The whole discussion started on the premises that people on the Continent have had it way worse in recent times compared to the British (I'd call WW2 and everything that happened after it as "recent times", as we've got our grand-parents and parents as living proofs of said times), that's why an organization like the European Union that has managed to make us not fight between ourselves anymore (among other things) is a great fucking accomplishment. I was implying that the Brits not really knowing and not directly experiencing the horrors of recent history they feel sort of pampered, not fully realizing what they're throwing away.
> why not say what's the hardest thing you've ever had to endure in your life
If it matters I remember my mother sending me the the store to purchase rationed bread and sugar, as 8-year old kid or so. I was finding that normal. Food was not plentiful, to use an euphemism. What I don't remember is how in one those winters that you call "just weather" I was about to die as a kid because of the cold in my parents' house.
> why not say what's the hardest thing you've ever had to endure in your life
If it matters I remember my mother sending me the the store to purchase rationed bread and sugar, as 8-year old kid or so. I was finding that normal. Food was not plentiful, to use an euphemism. What I don't remember is how in one those winters that you call "just weather" I was about to die as a kid because of the cold in my parents' house.