So in that case two wrongs would make a right!:p

I agree. Same in education – semi-trained “assistants” being used in the classroom to save money on highly qualified supply teachers to cover absence and illness.

Just scrolling through a few of the GD threads puts a smile on my face! The things people say…..:diablo:

I doubt it……:)

I am interested in the fact that after the publicity a few weeks ago concerning the lack of prison capacity we are suddenly likely to need to conjure a thousand places. My guess is that the prisons are full and that there will be cell sharing and the attendant fury and indignation felt by the incumbents will be taken out on the “new arrivals” thus ensuring they get the punishment they deserve. Funny old place, prison, sometimes!:dev2:

Ah well there is no answer to that. That’s the way you feel and those thousands fascinated by their hobby would be unable to understand your point of view.:)

MarkgG – I agree and was going to make the same point.

ThreeSpool – not necessarily. I know it’s very “old school” but I think that social interration worked better when there was an inbuilt respect for the old – be they parents, older relatives, schoolteachers, policemen etc. As we grew older we learned that amongst all those there were some for whom we begrudged that respect but that established structure provided a strong platform on which we all built our lives.

The problem is that so many of these figures have lost that original natural respect by virtue of their own actions over the last decade or more.