The Governemnt ......

Caveman1

Right, so this isn't a Government bashing thread.

A woman at the bus stop was giving out earlier about something ridiculous, then she comes out with " But it's the Governments fault".

Also a while back I was listening to a radio show and they were talking about shoplifting, a caller gets on and trys defending shoplifters "It's the Governments fault" people are forced to shoplift etc.

It just got me thinking that whenever someone isn't happy about something they automatically blame the Government.

What's the best one's you've heard?

Hippies!

Caveman1 wrote: »

Right, so this isn't a Government bashing thread.

It is now :cool:

mawk

Government spoils all AH threads

Red_Wake

I often wonder how helpless you would need to be in order to blame the government for every misfortune in your life.

Mind you, I'd dance a jig if they slashed the dole.

Duggy747

Studies obscure degree in ancient language

Blames government for being unable to find work.

Immaculate Pasta

Caveman1 wrote: »

Right, so this isn't a Government bashing thread.

What? :mad:

*walks away in disgust*

Cabaal

The government is the new negative go to thats in style at the moment, it suits people to not take responsibility for even stuff they CAN control and its so much easier to blame someone else.....in this case the big bad government.

Caveman1

I can just see it now, Robbie Keane misses a last minute penalty to send Ireland to the World Cup, Post match interview, " If the government didn't tax me so much I could of bought better boots and I would of buried it" cue the riots:pac:

Spiritual

Caveman1 wrote: »

I can just see it now, Robbie Keane misses a last minute penalty to send Ireland to the World Cup, Post match interview, " If the government didn't tax me so much I could of bought better boots and I would of buried it" cue the riots:pac:

Robbie Keane, your thread is now dead to me. :pac::)

Chuck Stone

'Can you get a medical card for pets' someone was overheard asking in a vet's surgery.

laoch na mona

to be fair it usually is their fault joe

seamus

We're been raised to believe that everything is somebody's fault, but that somebody isn't us. We're culturally driven to refuse to acknowledge our mistakes and instead find a fall guy for it so that we can claim some compensation for it, or at the very least avoid having to get into trouble for it or fix our own fncking problems ourselves.

This is why the guy sitting in the gutter out of his brains on heroin is a "victim of the recession" and some knackbag has been "forced" to rob stuff from the shop because the government has raised taxes.

flutterflye

seamus wrote: »

We're been raised to believe that everything is somebody's fault, but that somebody isn't us.

I wasn't raised to believe that.

biko

seamus wrote: »

We're been raised to believe that everything is somebody's fault, but that somebody isn't us. We're culturally driven to refuse to acknowledge our mistakes and instead find a fall guy for it so that we can claim some compensation for it, or at the very least avoid having to get into trouble for it or fix our own fncking problems ourselves.

Indeed.
I which every time someone said "look what you made me do!" it would autocorrect into "look at what I did!".

Caveman1

flutterflye wrote: »

I wasn't raised to believe that.

I suppose it would be more of a cultural thing than personal.

9959

Not a great thread, but I don't blame the OP, I BLAME THE GOVERNMENT!!!

admiralofthefleet

'sorry i was late to the pub lads, only the post office was open late because the master wasnt in on time. if he'd gotten his lazy arse out of bed i could have collected me dole and been here for the pub opening at half ten'

laoch na mona

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

'sorry i was late to the pub lads, only the post office was open late because the master wasnt in on time. if he'd gotten his lazy arse out of bed i could have collected me dole and been here for the pub opening at half ten'

not often heard id say as most people on the dole don't go to the pub at half 10