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2007-08-08 Britain

Czechs lured to Scotland find abusive living and working conditions

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Posted by lotp 2007-08-08 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 Yep, I would consider haggis to be abusive.

Posted by N Guard 2007-08-08 05:48|| 2007-08-08 05:48|| Front Page Top

#2 Haha, sounds exactly like China and its corrupt factory owners exploiting waidi ren.

Posted by gromky 2007-08-08 06:46|| 2007-08-08 06:46|| Front Page Top

#3 Dude, it's Scotland. The land where the men are so tough they'll wear skirts into battle.

(I find the story horrible and sad. But I had to make a kilt joke. It was a compulsion.)

Posted by Rob Crawford">Rob Crawford 2007-08-08 08:02|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2007-08-08 08:02|| Front Page Top

#4 Sounds exactly like the conditions the Mexican migrants worked under in the farm industry when I was a kid. They lived in shacks just outside of town. Local high school and college kids did the same work every summer. Below minimum wage since it was farm labor (exempt), but lots of overtime.

Posted by Spot">Spot 2007-08-08 08:31|| 2007-08-08 08:31|| Front Page Top

#5 If they were serious about doing anything about this, there would be a lot of employers in the slam already. However, such employers are always very careful to grease politicians palms so that they look the other way.

As in the US, they also set things up so that any employee who complains or makes trouble will be deported by the authorities quickly.

Posted by Anonymoose 2007-08-08 09:35|| 2007-08-08 09:35|| Front Page Top

#6 "Ah'm Wild Rory O' the Glen! Send oop y'r best mon!"

Posted by mojo">mojo 2007-08-08 11:11|| 2007-08-08 11:11|| Front Page Top

#7 Spot they don't live in shacks anymore, they live in Goverment funded housing, send their kids to public school (where they eat two meas free), and mostly don't pay taxes.

Posted by Cyber Sarge 2007-08-08 16:26|| 2007-08-08 16:26|| Front Page Top

#8 Do they make them eat haggis?

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2007-08-08 16:30|| 2007-08-08 16:30|| Front Page Top

#9 So, is a Scotsman who's involved in trafficing these unfortunates guilty of passing bad Czechs?

Posted by Zenster 2007-08-08 18:39|| 2007-08-08 18:39|| Front Page Top

#10 Do they make them eat haggis?

Similar dish in Czech cuisine, so that wouldn't be a proper torture. Although, as a kid, I thought it was a very evil torture.

So, is a Scotsman who's involved in trafficing these unfortunates guilty of passing bad Czechs?

Czechs seem to be good, and apparently bounce after the experience.

Posted by twobyfour 2007-08-08 23:38|| 2007-08-08 23:38|| Front Page Top

#11 Czechs seem to be good, and apparently bounce after the experience.

And they certainly deserve to for brewing the only genuine Pilsner in the world. Somewhere in my collections I have Pilsner Urquell bottle caps that are lined with cork.

Posted by Zenster 2007-08-08 23:44|| 2007-08-08 23:44|| Front Page Top

#12 Similar dish in Czech cuisine, so that wouldn't be a proper torture.

So I suppose we'll have to settle for the bagpipes instead, eh?

Posted by Zenster 2007-08-08 23:46|| 2007-08-08 23:46|| Front Page Top

#13 Somewhere in my collections I have Pilsner Urquell bottle caps that are lined with cork

But he content!

The thing is, since they switched to metal drums from oak wood, it is not the same brew, still good but not that good. Also I miss bottles, the cans seem to change the taste.

<>So I suppose we'll have to settle for the bagpipes instead, eh?

I like bagpipes. ;-)
Scottich bagpipes, that is. Czechs don't know how to play them. Sounds like a tortured badger.;-)

Posted by twobyfour 2007-08-08 23:54|| 2007-08-08 23:54|| Front Page Top

#14 The thing is, since they switched to metal drums from oak wood, it is not the same brew, still good but not that good. Also I miss bottles, the cans seem to change the taste.

Gah, that explains the flavor shift from subtle complexity over to dry-as-a-hay-sandwich taste.

As to the bagpipes, I'll tell a joke about them at another time.

Posted by Zenster 2007-08-08 23:59|| 2007-08-08 23:59|| Front Page Top

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