14 thoughts on “Tossers”

  2. Hello, Christina. Well, there certainly used to be. It is the older residents, or some of them, who have complained, and one female councillor.

  3. Frankly had I seen a poster like that from a car I would have driven off the road laughing.
    Rather creative for a council!
    For once taxpayers money well spent, at least it has given some a laugh! (Hideously unusual!!!)

  5. Indeed, I expect is was designed to catch the eye of the young.

    It is a pity that the older residents, who probably are not responsible for the litter, don’t appreciate it.

  7. I recall walking through a residential are of West London a few years back. A mother and 5 year old child were on the other side of the street.
    “Tracey, where’s your gum?”
    “I swallowed it”
    Slap
    “I told you never to swallow your gum. This is what you do.”
    So saying mother removed gum from her own mouth and threw it on the pavement.

    I just do not understand why more attention is not paid to teaching people decent behaviour in schools and in the media. It should be law that every soap opera on TV and radio includes messages and themes on what is not just acceptable but what is good behaviour. East Enders, CS et al must discuss everything from honesty, good manners, proper grammar, ethical behaviour, bad language, littering, adultery, promiscuity, drunken behaviour etc. If it is bad slam it, if it is good, praise it. Make the heroes and heroins those people who behave well. Accusations of snobbery be damned. We should all strive to improve ourselves and our behaviour.

    I went through a stage of listening to the Archers. There was an Indian lady who played the part of a lawyer. As is typical of the BBC, we learned all about Diwali and its significance to Hindu culture, but do you think any of the more oafish characters are ever told anything about British history let alone how to speak properly. “I don’t know nuffink”, is not acceptable, nor is “me and my mates are goin’ down the Bull”.

  8. Sipu, sorry to say decent behaviour can only be taught at home. ‘Nanny State’ radio and tv would be messages unlikely to reach the desired audience anyway.

  9. Janus, I do not know why you say that. Advertising and propaganda are known to work. Many people get their knowledge of the world from television programs. The fact of the matter is many parents do not know how to behave, so they are unable to teach their children. If Sharon or Kevin or whoever the heroes are, talk and behave properly, it is likely to influence the behaviour of those who watch it. The same applies to celebrities. Only well behaved role models should be given any publicity. We decry excessive violence in films and computer games because of the influence it has on the young. If the negative influences have an effect why should positive influences not work for the good?

  10. Sipu, in a word, whose Nanny should the State represent? Yours, Gordon Brown’s, Maggie’s, Dick Cheney’s, Stalin’s?

  11. Bearsy, old chap, I object to being called a ‘white supremacist’. It implies that I think whites are supreme. I do not. I think Asian races such as Indian, Chinese and Japanese are streets ahead of us whiteys.

  12. An interesting word you have used there Janus! But I think you are being deliberately awkward. I am not suggesting a Big Brother approach. But surely we can all agree that dropping litter is wrong. We can all agree that excessive use of foul language is wrong. We can all agree that violence, anger, intolerance, dishonesty etc are wrong. While I am not saying all those traits must be removed from every bit of drama, I certainly believe there is a case for their being shown in a negative light. So a mother can correct child for dropping litter. A teacher can correct a pupil for poor grammar. A girl can dump a boyfriend for his bad manners, a landlord can evict a patron for bad language, a friend can scorn another friend for vandalism etc. By the same token attractive attributes, such as community work, good manners, honesty, forgiveness etc should be displayed in a positive light. Script writers can easily incorporate such messages into their stories just as they introduce themes ranging from gay marriage to veganism to diabetes awareness to debt management. Its not rocket science and I do not believe that that sort of approach would necessarily offend anybody at all. Neither Nick Griffin nor David Cameron nor Ed Milliband, nor any of the others you have mentioned, or so I believe, with the possible exception of Stalin, would have any objection to the sorts of messages I am suggesting.

  13. Sipu, a free society just doesn’t work like that. Æsop and Enid Blyton tried it but that was a looooong time ago.

  14. I have it on good authority that Nick Griffin is anti-tosser. As the other two are ‘tossers’ I can only guess at their opinions.

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