The Weekly Gripe

Britain and the nanny state, wake up call

Wake up to common sense

Welcome to the Nanny State

I'm referring to the incessant torrent of dog bites, child seats, obese people, etc., where we're forced to hear of yet another example of an unsafe situate from which the public needs to be protected.



I've had just about enough of the stories on the BBC which ends with 'the government should do something about this.' It's time to take on some personal responsibility for what happens in our lives. 

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13-6-2008Too right.. People do need to take responsability for their own actions.. If you are fat..Get on a diet and get some exercise done. Nobodys fault but your own. If you want kids get a job and support them yourself. Unemployed parents with 5 or 6 kids sponging off the state makes me sick. This is one...moreMain Man
04-8-2007I walked into a door a few weeks ago because I was distracted by a female on the other side of the road with large breasts in a tight T-Shirt. I mean what was she doing she should have more common sense than to wear this type of dangerous clothing!Ned
10-11-2006The problem is that the world is filled with stupid people who need to rely on others to survive. If you got rid of all of the stupid people and stopped depending on the government, the world would stop!!Joy Hart
03-11-2006first of all the phrase accident is convient word for carelessness , all accidents can be traced back to carelessness.don't wantcrap to happen to you ..be more carefull. as for car chashes, drunks , and dog bites being around since adam and eve , dogs maybe , cars haven't been around all the...moreEndouellicus Aquae Rhadamantos
12-10-2006I completley agree with the griper. There is too much of "it was somebodys else's fault" in todays society. Don't want to be in a car crash - don't get in a car! Look where you are going instead of blaming the council for not fixing the wonky kerb etc etc! Some of the scena...moresimmy276
10-10-2006I've had enough of gripes like this. It's about time the Government did something to stop postings from people like this on the Internet. Bandwidth-wasters that's what these people are.Broadminded



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