Worst thing in your country ?

crimson_wizard wrote: The house prices are so dear in England, that even the Basking sharks are moving north to Scotland. However i think it is a bit much picking on one parent families, not all of them have chosen to be single, but are and try to carry with their lives. The UK ain't a bad place to live, there are some parts i'd rather not go to, but others i'd give my right arm for. Every country has something wrong with it, regardless. As for the Iraq war, we went in for the reasons but got rid of the right man and his cronies. Blair maybe a liar, which politician isn't, but at leasst the rest of the world didn't have Thatcher, or the sneering Tories in power for 17 years.

I'm afraid that most who are in one parent families have chosen to be.  Either they were never married to begin with and had children (and this is a choice and a choice which disgusts me), or they were married and chose to get divorced.  There are only a very few circumstances in which someone is a single parent who did not choose to be a single parent, and those circumstances would be abandonment by the other spouse, or severe abuse by the other spouse which makes it unsafe for the spouse to remain in the marriage.  Everything else is a choice. 

Don't get me wrong, I am not making a judgment call here about divorce or about those who have been divorced (I myself am familiar with that institution - who would have thought it - but fortunately no children were produced from my rather short marriage).  Nor do I believe that people should stay together for the sake of the kids.  I am simply stating that getting a divorce is a choice.

The fact every day that passes bring us closer to english/american culture... Montréal english popultion percentage increase each day, so is the way people speaks and act there. I am not racist, but I doubt no one would like his home country to be invaded by another culture. What if London would suddently became 50% french and everyone there would start speaking an awful mix of both languages?

King of Loss wrote: NetsNJFan wrote: The Bush Admin. So much wasted potential after 9/11, he coulda been a great president. You actually think he could have been a great president?  I don't think he has the potential to be a sh*tty president.

I do.  After 9/11 he had such a united country.  He could have really been great aftre that.  But no.

Paradox wrote: Destroying of countryside to build houses and roads

Same problem and I'm fed up as they are building new houses opposite my house, I hate the Council in my area.

Extended pub opening hours and the belief of this Government that this will somehow stop people drinking so much.

Basically our problem is lager.