Do you have a problem with this?

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With the cost of heating schools rocketing by 60% in my corner of the world, someone in authority has had the temerity to suggest that students and teachers might dress in warmer clothes. You can imagine some silly people’s outraged reaction. I think it’s a very rational piece of advice, advice that has been handed down the generations and has stood the test of time. If I ever complained at home about being cold I was invariably told to put a pullover on. Makes sense. Not so for the entitled, and those whose hobby it is to seek out offence wherever they imagine it to be lurking. Some moaning Minnie has started mithering on about human rights, and insisting the government ought to provide the extra money needed. The government could do that, but not without increasing taxes and cutting back on education, health etc. If people want to exercise their right to sit naked in a freezing cold house till they get frost bite on their bits and pieces rather than wear warm clothes that’s fine, go ahead. It’s not the government’s job to cater for that. But instead of banging on about your imagined human rights, maybe you might like to focus more on your human responsibilities. Most of us on this site well remember how things were before central heating and double glazing became affordable to the masses. Before that what did we do? We dressed in warmer clothes and were grateful for them. I really don’t see the problem here.