I think that the main issue with inequality is not the gap between the rich and the poor. It is the gap between the earnings of top business leaders (or bankers in the English experience- Tim) and the salaries of academics and journalists (At the Guardian, ditto-Tim).
Oh how true
July 15th, 2009 · 18 Comments
Tags: Newspaper Watch
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1 David // Jul 15, 2009 at 10:52 am
I think the main inequality problem is the difference in housing between workers and people on long term benefits. Often the later have a lot nicer housing and it does not seem very fair.
2 Newmania // Jul 15, 2009 at 11:12 am
I think the main gap is between people in prison and children in care …the wrong way.
3 Rumbold // Jul 15, 2009 at 11:29 am
If you want to insert comments of your own in a piece then you need to use square brackets.
4 dearieme // Jul 15, 2009 at 11:55 am
I think the most important inequalities are in beauty, popularity, intelligence, health and being loved. Perhaps even in that order.
5 AntiCitizenOne // Jul 15, 2009 at 12:35 pm
dearieme ,
We need to pass the 211th, 212th, and 213th Amendments to the Constitution!
http://instruct.westvalley.edu/lafave/hb.html
6 JuliaM // Jul 15, 2009 at 1:55 pm
“If you want to insert comments of your own in a piece then you need to use square brackets.”
Does he? Why?
7 john b // Jul 15, 2009 at 2:27 pm
@1, so it’s alleged, but not generally with any evidence (at least, for people with the same needs. A jobless family with kids will get a nicer flat than a single employed person, that’s true).
@2, luckily, they’re largely the same people.
8 David Gillies // Jul 15, 2009 at 5:35 pm
Some people hear the phrase, “if you is so smart, how come you ain’t rich?” and think, “yeah, I’d better do something about it.” Others think, “yeah, who can I blame for that?”
9 So Much For Subtlety // Jul 15, 2009 at 6:09 pm
I think the main inequality is between what I deserve and what I have. I should word for the Guardian.
What is Kylie doing this weekend?
10 Little Black Sambo // Jul 15, 2009 at 6:33 pm
It was perfectly clear which were Tim’s own comments, because he distinguished them by USING ITALICS and SIGNING THEM “TIM”. Since there was no ambiguity, why shouldn’t he use whatever kind of brackets he likes? Where does NEED come into it?
11 JuliaM // Jul 15, 2009 at 7:12 pm
I think Tim breached some ‘blog ettiquette’ previously known only to the Sacred Keepers of The Square Brackets over at PP.
God only knows what the punishment will be. But I suspect a ducking stool and a cold weed covered pond lurks in his future…
12 JuliaM // Jul 15, 2009 at 7:14 pm
Or possibly an Iron Maiden.
This being 2009, PP are unlikely to be able to find a real maiden…
13 David // Jul 16, 2009 at 9:49 am
“@1, so it’s alleged, but not generally with any evidence (at least, for people with the same needs. A jobless family with kids will get a nicer flat than a single employed person, that’s true).”
Why should they? I used to work in Woking most of us could not afford to live there but there would loads of single mums who could have done nothing anywhere who got housing there.
14 Rumbold // Jul 16, 2009 at 12:11 pm
JuilaM:
Square brackets indicate that you are inserting your own note into something else. Round brackets are for everyday use (like now for instance).
15 David Gillies // Jul 16, 2009 at 6:09 pm
Don’t be such a pendant.
16 JuliaM // Jul 16, 2009 at 6:18 pm
“Square brackets indicate that you are inserting your own note into something else. Round brackets are for everyday use..”
Good grief! It’s ‘Miss Manners’ for the blogosphere…
17 David Gillies // Jul 17, 2009 at 7:24 am
Plus he mis-spelt ‘Julia’. Muphry’s Law rides again!
18 Rumbold // Jul 17, 2009 at 10:42 am
Oops- well spotted David Gillies. Bound to happen. Heh.
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