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Offline kefkaownsall

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Britain does what the US would never do in a million years
« on: January 31, 2012, 08:40:18 pm »
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-16821650
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Re: Britain does what the US would never do in a million years
« Reply #1 on: January 31, 2012, 08:45:56 pm »
...Well, we can't repeal Knighthood, because the Constitution does not allow citizens to be given titles of nobility.
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Re: Britain does what the US would never do in a million years
« Reply #2 on: January 31, 2012, 08:46:23 pm »
It's nice, but so what? The damage has been done, Goodwin made his money and it's not as if he is being kicked out of British high society.
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Re: Britain does what the US would never do in a million years
« Reply #3 on: January 31, 2012, 08:53:53 pm »
Hasn't he also been deprived of his bonus as well? Or are they still arguing that.
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Re: Britain does what the US would never do in a million years
« Reply #4 on: January 31, 2012, 09:03:40 pm »
Quote from: starseeker on January 31, 2012, 08:53:53 pm
Hasn't he also been deprived of his bonus as well? Or are they still arguing that.
Not sure but his pension got slashed in half
I guess I dunno in America he would have gotten a double bonus
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Re: Britain does what the US would never do in a million years
« Reply #5 on: January 31, 2012, 11:10:39 pm »
This is at best a symbolic gesture meant to shame him publicly.  Having said that, being in the public eye so strongly and in such a negative light isn't necessarily fun, I'd imagine.  Then again, I would think that depends on how much you care about other people's perceptions of you.
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Re: Britain does what the US would never do in a million years
« Reply #6 on: February 01, 2012, 08:53:31 am »
I am trying to figure out what the American equivalent would be and failing. But yeah, whatever it would be certainly wouldn’t happen.

Quote from: kefkaownsall on January 31, 2012, 09:03:40 pm
I guess I dunno in America he would have gotten a double bonus
My favorite part about this kind of shenanigan is when a company goes on about how they need to reward their top performers in order to stay competitive. The same “top performers” that just ruined their company and the economy. ::)
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Re: Britain does what the US would never do in a million years
« Reply #7 on: February 01, 2012, 09:27:03 am »
The media's been having an absolute field day with this based on the newspaper headlines I saw.
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Re: Britain does what the US would never do in a million years
« Reply #8 on: February 01, 2012, 10:02:44 am »
Quote from: N. De Plume on February 01, 2012, 08:53:31 am
I am trying to figure out what the American equivalent would be and failing. But yeah, whatever it would be certainly wouldn’t happen.

Quote from: kefkaownsall on January 31, 2012, 09:03:40 pm
I guess I dunno in America he would have gotten a double bonus
My favorite part about this kind of shenanigan is when a company goes on about how they need to reward their top performers in order to stay competitive. The same “top performers” that just ruined their company and the economy. ::)
The absolute worst one was Transocean who gave a bonus for 2010
hey we only had 1 major accident
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Re: Britain does what the US would never do in a million years
« Reply #9 on: February 01, 2012, 10:21:58 am »
Hey, for whatever reason, BP seemed to take almost all of the PR blame. Sounds like a business success to me.
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Re: Britain does what the US would never do in a million years
« Reply #10 on: February 01, 2012, 11:31:29 am »
Quote from: N. De Plume on February 01, 2012, 10:21:58 am
Hey, for whatever reason, BP seemed to take almost all of the PR blame. Sounds like a business success to me.
I mean BP was mostly at fault but trans and cheney some blame
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Re: Britain does what the US would never do in a million years
« Reply #11 on: February 01, 2012, 12:56:44 pm »
Quote from: kefkaownsall on February 01, 2012, 11:31:29 am
Quote from: N. De Plume on February 01, 2012, 10:21:58 am
Hey, for whatever reason, BP seemed to take almost all of the PR blame. Sounds like a business success to me.
I mean BP was mostly at fault but trans and cheney some blame
Totally.
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Re: Britain does what the US would never do in a million years
« Reply #12 on: February 01, 2012, 01:03:17 pm »
I actually wouldn't mind if the US did set up it's own system of knighthood. After all, knighthoods are not inheritable. I would start by retroactively knighting all recipients of the Medal of Honor.
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Re: Britain does what the US would never do in a million years
« Reply #13 on: February 01, 2012, 01:21:43 pm »
Quote from: Meshakhad on February 01, 2012, 01:03:17 pm
I actually wouldn't mind if the US did set up it's own system of knighthood. After all, knighthoods are not inheritable. I would start by retroactively knighting all recipients of the Medal of Honor.

What, doing something England does, because it makes sense?

...that doesn't sound very 'merican, or patriotic. :p

And seriously, if we're adopting things from Britain... can we start with the metric system?
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Re: Britain does what the US would never do in a million years
« Reply #14 on: February 01, 2012, 01:44:22 pm »
Does knighthood even MEAN anything? Like, is there something you get for being a knight?

Anyway. There is no American equivalent. If there was, maybe we would do it. It's the perfect way to look like you give a shit about the problem while doing absolutely nothing about it.
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