james_mav wrote:pretty-as-pink wrote:james_mav wrote:Z4 wrote:Oracle wrote:The degeneration in UK home and family life is evident all around. In rich homes the kids are brought up by cheap-labour au pairs and in poor homes they are brought up by the "telly".
Aspirations are about how quickly they can start going to all-night drinking parties (sleep-overs) usually unsupervised as the parents bury their heads in drink, Valium, sleeping tablets and antidepressants.
How the hell do you know about the British home? You are a Cypriot. This is just a perfect opportunity for you to slate the British.
Perhaps she has eyes and ears, and an ability to process what she sees and hears in Britain?
she should tke a good look at her own country first, only thats far from perfect, actually what country is
This topic is not a comparison of UK home life to home life in any other country, it is a discussion of home life in the UK. Hence the state of home life in Cyprus or anywhere else is completely irrelevant to the discussion (Ignoratio elenchi).
In fact, Oracle made no comment whatsoever about home life in Cyprus - perhaps she doesn't know. If you want to refute her, try presenting arguments about how home life in the UK is just fine. The argument about home life in the UK as compared with Cyprus is an entirely different matter, perhaps you would like to start a new topic on it? Also, don't take it personally if her description about how kids are raised by their parents in the UK describes your own parenting style a little too accurately.
james!! i dont do bossy okay.
you have just basically told me what i can and cant say, or have you just told me what to say? wtf.
I made a comment regarding the topic of uk crime, i made a comment on uk parenting, please care to read the above.
also i had mentioned i have a soft spot for my own country therefore please respect that.
i hear what she says and sometimes it makes sence and come across with some truth, but we have had this topic raised so many times and its tedious.
i make comments re cyprus experiences and thought redarding the people and the country on the whole and i get slated prob by people who also have a soft spot for their own country.