Quote Originally Posted by splott parker View Post
You were questioning black people’s haircuts the other week, dear God, you don’t live in France, you live on another planet. You bang on how you struggled, had bugger all but came through and made good and well done to you. This is because there were opportunities to do this in the past, those opportunities have, sadly, vanished for many, many hard working, decent people. You criticise them for attempting to live a normal life, giving their kids things they can barely afford. These folk are doing the best they can, making their homes as comfortable as possible, living as comfortable as possible despite the odds being against them.

You’ve made it quite clear that you sneer at struggling families because it’s all their own fault and the fact that they try and not get left behind is despicable and freeloading. And you’re not keen on those bloody black people having haircuts of their choice!!
One thing I've learned as I've got older is that opportunity is probably a bigger factor in becoming successful than hard work or talent.

In another thread, Maurice said he got a decent job a few weeks after leaving school at 16. This would be unheard of today unless your family was already loaded.