tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5224377669164135329.post6301816288654278396..comments2023-03-27T10:54:13.350-07:00Comments on Winston Smith: Crisis FundsWinstonSmith33http://www.blogger.com/profile/15780806194174659730noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5224377669164135329.post-36446867174777448862010-05-30T09:07:02.717-07:002010-05-30T09:07:02.717-07:00i have been working in germany on U.S army bases a...i have been working in germany on U.S army bases as my role as mech. engineer not read for a while obviously a nomination made him 'trendy' and now alot more worker bees like yourself judgde him sane.I have nothing against winston would love have a coffee and shoot the s**t, ive also had alot of experience with bi polar and deppression clinics in genral,this goverment we now have is YOUR Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5224377669164135329.post-50139227390548118992010-04-14T08:32:51.761-07:002010-04-14T08:32:51.761-07:00I have just started reading your blog from the beg...I have just started reading your blog from the beginning, including the comments, and I 'd like to know WHY DPax actually continues to read this blog... He seems like someone who's just out to pick a fight with someone whose views he doesn't agree with. Watch it Winston... you don't want to bump into him in a dark alley...Ostendaisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13675847905447975659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5224377669164135329.post-17135737091613331932009-06-16T15:22:53.200-07:002009-06-16T15:22:53.200-07:00"[W]hy didn’t we teach him how to use his coo..."[W]hy didn’t we teach him how to use his cooker and to cook a few basic things instead of buying him a bloody microwave, I thought we were supposed to be empowering them?"<br /><br />Because it's not about "empowering", and it never was. It's about a sop to white liberal guilt over being rich and having a nice life and, basically, not suffering through economic halojones-fanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05473935330204075559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5224377669164135329.post-71501683412532644852009-04-01T08:19:00.000-07:002009-04-01T08:19:00.000-07:00Winston -I see. Our dilemma is slightly different ...Winston -<BR/><BR/>I see. Our dilemma is slightly different over in the government sector. We do have to present receipts (like Jacqui Smith). Unlike the case of Jacqui Smith, though, there can be a lack of scrutiny over whether the expenditure is actually achieving the results which it supposed to achieve, as long as the balance sheet is OK & every penny accounted for. To be fair, that is Merlinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5224377669164135329.post-26348130085366015712009-03-31T17:14:00.000-07:002009-03-31T17:14:00.000-07:00Hi Merlin,The charity that gave the junkie the mic...Hi Merlin,<BR/><BR/>The charity that gave the junkie the microwave oven is not regulated by government and is run by people who have no idea what they are doing that is how they got away with letting the junkie keep the receipt. Not that the government regulated sector is any better. A lot of the agency work I do is government funded and just as deluded and incompetent. It wasnt me but a WinstonSmith33https://www.blogger.com/profile/15780806194174659730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5224377669164135329.post-20621766649288372582009-03-31T15:56:00.000-07:002009-03-31T15:56:00.000-07:00Winston:Firstly, thank you for opening up your blo...Winston:<BR/><BR/>Firstly, thank you for opening up your blog to wider comments.<BR/><BR/>Secondly, I can say that your observations strike a chord with me & my colleagues. I work in a profession not - vocationally - a million miles away from what you describe as your own - although with a more "macro" focus. I would hesitate to be any more specific online.<BR/><BR/>I believe, Merlinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5224377669164135329.post-45721432254356691552009-03-31T10:56:00.000-07:002009-03-31T10:56:00.000-07:00Winston,thank you. Came here from NJ and have read...Winston,<BR/><BR/>thank you. Came here from NJ and have read your accounts. It is actually refreshing to read the personal views and outright truths you tell. As in our role, you are not meant to stereotype people. Persons such as yourself are often stereotyped by the public and police as being soft and all for the underclass's rights. It is so refreshing to hear your honest opinions and see the Constable Confused.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08826293130119465865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5224377669164135329.post-36750162672474804882009-03-31T09:19:00.000-07:002009-03-31T09:19:00.000-07:00I came here from Nightjack, and I'm impressed with...I came here from Nightjack, and I'm impressed with Winston's honesty.<BR/><BR/>I find none of it surprising though. Depressing certainly, but I live on an estate where entire families resemble the Chawners, those champions of state sponsored obesity. Coupled with the half dozen bastards spawned by my neighbour, all by different fathers, all with prenatal damage caused by poor nutrition and drugs,Big Fat Truckernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5224377669164135329.post-5185659733178349182009-03-31T08:16:00.000-07:002009-03-31T08:16:00.000-07:00dpax, they're not "less fortunate", they're more f...dpax, they're not "less fortunate", they're more fortunate, as they are housed and fed by the state while pursuing lifestyle addictions and learning how to game the benefit system. <BR/><BR/>I'm quite prepared to believe some of them have been let down by their chav-tastic parents and families, but for that minority of cases, all the more reason to stop "enabling" (i.e. facilitating) their Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5224377669164135329.post-69644722899219332772009-03-31T07:48:00.000-07:002009-03-31T07:48:00.000-07:00dpax: You still haven't said what you disagree wit...dpax: You still haven't said what you disagree with! How does Winston 'pick at the bones of the less fortunate'? And I don't buy for a second that Winston's generalisations are outdated, since it's commonly accepted by people both on the left and the right wing that many heroin addicts turn to acquisitive crime to fund their habits. What the exact statistics and proportions are I have no idea andCabbagenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5224377669164135329.post-30973925759012521562009-03-31T07:36:00.000-07:002009-03-31T07:36:00.000-07:00Kylie took a crisis loan without noticing small pr...Kylie took a crisis loan without noticing small print stating it had to be paid back; so now we have a real crisis. Had we read your blog earlier, we would have known of a choice between plasma and microwave, opting for cooking over the fire.<BR/><BR/>Things are now so bad that Kylie is considering going into Parliament. I told her that there was no need for anyone to sink that low but self WAYNE & KYLIEnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5224377669164135329.post-35177362164304016852009-03-31T07:28:00.000-07:002009-03-31T07:28:00.000-07:00dpax,I find it very hard to believe that you have ...dpax,<BR/><BR/>I find it very hard to believe that you have lived in an area where one would see this people, nor that you have ever had anything to do with such wasters. If you did you would certainly not hold such views.<BR/><BR/>Winston's blog does not appear to be about opiate addicts, rather the more general young underclass wasters; people who have no intention of ever working or Hibbonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5224377669164135329.post-50184237573959415032009-03-31T07:07:00.000-07:002009-03-31T07:07:00.000-07:00cabbage,i am the least p.c. person you would ever ...cabbage,i am the least p.c. person you would ever meet, am very judgmental as indeed most people are, my view on winston is that i think he is in the wrong job, and instead of being a vulture who picks at the bones of the less fortunate and then spews out vitriolic nonsense he should focus his attention on a different career. the likes of yourself who pat winston on the back, have no dpaxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5224377669164135329.post-19009146707504632022009-03-31T03:24:00.000-07:002009-03-31T03:24:00.000-07:00Winston, first let me say this is an interesting b...Winston, first let me say this is an interesting blog and will likely become a regular read for me.<BR/><BR/>dpax: You are of course correct to say that just because a system can be exploited does not mean it should not exist. The flipside of this argument is that just because a system exists (rightly or wrongly) does not mean we should allow it to be exploited unnecessarily.<BR/><BR/>There were,Cabbagenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5224377669164135329.post-81453104699290233452009-03-30T19:16:00.000-07:002009-03-30T19:16:00.000-07:00Thank you all for your comments. Its great to have...Thank you all for your comments. Its great to have some new followers. I will be posting again this week.<BR/><BR/>I will try to activate the account to allow for anonymous posting as suggested. I think I can do this.<BR/><BR/>Well done Nightjack on a fantastic blog! Incisive, sardonic and shines a light where it needs to be shed.WinstonSmith33https://www.blogger.com/profile/15780806194174659730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5224377669164135329.post-52642379865880589002009-03-30T15:07:00.000-07:002009-03-30T15:07:00.000-07:00Some comments left back at my siteGood link NJ!It’...Some comments left back at my site<BR/><BR/>Good link NJ!<BR/>It’s good to see that Winston has already got himself a Bystander-esque fan “dpax”.<BR/><BR/>I too don’t have a blog account (as I don’t blog) so not being able to comment does detract from it.<BR/><BR/>Winston speaks the truth. He would find much support in my workplace amongst the feet-on-the-ground folks who get bloody depressed Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5224377669164135329.post-63187409051113494362009-03-30T14:31:00.000-07:002009-03-30T14:31:00.000-07:00I used to work at a large company who had a volunt...I used to work at a large company who had a volunteer week each year when the staff were encouraged to do good deeds. Each year the charity committee put together a list of projects involving local charities.<BR/><BR/>Some of them (like taking a bunch of small Downs kids on a day out - they were lovely) worthy, some less so. <BR/><BR/>The one that really got me involved a 'half-way house' for Labanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12031578024191117985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5224377669164135329.post-76257194188800785812009-03-30T05:51:00.000-07:002009-03-30T05:51:00.000-07:00I came across your blog via 'Nightjack' and am fin...I came across your blog via 'Nightjack' and am finding it quite fascinating - do please continue.<BR/><BR/>I work in the private sector and have very little to do with any government agencies, but recently got to know somebody whose son was having difficulties at school and was reffered to a special educational unit. I was amazed at the number of people that became involved in this and genuinely Alistairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04477323913463239387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5224377669164135329.post-32195558725203779472009-03-30T01:57:00.000-07:002009-03-30T01:57:00.000-07:00I used to know a great guy who worked amongst the ...I used to know a great guy who worked amongst the homeless. Whereas there were many who needed the `lifeboat` there were twice as many who could actually swim or be encouraged to do so. He once commented that the majority of those who lived along Victoria Embankment only hung about there because they knew the Salvation Army would turn up every night with food and once a fortnight with jackets, Hogdayafternoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06188146617570775741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5224377669164135329.post-27664052664678454542009-03-29T21:23:00.000-07:002009-03-29T21:23:00.000-07:00Winston's views are anything but narrow minded, th...Winston's views are anything but narrow minded, they are merely realistic. His example merely shows how well intentioned naivety can be ruthlessly taken advantage of by those who's moral standards have been subordinated to the habit they have acquired, and I stress the 'they have acquired.' <BR/><BR/>If a system can be manipulated then it is as faulty as a boat with holes in it's hull. The McNoddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10433976270647799322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5224377669164135329.post-30346082633499688992009-03-29T14:34:00.000-07:002009-03-29T14:34:00.000-07:00Absolutely Winston. Btw, could you allow anonymous...Absolutely Winston. Btw, could you allow anonymous posts?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5224377669164135329.post-42135770629033654712009-03-26T18:11:00.000-07:002009-03-26T18:11:00.000-07:00The system is not only being manipulated it is com...The system is not only being manipulated it is completely broken. None of the people that use the Day Centre I work at are doing anything constructive in their lives beyond using the place as a subsisdy for their dissolute lifestyles. <BR/><BR/>They verbally abuse and threaten the staff, most of whom volunteer. We are not allowed to challenge their lifestyles as this is 'judgemental'. So please WinstonSmith33https://www.blogger.com/profile/15780806194174659730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5224377669164135329.post-21893632576770191022009-03-26T09:16:00.000-07:002009-03-26T09:16:00.000-07:00your views are very narrow minded.just because a s...your views are very narrow minded.<BR/>just because a system can be manipulated dosent mean the system is wrong.look up the word crisis in a dictionary, then take a long hard look at yourself.dpaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16350018505075234547noreply@blogger.com