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   On Sun, 5 Mar 2006 23:28:13 +0000, banana   
    wrote:   
      
   >In article <7rfm02pv6mcv777jbscp5p1snl8omida2q@4ax.com>,   
   >turtill@hotmail.com writes   
   >   
   >>On Sun, 5 Mar 2006 19:22:26 +0000, banana   
   >> wrote:   
      
   >>>I wonder whether Pete has ever been near a council house? Doesn't sound   
   >>>like it.   
   >>   
   >>I live in a former council house on a council estate.   
   >   
   >OK - but why were you so derogatory about 'council house wives'? The   
   >idea that most married female council tenants are a) stupid and b)   
   >battered is insulting, ignorant rubbish. It's the sort of thing right   
   >wing middle class idiots come out with, who haven't ever met anyone in   
   >the group that they so despise. You should know better!   
      
   No 'I' live on a council estate and have done for 45 years and I know   
   what I am talking about. I live with it. I see it and I here of it   
   too.   
      
   >(It's also true that some former council tenants who have bought their   
   >houses are snobbish towards those who haven't - as are some who were   
   >gullible enough to buy very disadvantageous leaseholds on their flats. I   
   >emphasise 'some'. My point being that there are snobs in many places).   
      
   Yes there are snobs on council estates and also those who take on   
   mortgages and suddenly believe they are different people from when   
   they were tenants. That is quite common actually.   
   pete   
      
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