Life at the Bottom: The Worldview That Makes the Underclass

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Their second argument, Marxist in inspiration, is that the law has no moral content, being merely the expression of the power of certain interest groups – of the rich against the poor, for example, or the capitalist against the worker. Since the law is an expression of raw power, there is no essential moral distinction between criminal and noncriminal behaviour. It is simply a question of whose foot the boot is on. And that is what seems to be the root of the soul-destroying BLM riots as well, of course, of terrorism. The BLM protestors got taken over and used by Marxist anarchists not socio-anarchists like me :-) who seek to destroy institutions, organisations, statues even, without ever wanting to sit and discuss how to replace racism and corruption, no they, in true anarchist form, just want to destroy. Eddie is trying to teach Richie how to play chess] Richie: Right, let me get this sorted out. Now the bent vicar stands next to the queen. And the queen goes in every direction. Eddie: That's right. Richie: [looking disgusted] And they let children play this, you say? I mean, it's pretty strong stuff, isn't it Eddie? You know, knights taking prawns? And apparently, if a prawn goes all the way he turns into a queen! Episode 3 - Burglary [ edit ] Richie: Eddie, do you want to be skinned alive and buggered? Eddie: (Pointing handgun at Richie) I'd like to see you try! Eddie and Richie are two pathetic, sex-crazed, slobby flatmates living in a filthy, damp flat at 11 Mafeking Parade in Hammersmith, London. Mayall described them as "unemployed survivors". [9] They spend their time concocting desperate schemes to convince women to have sex with them, including buying sex spray, forging money, and pretending to be aristocrats. Their plans are never successful, however, and the stress of their miserable lives can cause them to become irritable with each other. Whenever tensions hit a breaking point, Richie and Eddie end up fighting (albeit in a comical, Tom and Jerry-style, with adult themes). Both men are immature. Richie is a virgin; he is insecure and clueless on how to talk to women. Despite being a penniless slob, he occasionally projects a pompous sort of snobbery in an attempt to impress others and boost his self-esteem; he is sexually frustrated and obsessed with losing his virginity. Eddie, the more popular of the two, enjoys drinking regularly, and often secretly steals family heirlooms and cash from Richie, although he occasionally has inventive moments, like building a cash forger, an electric toilet, and a time machine. Eddie's friends, the gormless Spudgun and Dave Hedgehog, both fear Richie, believing him to be psychotic. Although the four of them sometimes venture out, usually to the local pub, the Lamb and Flag, most of the episodes are set within the confines of the squalid flat.

Sowell, Thomas (8 November 2001). "Life at the bottom remains a real nightmare". Lodi News-Sentinel . Retrieved 6 September 2010. If the doctor has a duty to relieve the suffering of his patients, he must have some idea where that suffering comes from, and this involves the retention of judgment, including moral judgment.And if, as far as he can tell in good faith, the misery of his patients derives from the way they live, he has a duty to tell them so—which often involves a more or less explicit condemnation of their way of life as completely incompatible with a satisfying existence. By avoiding the issue, the doctor is not being kind to his patients; he is being cowardly. Moreover, by refusing to place the onus on the patients to improve their lot, he is likely to mislead them into supposing that he has some purely technical or pharmacological answer to their problems, thus helping to perpetuate them."- Theodore Dalrymple, Life at the Bottom Rik Mayall as Richard "Richie" Richard [8] He is "an old-fashioned moralist, hypocrite and small-minded virgin". [7] a b Hemingway, Alex (8 November 2001). "An Arse Oddity". Oxford Student . Retrieved 26 September 2022. The third live incarnation of Bottom is notable for introducing a complete change of setting for the characters. No longer in Hammersmith, Richie and Eddie find themselves stranded on a tropical island and try and find ways to pass the time until they are rescued. Things get a little more urgent, however, when they discover a 15 megaton nuclear bomb in the middle of the island. There were plans in 2012 to adapt Hooligan's Island into a spin-off BBC series but it sadly never came to fruition. Bottom Live 2001: An Arse OddityYou see. I’ve had a Dalrymple experience and it was like this. My doctor has his rooms in a Dalrymple part of town. Everybody who goes in looks like they’ve either just come out of a stretch, or they’ve just been sentenced to one…or might even on the run from one. The older women clearly all have sons whom they might even be visiting that very afternoon in the slammer. I’m the only one, I deduce, who has never set foot in gaol. Oh. There is that time I was put in gaol in Slovakia, but I’m not counting that because I wuz innocent. Whereas these people are clearly all guilty. Of something. For a clearer-eyed view of the problems of urban poverty and the sorts of actions needed, see Separate and Unequal: The Kerner Commission and the Unraveling of American Liberalism, Steven M. Gillon. Different country and race only: same issues. Eddie's misinterpretation of the solicitor's letter, which he misreads as being related to an inheritance rather than a debt, is consistent with the character's difficulty reading, as depicted in the tv show and other live shows.

Talking about the Parrot] Richie: What was that thing he used to say? Eddie: Get off, Get off I'm not a sexual animal? Richie: No, not that one the other thing? Eddie: Oi Richie get me another drink you overweight twat! Richie: That's the one. So a few visits ago I’m sitting, waiting and Jad comes in and sits down next to me. He lopes in, bum half out of jeans and – is that a strangely placed piece of metal… Thomas Sowell, a renowned economist, author and Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institute at Stanford University, described it as "brilliant and insightful" in Capitalism magazine [24] and "an insightful and devastating eyewitness account of the white underclass in Britain" in the Jewish World Review. [25] Overall, Sowell said that the collection was able to explain that "One of the most telling examples of the social destructiveness of the left's welfare-state vision can be found among the white slum dwellers in Britain." [24] Atlanta Journal-Constitution writer, Theresa K. Weaver, called the collection "saddening, infuriating and ultimately not terribly empowering," stating that she wishes Dalrymple "might at least offer a few ideas on turning everything around." [8] Arthur Foulkes of the Carolina Journal described it as a "fine book" that "offers much to friends of liberty everywhere." [16] Roger Donway of The Atlas Society considered it to be "one of the most instructive books that I have read in many years." [10] Stephen Goode, writing for Insight on the News, said that the collection argued its "position brilliantly and with impressive passion." [18] The National Observer wrote that it "has much value," if it is taken as an "antidote to fashionable loose thinking." [26] See also [ edit ] Richie: So let me get this right, so we aren't in some dark, godless void on the outer edges of human misery? Eddie: No no, we're in Nottingham. Richie: It's the same thing!Bottom Live 2: The Big Number Two is a 1995 live stage show based on the UK TV series Bottom that was filmed at the Apollo Theatre Oxford. [1] [2] Plot [ edit ] Act one [ edit ]

Merchandise for the tour included t-shirts and a souvenir poster with the script for the episode " 's Out" printed on the reverse. Richie [after hurting his hand hitting Eddie's testicles]: You bastard! That's my wanking hand! Eddie: Uh-uh; wanking finger. Richie: Uh, uh uh; wanking fingernail. Richie: I really think this is the one, Eddie. Even on the telephone there was an immediate sexual tension. Eddie: What, you mean you felt horny and she felt tense? Richie: Oh, shut up Eddie. a b Foulkes, Arthur E. (January 2004). "Life at the Bottom: Socialism Destroys Freedom" (PDF). Carolina Journal. p.18 . Retrieved 8 September 2010. The only question is, can you really blame all this stuff on the Welfare State? And on pop music? And on pretty female celebrities who always seem to turn up wearing sexy new clothes at movie premieres? And on members of the royal family wanting to pierce their navels?

Spudgun: I think his nappy needs changing. Richie: What? Eddie: Yeah, go on Richie. I mean, you're his... mother. Richie: Ah, come on, guys! This is the twentieth century, it's not fair! Spudgun: But we are not worthy, oh holy one. Eddie: Yeah, yeah that's right, oh chosen thing. Hedgehog: Right, oh one... what he said. Richie: What do you mean, "what he said"? I thought you were supposed to be a wise man! Richie and Eddie are trying to break into next door's flat. Eddie climbs across the outside wall to the bedroom window where he sees them having sex] Eddie: Bloody Nora! Richie: Shut up! Eddie: They're having it off! Richie: I'll be right over! Between 1990 and 2000, "Theodore Dalrymple," whose real name is Anthony Daniels, worked as a physician at City Hospital and Birmingham Prison, both located in the Winson Green area of Birmingham, England. [1] [2] During this time, he wrote essays on topics related to his work, such as his discussions with patients and inmates. Individual essays began being published periodically in the American quarterly magazine City Journal in 1994. [3] [4] The collection does not contain all of the essays he wrote about his experiences, but only the ones he considered the best, whether for their humour or their truth. [5] Richie: Wait, there's something written on the side. [reads] "Le Danger"..."Le Nuclear Bombe". Shit, it's all in French.

Eddie: My Uncle Percy was in the trenches of the first world war. You know what he used to say? Richie: What? Eddie: "AAAH! Bloody hell! Germans! Thousands of 'em! There all going shoot me! AAAAH! Mummy, I want to go home! AAAAHHH! AAHHH! AAHHH!." Richie: (While slapping Eddie): Eddie, Shut up! Just shut up! Shut up! Episode 5 - Holy [ edit ] [Christmas Day] Richie: Right now look, there's only five hours until lunch, I've got to get my sprouts on. Don't want them all crunchy. Eddie: Not sprouts! I hate sprouts. Richie: Oh, will you stop whinging Eddie! Nobody likes sprouts! Eddie: Then why are we having them then!? Richie: Because it's Christmas!! Dalrymple, Theodore (2001). Life at the Bottom: The Worldview That Makes the Underclass. Ivan R. Dee. p.iv. ISBN 9781566633826 . Retrieved 6 September 2010.

They are sharing war stories.] Richie: You'll have to excuse Eddie, his mind's sort of blanked it out. War Veteran: What, 'cos it's so horrible? Richie: No, he's just got that sort of mind. I would *love* to hear what he has to say in a post-GFC world where the crimes of bankers and the finance world have been exposed. Although I already kind of know - "not the kind of thing to make you fear walking the street at night". BBC - Comedy Guide - Bottom". www.bbc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 4 December 2004 . Retrieved 30 June 2022.