Have any of you been watching sport relief?
Dose`t your heart break for those dear little ones in Africa &India the poverty is to much & to sad to bear that little boy with a sore ankle OMG the pain he was in.
How unfair is this world.
Especially when you see local governments spending thousands on some 'art' which is basically a few bits of twisted metal that some loony has cobbled together. Our council paid an absolute fortune for a fence about a 1/4 of a mile long, which is simply some mangled scrap steel painted purple and orange!
it could be so much better spent..... makes you think - and realise how lucky you are..
And then look at where the lottery money goes? - how can they justify giving money to ballet etc when there is such poverty - not only overseas, but in the UK too
as sad as that is the top gear ground force bit was funny
Some what staged and predictable, but, yup, quite funny.
I was half expecting a caravan to appear half way through.
Was that really Sir Gold Medal Winner's real garden ? Looked very bare. Looked more like a bit of parkland.
Quite good how the family kept straight faces - I wonder how many re-takes that took.
Quote from: sheddie on March 15, 2008, 00:03:38
Especially when you see local governments spending thousands on some 'art' which is basically a few bits of twisted metal that some loony has cobbled together. Our council paid an absolute fortune for a fence about a 1/4 of a mile long, which is simply some mangled scrap steel painted purple and orange!
it could be so much better spent..... makes you think - and realise how lucky you are..
And then look at where the lottery money goes? - how can they justify giving money to ballet etc when there is such poverty - not only overseas, but in the UK too
I can see where you are coming from, but have you thought that through properly. I say that, because it sounds like something I could lift out of the red tops. I mean no offence, honestly. There are fine lines between what is right and wrong, and you'll never please everybody. But please consider taking the time to add a bit more depth to your own thinking.
I'm not what you could call 'a fan' of the arts, but I can clearly see its place in society, as shite as some of it is. That rubbish, is someone's pleasure. Art and other academics, add hugely to our society and civilisation as a whole. It would be catasrophic to take that away. Funding local and national arts, however extravagant they may seem to those that don't really like them is necessary.
Now, I'm on the same wavelength though. Money is wasted, and operationally things are run at a higher cost than they should. The largest source of wasted money that I have seen in my lifetime, is the pit that is the 'War on Terror' and namely our boys in Iraq. If we hadn't have committed ourselves to such a stupid cause (is there actually a just cause?), we could have spend billions more domestically, and have spare cash to balance the budget, and even more change to give foreign aid.
Don't blame art though, don't blame creativity, don't blame academics - they are wonderful liberties of our modern civilsation, that should be encouraged.
My father (who isn't usually known for his soft heart or charitable nature) actually sat and watched up until about 11pm.
I'm usually one of the Annie lennox's "Africa'd out" types, not that I don't believe in helping less fortunate that myself, but rather worrying that the money raised actually reaches the people it's supposed to help. I'm afraid I'm rather cinical where the Live Aid type events are concerned.
But last night twanged more heartstrings than before and this morning I actually donated. That poor wee lassie in the pink hat that Annie lennox visited, that you felt was sure to die in the first clip, then seeing her all fat and healthy looking was just brilliant. I was in tears for the most of it and I'm sure if i looked hard enough, dad was too.
The young lad Gregor in Stirling knowing what his fate is but carrying on and getting all his exams regardless - how his mum stays so enthusiastic, happy and positive is beyond me.
Then there was the girl (that the East Enders Strictly Dancing girl interviewed) ........ she just broke my heart.
When things get tough and you feel down, you've just got to remember that there are millions out there far far worse off than yourself and if events like Sports Relief succeed in raising the awareness, then good for them.
Phew, that was a long outpouring of emotion, must be getting soft in my old age.
and yes, the top gear ground force thing was hysterical. whenever i'm moaning about how the bbc license fee is spent, I just think of top gear and think it's worth every penny.
:P
Mary I watched for quite a while last night and at the moment I am watching the rest of the program that I recorded. Such heart rendering stories, in fact I just fast forwarded the bit about the little boy with his foot injury (they repeated it) Call me a wimp but I just couldn't watch that bit again. Like KP I do wonder if the monies go to the right place and that no in between people are "raking" some money off.
I know that all charities need people (salaried) to run and organize things but I also think there are people who milk the charities. To give you an instance years ago when we had a garage filling station one of our customers was an area manager for cancer relief, we lost him as a customer because we refused to put petrol in his wife's car and add it to the official account we had.
Having said all that when you see what these charities are doing throughout the world is a wonderful thing.