http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/new..._council_houses
Who remembers 'Starship Troopers'?
You could only vote and be a part of society if you were willing to fight for the Federation.
Well, it's here now!
Want a council house? Improve your chances by joining up to kill foreigners
Full Version: Starship troopers: don't mock it
QUOTE (Nigel Watson @ Mar 27 2010, 08:35 AM) 
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/new..._council_houses
Who remembers 'Starship Troopers'?
You could only vote and be a part of society if you were willing to fight for the Federation.
Well, it's here now!
Want a council house? Improve your chances by joining up to kill foreigners
Who remembers 'Starship Troopers'?
You could only vote and be a part of society if you were willing to fight for the Federation.
Well, it's here now!
Want a council house? Improve your chances by joining up to kill foreigners
...........in that case it looks like it'll get pretty rough in Detroit.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clqK5OC3BWE
Got to admit, I'm now tempted to go and watch Bladerunner.
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QUOTE (Nigel Watson @ Mar 27 2010, 07:35 AM)
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/new..._council_houses
Who remembers 'Starship Troopers'?
You could only vote and be a part of society if you were willing to fight for the Federation.
Well, it's here now!
Want a council house? Improve your chances by joining up to kill foreigners
Who remembers 'Starship Troopers'?
You could only vote and be a part of society if you were willing to fight for the Federation.
Well, it's here now!
Want a council house? Improve your chances by joining up to kill foreigners
Fine - do I get Denise Richards as my partner as well?
Edit - grammar
They had a similar concept in some periods of the Roman empire. And it's happening in America:
U.S. Military Will Offer Path to Citizenship
U.S. Military Will Offer Path to Citizenship
QUOTE
Stretched thin in Afghanistan and Iraq, the American military will begin recruiting skilled immigrants who are living in this country with temporary visas, offering them the chance to become United States citizens in as little as six months.
This soldier is not getting the Starship Trooper treatment.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12...l#ixzz0k4BNXasj
QUOTE
Betrayed: Iraq hero is placed behind criminals in queue for a home
Fighting on the hellish battlefields of Iraq, he risked his life for his country every day. But when Private Joe MacDonald asked his local authority to help find his young family a house, his sacrifice counted for nothing.
He first met with a point-blank refusal, followed by the offer of nothing more than a room in a hostel for himself, his wife and three young children.
The council, which organises the provision of social housing through housing associations, put his case behind the unemployed, single mothers, criminals freed from prison and asylum seekers.
It claimed that because he was leaving the Army he was deliberately making himself homeless. The bizarre loophole could affect thousands of military personnel when they end their service.
Pte MacDonald, 25, completed a gruelling seven-month tour of duty with the Royal Logistic Corps in southern Iraq in 2006. He fought gun battles with Iraqi insurgents as he protected Army convoys carrying food, fuel, ammunition and kit to troops in UK bases around the British-held part of the country.
Last year he decided to quit the regiment to spend more time with his family and began searching for accommodation once his final posting in Germany ends this month.
He was born and brought up in Bexley, south-east London, and his parents still live there. But he was stunned when the council refused to provide a house for him and his wife Rachael, 21, and children Ellen-May, four, Harry-Joe, 19 months, and baby Maissy-Ann.
Pte MacDonald said officials told him that because he was making himself homeless by voluntarily leaving Army quarters, he was ineligible for any property at all.
Later, they offered the family the hostel room where they would have to share a bathroom, kitchen and living room with other families
Fighting on the hellish battlefields of Iraq, he risked his life for his country every day. But when Private Joe MacDonald asked his local authority to help find his young family a house, his sacrifice counted for nothing.
He first met with a point-blank refusal, followed by the offer of nothing more than a room in a hostel for himself, his wife and three young children.
The council, which organises the provision of social housing through housing associations, put his case behind the unemployed, single mothers, criminals freed from prison and asylum seekers.
It claimed that because he was leaving the Army he was deliberately making himself homeless. The bizarre loophole could affect thousands of military personnel when they end their service.
Pte MacDonald, 25, completed a gruelling seven-month tour of duty with the Royal Logistic Corps in southern Iraq in 2006. He fought gun battles with Iraqi insurgents as he protected Army convoys carrying food, fuel, ammunition and kit to troops in UK bases around the British-held part of the country.
Last year he decided to quit the regiment to spend more time with his family and began searching for accommodation once his final posting in Germany ends this month.
He was born and brought up in Bexley, south-east London, and his parents still live there. But he was stunned when the council refused to provide a house for him and his wife Rachael, 21, and children Ellen-May, four, Harry-Joe, 19 months, and baby Maissy-Ann.
Pte MacDonald said officials told him that because he was making himself homeless by voluntarily leaving Army quarters, he was ineligible for any property at all.
Later, they offered the family the hostel room where they would have to share a bathroom, kitchen and living room with other families
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12...l#ixzz0k4BNXasj
QUOTE (Hurricane @ Apr 3 2010, 07:21 PM)
This soldier is not getting the Starship Trooper treatment.
A man with three kids to provide for shouldn't pack one job in until he's got another one lined up. This is not an army story as such.
QUOTE (GatheringStorm @ Apr 3 2010, 09:32 PM)
A man with three kids to provide for shouldn't pack one job in until he's got another one lined up. This is not an army story as such.
I agree with your statement GatheringStorm but where in this list would you place him?
"put his case behind the unemployed, single mothers, criminals freed from prison and asylum seekers."
The film had an important under tone - more so than Avatar which got a great deal of attention on here
Must admit I havent seen Avatar...yet so maybe I am pre-judging the issue
Must admit I havent seen Avatar...yet so maybe I am pre-judging the issue
QUOTE (littledavesab @ Dec 29 2009, 12:23 PM)
Not seen it but other films that maybe should have an honourable mention for subtle political messages
STARSHIP TROOPERS (compare with the Iraq situation - the capture of the big worm with the capture of Saddam!)
http://www.reverseshot.com/article/strong_...troopers_strong
- this sums it up quite well - in fact very well I do recommend reading
http://alyssawboutte.wordpress.com/2009/04...luralist-world/
Passport to Pimlico - an old favourite could be argued is a Libertarian film - indeed a google search confirms others think the same way
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passport_to_Pimlico
- I am sure the anti Gov types on GEI will like this article from the BBC which mentions mild resistance + passport to pim.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8426152.stm
another old faourite - maybe not so liberarian however !
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mouse_That_Roared
STARSHIP TROOPERS (compare with the Iraq situation - the capture of the big worm with the capture of Saddam!)
http://www.reverseshot.com/article/strong_...troopers_strong
- this sums it up quite well - in fact very well I do recommend reading
http://alyssawboutte.wordpress.com/2009/04...luralist-world/
Passport to Pimlico - an old favourite could be argued is a Libertarian film - indeed a google search confirms others think the same way
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passport_to_Pimlico
- I am sure the anti Gov types on GEI will like this article from the BBC which mentions mild resistance + passport to pim.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8426152.stm
another old faourite - maybe not so liberarian however !
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mouse_That_Roared
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