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briantrumpet
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But who's going to rail against Crosscountry if you make your departure? Bored, are you?
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But who's going to rail against Crosscountry if you make your departure? Bored, are you?
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Ian H
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You want me to donate towards a bridge for you to hide under?
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Does this mean I lose my honorary Leftie status? Like many Lefties on BR I was fine when Boris put up NI with the intention of it specifically going into health and social care and was opposed to it being cut again in an attempted election bribe by Sunak. My main gripe is taxes being spunked away by politicians awarding questionable contracts to dubious blokes down the pub or the husband of an underwear magnate (that sounds very dodgy!!). Starmer's biggest failure for me was allowing himself to get trapped in a corner by ruling out increasing income tax, NI or VAT. Utterly stupid and unnecessary as the election win was virtually guaranteed.
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The assumption appears to be that those "educated, with a good income" are happy to pay taxes, therefore, they tend toward "left leaning parties", why is the assumption the other way around, ie left leaning parties raise taxes, because their audience are willing to pay (ie, it is not a vote loser, to their audience), just as valid?
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BoldonLad
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That it is chicken and egg,
Stevo 666
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I suggest you look after yourself first, your need seems to be greater.
Stevo 666
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I'm not not going to sit in judgment on your status, unlike some people on here.
Mad Doug Biker
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I think I am probably the only one who got that joke!
They have only has since 1974 to understand though!
Oh no, just sit in a chair and take a rest!
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I just had a thought that persistent trolls are not unlike AI: each time someone responds to a post, it's training the troll to work out what kind of provocation elicits responses. There's also the technique of occasionally dropping in vaguely normal posts to persuade the audience that the troll isn't really a troll, but it's just done to draw people in.
The mistake is to think that a troll is interested in discussing subjects on the way that normal people do. All they are interested in is being the centre of attention, and causing people to get angry.
The mistake is to think that a troll is interested in discussing subjects on the way that normal people do. All they are interested in is being the centre of attention, and causing people to get angry.
classic33
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Or they join with the stated aim of posting what they want to. Because there's no-one who can delete what they post, nor is there anyone who can tell them off that they have to listen to.
bobzmyunkle
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The resident trolls on this forum are incapable of training.
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You see, that's where I think you're wrong - the nature of trolls' responses are the result of both what doesn't get a reaction (maybe not outrageous enough) and what does. If nothing gets a response, then they eventually go away, but this mistake is in thinking that they are open to any sort of reason: that's not what they do it for. Just the attention. And every response adds to their training diet.
