26 Kids, By 15 Different Women, And All On The Dole

[mikey4444]

http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/483907/Britain-s-most-shameless-dad-Peter-Rolfe-pockets-500K-in-benefits-still-won-t-work

I caught a glimpse of this on the TV last week but switched over because I found it so offensive. Leaving aside the obvious free-loading aspect of this, does anybody know what Mr Rolfe is going to do when he loses his looks ?

[mikey4444]

Mamy...I don't pretend to be an expert in the affairs of the heart but I would have thought that physical attraction has to play some part, at least, in the sexual activities of this man and his many women. Do people willingly go to bed with someone like this who appears to have no redeeming features ? Perhaps they do ! It just seems to me to be a bit odd. Imagine what his total would have been if he looked like George Clooney ( substitute any other dish of your choice here )

Anyway, my question was somewhat tongue in cheek.

[andy-hughes]

mikey - "Mamy...I don't pretend to be an expert in the affairs of the heart but I would have thought that physical attraction has to play some part, at least, in the sexual activities of this man and his many women. Do people willingly go to bed with someone like this who appears to have no redeeming features ?"

I respectfully refer you back to my thoughts on the subject.

[mikey4444]

Baldric...OK..perhaps not "surrendered" but offered up perhaps instead !

[Old_Geezer]

Clearly do.
(Self image may have something to do with it.)

[Old_Geezer]

I suspect the feeling of incredulity was the implication that he was the first.

[mikey4444]

Andy..I have studied what you say and I still maintain that a proper job for him and all his concubines would have provided a much-needed diversion from all this unnecessary procreation.

[mikey4444]

OG...LOL at 16:23 !

[andy-hughes]

mikey - "Andy..I have studied what you say and I still maintain that a proper job for him and all his concubines would have provided a much-needed diversion from all this unnecessary procreation."

I entirely agree - but your point was based on the gentleman's perceived attraction to the opposite sex. My point was, it's not necessary.

[mikey4444]

Why would most women have repeated sex and babies by someone that they didn't find even slightly attractive ! I can understand the first few women but this man has fathered kids with 15 ! Didn't the last few look around and think....Oh God...no...not here, with him ?

[ToraToraTora]

steady mikey, you'll get into trouble criticising dole dossers

[mikey4444]

I couldn't give a beggar TTT ! Speak the truth and shame the devil !

[jourdain2]

Doesn't this tie in to the issue of stopping child benefit after 2 children? (I approve.) Personal revulsion aside, there is a very small subculture which doesn't care because they know that they will be supported (I've met several).

[Mamyalynne]

You can criticise all you like as far as I'm concerned, I don't like the man's attitude or his expectancy to be kept as he feels right.

I just think concentrating on how he looks devalues the whole thing - would it be more acceptable if he was a handsome stereotype?

[Sqad]

mikey

\\\\Why would most women have repeated sex and babies by someone that they didn't find even slightly attractive \\\

Obvious......all the half decent blokes were taken.

Any port in a storm for many women....

[mikey4444]

What a frightful prospect Sqad....its a good job we two are handsome devils isn't it ?

[Sqad]

mikey..LOL

[naomi24]

andy-hughes, you're getting confused. You've apologised to me for inadvertently ascribing my post to Mikey - but quoted something he said. Mikey said he switched over, but I have no idea who switched over because they got one of their 'heads'. It wasn't me. I didn't see the programme you're talking about at all. However, I would say that highlighting this behaviour is neither nasty nor wrong. You're surely not expecting the tax-payer to respect these people?

As for the power of the media, I refer you to Ludwig's post at 16:19.

Mikey, I think sqad is right. It's any port in a storm. That said, the girls are spoilt for choice between you two. ;o)

[Sqad]

naomi..LOL

[naomi24]

:o)

[kvalidir]

I didn't see the programme (I deliberately don't watch hate bait programmes) but I'm aware of what you are talking about. I think all the moral outrage and sniping about his looks is largely irrelevant, I also think the majority of people claiming benefits think he's a feckless cheeky sod, what can be done about him whilst still maintaining rules which are fair to the majority of families / single parents? No idea, not a lot I suspect. You certainly can't go around carting people's kids off into care though, and anyone who thinks you can or should is heading for a social apocalypse where the poor have no rights.
I think the man is the very worst kind of individual, self entitled, fecless and stupid, and i'm not thrilled my taxes pay for that, I'd rather they paid for something more worthy, but sometimes in the need to be fair to all you have to have rules flexible enough for the odd horror to take advantage of, and this is what he is, an odd horror. He's not representative of most people, and thus he's not sufficient reason to change rules which will have a detrimental effect against poor people or benefit claimants in general.