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This will probably be my last post due to many family commitments over Xmas -thank goodness for that, do I hear you say. I thank you all for your replies and reading my posts. Without exception, I wish you all a very pleasant Christmas break and of course a healthy and successful New Year, not...

your first para -this is hardly the point -we are not talking about people in retirement, rather those who have made money though their own endeavours. 2nd para -what on earth is one supposed to make of this? 1% of NSC, every community in the land -so what? At last you come down to earth with...

[/B] Mustafa hasn't replied and so I must take this as truth, I suppose -no offence meant, just that he could say otherwise. I rather thought this might be the case, and if so, is then misleading. It is very tempting to want to tax this and that and redistribute, Robin Hood style, but if the...

A multi billionaire who is unknown? They must presumably employ people who must know who they are. They may earn millions a day but I doubt if that means they don't lift a finger -this is an obsession of yours that wealthy people do little, though you have absolutely no evidence to make such a...

Put like this, then there might be scope for more to be paid, though they are doing their bit, to be fair. I would not like to put a figure on what they should be made to pay, and don't really know much about economics. Are all of these folk British or are you including say rich oil-rich arabs...

The internet has made it much easier for folk to communicate, granted, but I am not at all sure that it has unified communities. Just take NSC - the ease of communication has resulted in much debate, and people of like minds can doubtless reach each other all over the world. But the same can be...

Perhaps you were not around when British Rail was in existence, but trust me, the service was appalling. Nationalised industries, whilst wonderful in theory, do not largely provide a good service, as they tend to be huge and inefficient organisations where the average worker has little...

Do you mean for the better or worse?! Of course the generation before might be "stick in the mud" and probably less willing to change, accepted, but as a general rule, you would ignore advice from those with much experience of life at your peril. A balance is what is needed. Older people have...

Thanks for this -I do largely agree with you. There is no hard and fast rule. We should not discard any ideas which are genuinely intended to improve humanity, and age should not have a bearing on the matter, though in general, I suppose, we do tend to moderate our burning desire for changes as...

You disappoint me, as you do not normally go in for such silly remarks. It is NOT arrogance at all; just that you have seen that what you held dear as a youth, is not necessarily practical to the degree that you expected. When I started teaching in the early 70s, I was a real social missionary...

I am afraid that the post was quite right. As you get older, your experience of life is such that you realise that what you thought as a young person is not quite so workable, given human nature and the complexity of modern society. It would help if you were less vague -the answers and...

I can recall a post from your good self talking about how we could all get together around the table and hammer out solutions to the world's problems etc etc. But you have arrogantly decided on the agenda already, saying that we can "all agree on". How do you know that we can all agree on - the...

Of course you are right, and cultural value is important. It is just one of many strands that contribute to the wellbeing of society. I didn't say that a greedy person might contribute to cultural riches, by the way, but you can be greedy with regard to cash and still be a good and kind...

Is it really that simple -people just measure everything in terms of financial value. Millions of folk contribute to the well-being of society, by caring for neighbours, relatives, animals etc for example. Yes, there is greed, but even greedy people can make other contributions to society. Do...

I take your word that there are conspiracy theories, as there still are regarding Diana's death. But what makes you so utterly certain that the theories can be believed?

Thanks for the reply. Not at all sure what this is??? What shady project? Yes, I can see what you mean about those families, though whether they have blood on their hands is probably best left alone. But what are you saying about 09/11? What inside job? You have baffled me.

I liked your summary in the final para -yes, I am sure that this is what large numbers think. But your first para sums up the nebulous nature of many posts. Plenty of talk about 1% and manipulation, as it is a good soundbite, but what exactly do you mean? Why does democracy serve only the 1%? If...

Good Morning BF, This post is like so many others, wildly claiming that the 1%, corrupt bankers, throw in a few oligarchs, corrupt politicians are there to screw the rest of us. Whilst there is undoubted inequality, it is just too easy to throw around these accusations. Is there a list of names...

Vielen Dank aber es war wirklich nicht noetig. Du bist kein nob!

You are quite right in that no one person will have the answers, and debate involving the weighing up of many ideas will doubtless help. But then, just when I think common sense is breaking out, you write your second paragraph. I note you use the words "us" and "our" presumably to make it look...