nkf
Fri 03-Feb-12 19:48:39
I mean, it's in the news and it's obviously a big change to the benefit system. And I feel I know very little about the system and the changes have made me aware of that. So I click on the threads and, somehow they're all the same. Polarised, jeering and I end up none the wiser. Is the topic in the "can't be discussed" properly?
TwoIfBySea
Fri 03-Feb-12 19:53:29
Very much so.
It always ends up near hysteria.
nkf
Fri 03-Feb-12 20:07:00
Ends up? They sometimes start that way!
CogitoErgoSometimes
Sat 04-Feb-12 10:09:24
The subject can't be discussed intelligently on a message board, no. The two dominant views are 'all benefit claimants are lazy, on the fiddle &undeserving of help', 'all benefit claimants are honest, unlucky, & poverty-stricken' and never the twain shall meet. Which is a pity really because, in reality, welfare is a complex issue which affects the make-up of society as a whole & is very easy to get wrong due to the laws of unintended consequences.
nkf
Sat 04-Feb-12 13:36:39
That seems to be the way. And the dominant views do just that - dominate. There must be more level headed opinions on MN. I'll just have to have RL conversations about it.
