This was initially just a post about an observation I made about an FM104 discussion about knacker fighting around the country but it has since evolved into a discussion, thanks to a high rank in google for the term “knacker”.

Knackers, you either hate them or you despise them and even the term “hate” is one that many would consider to be too generous! Many people see them as being nothing more than ungrateful, tax dodging, nanny bashing, robbing bastards – complete with a smell that’s less pleasant than a month old food bin! In fact, the mere sound of them trying to appeal to the civilized world for equal rights makes us all shudder on the spot! How, they say, can these barbarians even begin to think of being treated equally when they can’t even face up to the responsibilites of your average citizen. Instead they just jump into their caravan at the first sign of trouble – usually trouble that they’ve stirred up in the first place and expect everyone else to pay for the expensive clean-up operation that follows. And here they are, expecting to be treated like one of us, generally law abiding people! The cheek!

Even I think that the gas chamber would be a bit extreme. I mean, with gas prices as they are, it would cost even more money to be rid of them!