I hate Britain [Rant thread]

**Lorenzo_H** · 03-06-2007, 12:42

Britain is quite densely populated, I really don't think there is anything we can do about it. Other people have a right to build where they own.

**Ignoramus** · 03-06-2007, 12:47

I wouldn't mind it if 50 million people move to Canada, though. That way, we get a nice lowly populated Britain with almost no urban sprawling.

**Fisherking** · 03-06-2007, 12:57

Not to sure the Canadians would love that so much. It is a little odd you know, everyone feels like where they live is a little too crowded. People in the US used to feel crowded in the 1800s when they could see the smoke from someone else's cabin.

**Ignoramus** · 03-06-2007, 13:00

I know that, but I hardly want the Black Death to wipe out the third of the world's population again. And yet, that's what kept the population under control; Plagues, pestilence, famine, starvation, war, and drought all controlled the population. Now while I'm glad that there are a lot fewer wars these days, there's more food around, and medicine has advanced dramatically, you begin to wonder if this really is good.

Edit: What I mean to say is that while people are living longer, are they living better off? My answer is no.

**Fisherking** · 03-06-2007, 13:41

Originally Posted by Ignoramus

....Edit: What I mean to say is that while people are living longer, are they living better off? My answer is no.

Well if I had to be poor in Briton, I would certainly choose to be poor in Briton today over 200 years ago.

**BDC** · 03-06-2007, 15:38

Originally Posted by Fisherking

Well if I had to be poor in Briton, I would certainly choose to be poor in Briton today over 200 years ago.

It's probably better to be poor today than rich 200 years ago. You'll live longer, more comfortably, and it's still probably safer. And most the issues are social anyway, if people really had the motivation and know-how to get out of the mess they're in, they could.

**Del Arroyo** · 03-06-2007, 18:08

Near my hometown people have taken to buying comfortable, beautifully landscaped, $rich$ ranch homes with big, tree-filled yards; then tearing them down, and building grotesque, tasteless McMansions which consume the lot from left to right and barely have breathing room in the front or the back.

When so many people who have that much money can be that god-****** stupid, one has to wonder how long it will be before this **** gains critical mass.

**Soulforged** · 03-08-2007, 22:57

Originally Posted by BDC

It's probably better to be poor today than rich 200 years ago. You'll live longer, more comfortably, and it's still probably safer. And most the issues are social anyway, if people really had the motivation and know-how to get out of the mess they're in, they could.

That depends on how much "poor" you are. If you're indigent, you'll be an indigent on all times along the line. Also nobody would prefer to be poor on any time, it not only implies an scarcity of money, food, clothes, etc. but also a psicological and social stigma.

About the original subject, I thought that the principle of prohibition of abuse existed on Britain, even more I believed it was created there in a funny case of conflict between neighbors. In any case, I think that by now humanity has learned that there's nothing absolute nor perfect, not even the oh holy right of private property. For example if I constructed on my property a wall 20 feet tall, my neighbor will surely object, and he'll be right, he has also the right to enjoy the surroundings.