tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35770042.post7811742735814628096..comments2023-12-28T05:09:46.498+00:00Comments on Skin Flicks: So who goes to jail?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35770042.post-25661787078551685462008-10-14T16:40:00.000+01:002008-10-14T16:40:00.000+01:00Enjoy your coffee!And no, we aren't ALL to blame. ...Enjoy your coffee!<BR/>And no, we aren't ALL to blame. Those who benefited are a small proportion of society - the Galway tent brigade of developers, the speculators, the bankers themselves.<BR/>They benefited.<BR/>The rest of us got soaring house prices. And yes, there was some cheap credit. Some people were irresponsible with that.<BR/>But they weren't educated about it, and the bankers (them again) were irresponsible in lending it.JC Skinnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07591722111393071007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35770042.post-36124015877722527642008-10-14T08:04:00.000+01:002008-10-14T08:04:00.000+01:00But aren't we all to blame really? For making prof...But aren't we all to blame really? For making profits from rapid property rises, for consuming goods, for borrowing on credit cards to afford plasma screen tvs, new cars and posh holidays which are far above our earning bracket? For trying to keep up with the Joneses by borrowing and borrowing and then declaring bankruptcy to avoid repayment? For logging onto government-funded websites and moaning that we were illegally given credit/sold fiance deals/leant money.<BR/><BR/>We have become a society of "buy now, pay later" and it has finally caught up with us all. Aren't we all to blame?<BR/><BR/>Ops. Sorry about that, it turned into quite a rant for this early in the morning. I think I need a coffee.EWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13187155662479197694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35770042.post-89493871481544569702008-10-14T00:59:00.000+01:002008-10-14T00:59:00.000+01:00What? The average 'joe six-pack' (isn't that what ...What? The average 'joe six-pack' (isn't that what the kids are calling it these days) is going to be shit upon yet again?! Say it isn't true! But it is, isn't it. Same old story. And yet we all just roll over, take it with little more than a grumble and then vote the same idiots who allow these bankers to get away with it back in the next time an election takes place. Our inaction makes us just as culpable.Peter Slatteryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12152523189552780664noreply@blogger.com