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Why has this been moved to NWS and not just Members Only? Is it because of the F word in post #71?

 

I'm not sure but I'm a little disappointed as I thought it had been deleted but then had to enable the NWS section at work just to check... can't it just go back to Off Topic where I put it?

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Why has this been moved to NWS and not just Members Only? Is it because of the F word in post #71?

 

I'm not sure but I'm a little disappointed as I thought it had been deleted but then had to enable the NWS section at work just to check... can't it just go back to Off Topic where I put it?

 

I moved it in the hope that someone would have a decent rant... guess not..

 

Shall I move it for you sir? :p

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Failing that, I understand that the Isle of Wight can hold the population of the UK, if they stood shoulder to shoulder. My less extreme idea would be to clear out the isle of wight, send every scumbag over there and just fence it off. Escape from LA style.

 

I know I live on the Isle of Wight, but I suggested this idea years ago. The isle of wight is big enough to make a global prison. Although it's close to the mainland (swimming distance), it would save the world a lot of space and resources (as people can grow their own food and make a lifestyle for their own) for the people who really do contribute to this world.

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I know I live on the Isle of Wight, but I suggested this idea years ago. The isle of wight is big enough to make a global prison. Although it's close to the mainland (swimming distance), it would save the world a lot of space and resources (as people can grow their own food and make a lifestyle for their own) for the people who really do contribute to this world.

Yeah great, but in no time at all they'd all be indiscriminately shagging each other and generally behaving like it was the middle ages.

You know, just like the current IoW inhabitants are doing at the moment.

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I know I live on the Isle of Wight, but I suggested this idea years ago. The isle of wight is big enough to make a global prison. Although it's close to the mainland (swimming distance), it would save the world a lot of space and resources (as people can grow their own food and make a lifestyle for their own) for the people who really do contribute to this world.

 

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082340/

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Yeah great, but in no time at all they'd all be indiscriminately shagging each other and generally behaving like it was the middle ages.

You know, just like the current IoW inhabitants are doing at the moment.

 

Ahem! Only island born and bred. ;) I'm actually from Hertfordshire thankfully. So I don't get too much stick.

 

 

It sounds a bit like this film I watched:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0414852/

 

Paris is made into a prison but allows civilians to enter and leave at any time.

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The Mail again...

 

£20,000 benefits so this father of seven can keep his children in video games... and pay his huge booze bill.

 

Their loud and drunken behaviour makes the lives of their neighbours a misery - and it is all being funded by state handouts of £20,000 a year.

Residents are petitioning to have Jane and Lee Houghton, their five youngest children and a grandson evicted.

But with a new bathroom and kitchen on its way, paid for by the council, and a house filled with numerous games consoles, computers and TVs they have no intention of moving....

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1272512/20-000-benefits-father-seven-children-video-games--pay-huge-booze-bill.html

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His previous convictions are mainly for drink-related offences, such as swearing at police officers and shouting abuse at people in the street. But he insists it is his family who are being picked on.

 

'We've had enough of being branded thugs. We're a good family,' said Mr Houghton.

 

I agree, they sound nothing like thugs & if this is a good family then we are doomed!

 

He added: 'Drinking helps me cope with my personality disorder. I start with a bottle of Jack Daniels then have a few cans of cider.

By the afternoon I can hardly walk.'

 

'If people want to work, good for them. I would if I could, but I'm too ill'

 

Too ill to work or too drunk?

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The couple have been together since Mr Houghton was 17 and his wife was 14. They had their first child Lee, now aged 23, a year later, followed by Emma, 20, James, 18, Chelsea Ann Stamford Bridge, 16 - named after Mr Houghton's favourite football team and their home ground - Joanne, 14, Jack, ten, and Summer, two.

That really is special!

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The couple have been together since Mr Houghton was 17 and his wife was 14. They had their first child Lee, now aged 23, a year later, followed by Emma, 20, James, 18, Chelsea Ann Stamford Bridge, 16 - named after Mr Houghton's favourite football team and their home ground - Joanne, 14, Jack, ten, and Summer, two.

 

So he is a sex offender too!

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