Margaret Cash steals €300 worth of clothes from Penneys and aftermath/etc!

pjohnson wrote: »

Then you shouldnt have had a kid. Is that not one of the staple points of this thread? Cash had kids she couldn't afford seems you did to.

That poster has one child, who will be educated with the support of the state, just like the vast majority of other Irish children. But I assume the poster and their partner will provide for many other aspects of the child's upbringing.

Margaret Cash has seven children, who are being raised entirely on income provided by the state. Food, clothing, housing, etc. The taxpayer provides 100 percent of the costs of raising those seven kids, while Margaret and her estranged husband provide 0 percent.

Moreover, Margaret's children are unlikely to get much of an education, if typical Traveller patterns prevail, and will be likely to go on and become dependent on the state themselves.

There's no comparison, in short.

pjohnson wrote: »

But the poster does not want their child in a public "leftist" school. If the poster wants a private education for their child should they not ensure they have the money to guarantee a private education?

There's a big difference between having one child you cannot afford to educate privately and having seven children you cannot afford to house, feed, and clothe.

pjohnson wrote: »

Obviously in terms of the actual cost but it seems in both cases the parent isn't able to fully provide for their child. Irresponsibe behaviour.

We've reached peak obtuse on this thread.

They might prefer a private school and prefer a fabulous house in a coastal view in Killiney, and prefer a Maserati as a runaround, but they're working their holes off to do their best.
Unlike our thead subject.

But i think you know this, and think you're being clever.

Goldengirl wrote: »

No but I never said I condoned that , what I said is the council were accountable ALSO.

HOW are the council responsible? Seriously, there was nothing they could have done. They could have had 50 working fire extinguishers on hand and it would not have made a difference as the adults were unconscious. The adults acted irresponsibly and unfortunately they and the children paid the highest price.

My mother started locking the kitchen door when my brother went out because she woke up one night and smelled hot oil. She went downstairs and found my brother passed out on the couch in the sitting room. He had turned on the fryer in the kitchen and fallen asleep waiting for it to heat up. Fortunately it was an electric deep fat fryer with temperature control but it still could've ended up badly for us. If the house had burned down and killed the lot of us the only person responsible would've been my brother.

Or maybe you would blame my mother because she should have been psychic and predicted my brothers stupid behaviour and taken action before it happened. Of course you wouldn't. Just like you can't blame the council here. They could not have predicted that adults would behave so irresponsibly. They are in no way to blame here. It was an absolute tragic accident what happened. The adults got carried away and made a stupid mistake. The council could not have stopped that.

Honestly, I think you know at this stage there was nothing the council could do but you're digging your heels in because you can't admit you got it wrong.

Roger Hassenforder wrote: »

Rediculous Maryanne.
You cant expect the kids to double up?
Where's your humanity?

You racist

They won't mix genders in bedrooms. Margaret has one daughter who will need a room for herself. The six boys can be split into two other rooms and of course a room for her highness.