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So I was in town today

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  • 18-12-2011 5:39pm
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    cloud493
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    And I saw some woman, begging, with a kid. Not a baby even, though that'd be worse, he looked like, 4 years old or something. Should he not like, be in care or something>?


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    ChunkyLover_53
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    cloud493 wrote: »
    And I saw some woman, begging, with a kid. Not a baby even, though that'd be worse, he looked like, 4 years old or something. Should he not like, be in care or something>?

    Which town?


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    chin_grin
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    Eh. Did you just copy and paste your facebook status update directly on to boards..........or something?


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    Kylo Ren
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    cloud493 wrote: »
    And I saw some woman, begging, with a kid. Not a baby even, though that'd be worse, he looked like, 4 years old or something. Should he not like, be in care or something>?

    She's begging for money and you are questioning why she won't put him in paid care?


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    cloud493
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    ChunkyLover_53 wrote: »
    Which town?

    Dublin city centre. No I mean, would the authorites not have taken that child, into care?


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    Celly Smunt
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    She's lucky to have an income,recession and all.


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    slavetothegrind
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    OP banned for infuriating sentance structure....

    :p


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    chin_grin
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    cloud493 wrote: »
    Dublin city centre. No I mean, would the authorites not have taken that child, into care?

    Rob it off her and care for it yourself. That'll learn her.


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    ChunkyLover_53
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    cloud493 wrote: »
    Dublin city centre. No I mean, would the authorites not have taken that child, into care?

    Dublin;Georgia or Dublin;California?


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    Mrs Garth Brooks
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    I hope you didn't give her money. She obviously has it if she can keep a child alive.


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    ChunkyLover_53
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    slavetothegrind wrote: »
    OP banned for infuriating sentance structure....

    :p

    It read like Dylan Moran on Diazapan


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    My name is URL
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    cloud493 wrote: »
    And I saw some woman, begging, with a kid. Not a baby even, though that'd be worse, he looked like, 4 years old or something. Should he not like, be in care or something>?

    Like, probably.. or something


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    TeddyTedson
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    Could have been an unlucky hooker.


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    Batsy
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    Modern social services, led by left wingers, will not take a child away from its mother even if that mother is violent to it and prefers to spend most of her dole money on drugs and alcohol.

    If they had the choice of putting the child into the care of its loving, hard-working father (who has split from the child's mother) who will give it all the care, attention, love and whatever else it needs for a normal, healthy childhood, or put in into the care of a violent, drug-taking mother, or a mother who is so poor she takes to the streets and begs, nine times out of ten the social services will put the child into the care of the mother.

    And then when the mother and her druggie boyfriend physically abuses and then kills the child, as happened with Baby P, the social services vow that they will never make the same mistake again and hold "an inquiry" into what they did wrong.


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    TeddyTedson
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    Batsy wrote: »
    Modern social services, led by left wingers, will not take a child away from its mother even if that mother is violent to it and prefers to spend most of her dole money on drugs and alcohol.

    If they had the choice of putting the child into the care of its loving, hard-working father (who has split from the child's mother) who will give it all the care, attention, love and whatever else it needs for a normal, healthy childhood, or put in into the care of a violent, drug-taking mother, or a mother who is so poor she takes to the streets and begs, nine times out of ten the social services will put the child into the care of the mother.

    And then when the mother and her druggie boyfriend physically abuses and then kills the child, as happened with Baby P, the social services vow that they will never make the same mistake again and hold "an inquiry" into what they did wrong.
    That' awful:(
    Did the mother go to prison too?


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    Birneybau
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    slavetothegrind wrote: »
    OP banned for infuriating sentance structure....

    :p

    slavetothegrind banned for inability to spell sentence. ; )


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    Dudess
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    HardLuckWoman wrote: »
    I hope you didn't give her money. She obviously has it if she can keep a child alive.
    Maybe she doesn't have much?


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    My name is URL
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    Batsy wrote: »
    Modern social services, led by left wingers

    Well there's your problem. You want a strong presence leading the way.. preferably a center back or midfielder.


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    slavetothegrind
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    True for you , i can't even spell Fcuk properly! :D


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    starbelgrade
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    Batsy wrote: »
    Modern social services, led by left wingers, will not take a child away from its mother even if that mother is violent to it and prefers to spend most of her dole money on drugs and alcohol.


    Modern social commentary, led by right wingers, is often made up in order to suit the argument at hand and backed up solely by scaremongering statements about "left wing pinko agendas".


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    ChunkyLover_53
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    The incident clearly shows the mothers lack of common sense tbh,

    If she'd have dressed the child in an Elf suit and taught him some carols, she'd have raked in the cash.


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    jimjimjimmy
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    Dublin's a city not a town, silly OP!


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    Wertz
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    Batsy wrote: »
    Modern social services, led by left wingers, will not take a child away from its mother even if that mother is violent to it and prefers to spend most of her dole money on drugs and alcohol.

    If they had the choice of putting the child into the care of its loving, hard-working father (who has split from the child's mother) who will give it all the care, attention, love and whatever else it needs for a normal, healthy childhood, or put in into the care of a violent, drug-taking mother, or a mother who is so poor she takes to the streets and begs, nine times out of ten the social services will put the child into the care of the mother.

    And then when the mother and her druggie boyfriend physically abuses and then kills the child, as happened with Baby P, the social services vow that they will never make the same mistake again and hold "an inquiry" into what they did wrong.

    Maybe in your neck of the woods...social services aren't shy about removing children over here when they get around to it.
    Thing is I don't think they're crawling the streets of Dublin on a sunday afternoon looking for extra work.

    BTW just because someone is begging doesn't mean they're on drugs and just because someone is on drugs doesn;t make them either a bad parent or someone more likely to beg...at least with one ethnic group of beggars in this country, who I'll not bother to name, kids are taken along for extra emotive effect. Few notice the poor woman begging...nearly everyone notices the kiddie in tow, and possibly an awful lot more give money.


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    RichieC
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    Batsy wrote: »
    Modern social services, led by left wingers, will not take a child away from its mother even if that mother is violent to it and prefers to spend most of her dole money on drugs and alcohol.

    If they had the choice of putting the child into the care of its loving, hard-working father (who has split from the child's mother) who will give it all the care, attention, love and whatever else it needs for a normal, healthy childhood, or put in into the care of a violent, drug-taking mother, or a mother who is so poor she takes to the streets and begs, nine times out of ten the social services will put the child into the care of the mother.

    And then when the mother and her druggie boyfriend physically abuses and then kills the child, as happened with Baby P, the social services vow that they will never make the same mistake again and hold "an inquiry" into what they did wrong.

    Classic Batsy, a bit like the daily mail personified...


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    Dudess
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    RichieC wrote: »
    Batsy wrote: »
    Modern social services, led by left wingers, will not take a child away from its mother even if that mother is violent to it and prefers to spend most of her dole money on drugs and alcohol.

    If they had the choice of putting the child into the care of its loving, hard-working father (who has split from the child's mother) who will give it all the care, attention, love and whatever else it needs for a normal, healthy childhood, or put in into the care of a violent, drug-taking mother, or a mother who is so poor she takes to the streets and begs, nine times out of ten the social services will put the child into the care of the mother.

    And then when the mother and her druggie boyfriend physically abuses and then kills the child, as happened with Baby P, the social services vow that they will never make the same mistake again and hold "an inquiry" into what they did wrong.

    Classic Batsy, a bit like the daily mail personified...
    Worse - the Daily Express.


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    TheZohanS
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    cloud493 wrote: »
    Dublin city centre. No I mean, would the authorites not have taken that child, into care?

    Did you report it to the authorities?


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    Son Of A Vidic
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    jimjimjimmy wrote: »
    Dublin's a city not a town, silly OP!

    Wrong.

    It's apparently a dirty oul town.


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    Dudess
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    Corvus Maximus wrote: »
    jimjimjimmy wrote: »
    Dublin's a city not a town, silly OP!

    Wrong.

    It's apparently a dirty oul town.
    That song isn't about Dublin, it's about a somewhere in the north of England - not sure where. :)

    Btw, could proof be provided that social services is run by left-wingers?


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    Son Of A Vidic
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    Dudess wrote: »
    That song isn't about Dublin, it's about a somewhere in the north of England - not sure where. :)

    Luke Kelly made it a Dublin song.


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