tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post115416662392847693..comments2024-03-05T17:55:58.806+00:00Comments on Nanny Knows Best: Nanny Bans Conger CuddlingKen Frosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13568488818950912374noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-1154437597128716732006-08-01T14:06:00.000+01:002006-08-01T14:06:00.000+01:00The RNLI does in fact receive a bit of money from ...The RNLI does in fact receive a bit of money from the national lottery. but not very much, and not for rescue activities. They applied for funding for this a few years back and were turned down - apparently it wasn't "inclusive" enough. Probably just as well it didn't get funded - by now you'd have to fill out an ethnic orgin questionaire so they could decide whether to rescue you or not.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-1154430330589313602006-08-01T12:05:00.000+01:002006-08-01T12:05:00.000+01:00Nope, I stick by my earlier opinion. The governmen...Nope, I stick by my earlier opinion. The government does not give any funding to the RNLI (except through tax exemption) and I don't want them to. <BR/><BR/>If they did then the RNLI would end up just like all the government "services" - inefficient, massively expensive and hamstrung by having more managers, HR people, H&S reps than front line staff.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-1154379963632643782006-07-31T22:06:00.000+01:002006-07-31T22:06:00.000+01:00"Anonymous said... Grant - I'm very happy that the..."Anonymous said... <BR/>Grant - I'm very happy that the RNLI is not state funded, and regularly pay towards it myself. <BR/><BR/>If it were state funded they would never launch - in the interests of the health and safety of their crews "<BR/><BR/>I entirely sympathise with what you say BUT, as Ken says later, that this service seems to have so little if any Govt. support seems unduly unacceptable.<BR/><BR/>Would that the damnable lottery was used as a source of funding for the RNLI rather than some, most in fact, of the things it does support. <BR/><BR/>Ken, I think you and your Dad are close to having an appropriate view. The only thing one wouold quibble with, sadly, is<BR/><BR/>"We are a maritime nation, ..."<BR/><BR/>which I fear should be past tense as applied to the country.<BR/><BR/>However we should be grateful to all the nationals from around the world who sale the seas and brave the elements to supply us and providing a service such as the RNLI to help them in times of need is still important.<BR/><BR/>Beyond that the RNLI seems to be in place mainly for rescuing tourists who get into trouble on the beaches. If Nanny banned the use of beaches - there must be any number of reasons to do so whose justification argument would be far more convincing than almost all the other bans that have been implemented - the need for funding would, presumably, reduce and we would all be happier and safer.<BR/><BR/>There are also fairies living at the bottom of my garden who need protection and could use the cash 'saved' ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-1154333776192233712006-07-31T09:16:00.000+01:002006-07-31T09:16:00.000+01:00AnomYou make a good point about the RNLI never bei...Anom<BR/><BR/>You make a good point about the RNLI never being able to launch if the gov controlled it.<BR/><BR/>However, the fact that the RNLI is not supported by the state is a disgrace.<BR/><BR/>We are a maritime nation, and rely on the sea and those who traverse it for our food and our defence.<BR/><BR/>My father and grandfather were both in the navy/merchant navy.<BR/><BR/>Grandfather in WW1 was wounded in the navy, then joined the merchant navy and served in WW2.<BR/><BR/>Dad was in the merchant navy, in the Atlantic convoys in WW2 then peacetime service after.<BR/><BR/>Dad is still furious that the country does not fund the prime maritime rescue service.<BR/><BR/>It is the only charity he supports, but it sticks in his throat that it is funded like this.<BR/><BR/>KenKen Frosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13568488818950912374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-1154333073651637912006-07-31T09:04:00.000+01:002006-07-31T09:04:00.000+01:00Grant - I'm very happy that the RNLI is not state ...Grant - I'm very happy that the RNLI is not state funded, and regularly pay towards it myself. <BR/><BR/>If it were state funded they would never launch - in the interests of the health and safety of their crewsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-1154306157448533502006-07-31T01:35:00.000+01:002006-07-31T01:35:00.000+01:00Two points. One, the jobsworths (whose wages we pa...Two points. One, the jobsworths (whose wages we pay, whose pensions from the age of around 58 they are prepared to "fight" for at our expense, are NOT the problem. The real problem is our tolerance of them. Why in the name of God and the Bill of Rights do we, the British people, put up with this bullshit? Why do around 72% of us find it so difficult to vote in local elections?<BR/> Second, I am the only person here to post a comment under his own real name. Think about it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-1154292972413366032006-07-30T21:56:00.000+01:002006-07-30T21:56:00.000+01:00I can't see the probelm with this.It is a disgrace...I can't see the probelm with this.<BR/><BR/>It is a disgrace that the RNLI have to survive on the generosity of the public at large and the availability of volunteers who are ready to risk their lives and their family's income to perform a service.<BR/><BR/>This country is raped by the Chancer's taxes yet still relies on volunteers at all levels and in all roles to provide basic services.<BR/><BR/>If nanny bans the means by which volunteer organisations and, in particular, genuine charities (if you can find one these days that does not have a political agenda) I trust she is prepared to pick up the tab on out behalf - no strings attached.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-1154209419689576712006-07-29T22:43:00.000+01:002006-07-29T22:43:00.000+01:00Jake: Might come up and see you lads in the week ....Jake: <BR/>Might come up and see you lads in the week . Might bring you up a rabbit. <BR/>Withnail: <BR/>We don't want a rabbit, we want a pheasant. <BR/>Jake: <BR/>Now listen here you young prat. Haven't got no pheasants. Haven't got no birds. No more than you have. <BR/>Withnail: <BR/>Of course you have, you're the poacher. <BR/>Jake: <BR/>If I hear more words out of you I'll come up and set one of these black pods on you. <BR/>Withnail: <BR/>Don't threaten me with a dead fish. <BR/>Jake: <BR/>Half dead he might be, but I'll come up after you and wake you up with a live one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-1154181388797156052006-07-29T14:56:00.000+01:002006-07-29T14:56:00.000+01:00Witch burning is another fine old tradition which ...Witch burning is another fine old tradition which is no longer with us. Would I be considered unreasonable if I suggested it might be a good idea to reintroduce it especially for the busybody whose complaint has terminated Conger Cuddling, with subsequent loss in funds for the RNLI. I also recommend applying it to politicians and bureaucrats plus all the other petty tyrants and jobsworths infesting this country.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-1154178700438323532006-07-29T14:11:00.000+01:002006-07-29T14:11:00.000+01:00Perhaps we should all go vegetarian as eating meat...Perhaps we should all go vegetarian as eating meat could be disrespecful to dead animals. Or would that be disrespectful to vegetables.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-1154172231388291972006-07-29T12:23:00.000+01:002006-07-29T12:23:00.000+01:00You notice that nobody ever says "I enjoy doing ra...You notice that nobody ever says "I enjoy doing <I>random-activity</I> but I think it is bad for me/upsets other people/just plain wrong so I want you to ban it/pass a law against it so that I can't do it any more!"<BR/><BR/>"Busybodies" only ever want <B>other people</B> to be stopped, not themselves.<BR/><BR/>I want a ban against busybodies interfering in the lives of other people. I think it's bad for them and I don't like it.Kaylahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07311646739768994560noreply@blogger.com