours contracts or having to work for free just to have the vague chance of a shot at a job etc etc. I floated through life comparatively and now own my house, am well paid and have never had to risk my life to defend my country. I look at what my daughters have to contend with and it amazes me that they cope at all (and that doesn't even begin to cover misogyny, harassment etc that they have to face in addition to their male counterparts).

I am sure you won't be offended by this as you are made of far sterner stuff.

[frenchmagpie]

Don't be soft. This is a lazy stereotype pushed by ignorant people who can't be bothered to look beyond their own privilege.

I am of a certain age and had teachers who did the same thing. They didn't terrify me, but I did (and still do) think they were **** teachers. I learned far more from those who didn't need to resort to violence to keep control. I can see the abuse you received from your teachers has really scarred you, but you need to get over it and not be such a snowflake.

The boomers and Gen X have had it really easy; no significant wars involving the UK, relatively affordable houses, cheap / free education, well paid jobs, not having to contend with 0 hours contracts or having to work for free just to have the vague chance of a shot at a job etc etc. I floated through life comparatively and now own my house, am well paid and have never had to risk my life to defend my country. I look at what my daughters have to contend with and it amazes me that they cope at all (and that doesn't even begin to cover misogyny, harassment etc that they have to face in addition to their male counterparts).

I am sure you won't be offended by this as you are made of far sterner stuff.

A virtual handshake to you sir (or ma'am). You are clearly a grown up human being who doesn't break down and blame anyone who doesn't look like them for all their miserable failings in life. Well said.

[Med Pie]

Don't be soft. This is a lazy stereotype pushed by ignorant people who can't be bothered to look beyond their own privilege.

I am of a certain age and had teachers who did the same thing. They didn't terrify me, but I did (and still do) think they were **** teachers. I learned far more from those who didn't need to resort to violence to keep control. I can see the abuse you received from your teachers has really scarred you, but you need to get over it and not be such a snowflake.

The boomers and Gen X have had it really easy; no significant wars involving the UK, relatively affordable houses, cheap / free education, well paid jobs, not having to contend with 0 hours contracts or having to work for free just to have the vague chance of a shot at a job etc etc. I floated through life comparatively and now own my house, am well paid and have never had to risk my life to defend my country. I look at what my daughters have to contend with and it amazes me that they cope at all (and that doesn't even begin to cover misogyny, harassment etc that they have to face in addition to their male counterparts).

I am sure you won't be offended by this as you are made of far sterner stuff.

You clearly missed the point that I was being sarcastic, I am far from being a snowflake!

[magpie_mania]

I'm extremely offended by this and may need a break for the sake of my mental health.........................

Anyone of a certain age can clearly see that we have a soft, spoiled generation who are mortally offended or at least they claim to be, by absolutely anything and everything. They'd have been terrified of my maths teacher, out history teacher who would hurl a board rubber at people and the geography teacher who caned me, my mate was even slippered at junior school.

God only knows who will defend the country if war ever does break out again.

Yes there were some teachers I was terrified of.

I learned nothing from them, had no respect for them, hated them. I remember the one who took two of us by the hair and cracked our foreheads together - is that what you want?

What is this certain age?

And mocking people who really are extremely affected by mental health issues? Well done.

[magpie_mania]

Following on from the conversation about education, I offer this piece on kids mental health and the shocking number of kids who claim to be affected with mental health issues. I also attach a line from the article, one that I think many people will agree is the obvious reason though I fully expect the label of 'dinosaur' to be attached again.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gp19n111vo


But some experts in the field of mental health have raised another question: that is, is there really a mental health crisis or are young people simply not resilient enough?

I'm certain that I know the answer.

Some experts .... you quote from that article (which is a good one), but what about this one?

'However not everyone is in agreement on the issue of resilience - or the questions around the potential downsides of greater mental health awareness.

Dr Shari McDaid, head of policy and evidence (Scotland and Northern Ireland) at the Mental Health Foundation, argues that any suggestion that increased awareness is to blame for rising rates of mental health problems is "misleading".'

The article ends in this way, which I agree with:

'So, perhaps the question at the heart of the mental health crisis is less about whether young people are resilient enough - but whether they can access sufficient support to become so.'

And that support, imo, begins at home.