Not everything needs citation in the form of a survey or scientific paper. I doubt the results of it would be honest as the people who they would be surveying have an interest in lying about the things they have purchased with it.
Some things are blatantly obvious if you peel your eyes occasionally and observe humanity.
No, but in the UK there is a wind of judgemental tabloid nastiness in this area. Lies like this are made up daily, based on a very small minority, and huge chunks of people are tarred with the same brush.
So, yeah, where is the research?
Well, there is none, because apart from tabloid smearing lies, there is none.
What is "obvious" is how nasty people are in the UK towards the poor working classes, who are under constant attack.
What I see when I stand outside ASDA are a bunch of normal people, and then some poor people who struggle to buy food and pay their rent. I don't see fancy clothes and designer pushchairs, I see old tracksuits and second-hand pushchairs, I see people who don't have jobs and feel bad about themselves.
Demand for food-banks in the UK has soared. But if only they didn't spend it on fags and wide-screen TVs they'd be able to eat.
I know the differences, probably more than you realise.
I presented a hypothesis, which you can turn into a theory by sitting outside ASDA for a bit with a clipboard and a copy of SPSS. My suggestion was that you should try it.
alan_cx|12 years ago
So, yeah, where is the research?
Well, there is none, because apart from tabloid smearing lies, there is none.
What is "obvious" is how nasty people are in the UK towards the poor working classes, who are under constant attack.
silves89|12 years ago
Demand for food-banks in the UK has soared. But if only they didn't spend it on fags and wide-screen TVs they'd be able to eat.
pointyhats|12 years ago
The people described by myself are not bound by class, but by attitude and morals. There is no class distinction involved.
The problem is not specific to one traditional "class".
The whole "tabloid smearing lies" drivel is another form of enforced division by promoting classes of reading.
This sort of stuff annoys me.
(for reference I have never purchased a newspaper and rarely even bother to look at the news unless it's technology related)
brazzy|12 years ago
pointyhats|12 years ago
I presented a hypothesis, which you can turn into a theory by sitting outside ASDA for a bit with a clipboard and a copy of SPSS. My suggestion was that you should try it.