Lewis Hamilton MBE , why!?

[barry luxton]

IMHO this state of afairs where sportspeople, polititians, Actors and actresses and the like are awarded gongs for WHAT????

 

What about the teenagers that give up education to look after their disabled parents (some of them do it for people who are NOT family!!), or the man in the street who does something amazing to raise, literally, millions for charity,, the young girl with cancer who started a charity for toys for childrens wards??? Brenda, who is registered blind and is wheelchair bound - taught braille to others for nothing, not even a thank you letter (although this is NOT an appeal for her!) There are many deserving people, not these ponces that get the accolades from their peers AND an award, while the local manager does 50 years of helping the public as well as running the post office, and is ignored!!

 

 

I'm sure i have heard of lollie pop ladies getting a gong before, must check that.

[kleinboet]

I would rather a lollipop lady get an MBE than some head in the clouds actor who won an Oscar for doing something that he loves (acting) - and then gets a knighthood!!

[five bellies]

I would rather a lollipop lady get an MBE than some head in the clouds actor who won an Oscar for doing something that he loves (acting) - and then gets a knighthood!!

 

 

Thats a fair one!

 

I do think the arts should be recognised though, as should the Sciences.

[five bellies]

Bl00dy Hell klienie.

 

Ive only gone and agreed with you

[poledark]

What pees me off about most of those awards, is that they get sponsorship and funding, mostly from the National lottery, and are never asked to pay anything back from the money they earn afterwards. That cycling team got something like 25 million over a few years.

 

Den

[Elton]

Those puncture repair kits are bloody expensive, Den!

 

[five bellies]

What pees me off about most of those awards, is that they get sponsorship and funding, mostly from the National lottery, and are never asked to pay anything back from the money they earn afterwards. That cycling team got something like 25 million over a few years.

 

Den

 

 

I cant see what the issue is? the sport is what is financed not the person one of those bikes is worth as much as a family car,

that withstanding these athletes ruin thier bodys for the sport plenty end up in obscurity,

 

Would you rather we as a Sporting nation remain a laughing stock. our expenditure on sport and the promotion of sport for our young is paultry compared to other countrys.

 

allso the National Lottery money is and always has been used for the development of the Arts,Culture and sport.

 

What is it with us British the moment someone makes it or makes somthing of thier self we start digging them a hole?

 

it bewilders me.

[corydoras]

I cant see what the issue is? the sport is what is financed not the person one of those bikes is worth as much as a family car,

that withstanding these athletes ruin thier bodys for the sport plenty end up in obscurity,

 

Would you rather we as a Sporting nation remain a laughing stock. our expenditure on sport and the promotion of sport for our young is paultry compared to other countrys.

 

allso the National Lottery money is and always has been used for the development of the Arts,Culture and sport.

 

What is it with us British the moment someone makes it or makes somthing of thier self we start digging them a hole?

 

it bewilders me.

I couldn't agree more FB.

 

My son does Judo as his sport in France. He's been at it since he was 5 and he is 13 now. Aside from his normal training session he now helps out every Saturday morning running the class for the little ones just starting off like he was when he was 5.

 

Douvres is only a little town 4,800 Inhabitants over 11km² but has got sporting facilities like this.

 

Luc-Sur-Mer where my flat is is only about 4 clicks from Douvres (I can walk it in 30 mins) has got these cultural and sporting facilities.

 

Renaze the heaving metropolis where Chris Goddard lives has a population of only 2,791 over 17 km² is in one of the poorest regions of France and even they can put this together.

 

http://www.renaze53.com/

 

Every little one horse town in France has facilities like this. WTF can't we?

 

Why is it that the only sport that matters in this country involves watching 22 prima effing donnas kicking a bag of wind around for an hour and a half?

Edited March 16, 2009 by corydoras

[merlino bill]

On the basis of steves list and other sound argument, I'll bow to peer pressure and say well done Lewis!

 

OI OI,

You bottled that one phil, me personally i think they arn't worth a toss anymore as said before you had to do somthing outstanding to recive an honour, not film star's who also get a lot of money K.B. as well as enjoying what they do, & footballers who also get a canny lump (not that half of them should be paid with buttons) & to play for ENGLAND they should do it for pride & exspense's. it's not a honers list if you can pay enough you can get what you want it's all b****ck's. rant over

 

:angry: :angry:

[five bellies]

OI OI,

You bottled that one phil, me personally i think they arn't worth a toss anymore as said before you had to do somthing outstanding to recive an honour, not film star's who also get a lot of money K.B. as well as enjoying what they do, & footballers who also get a canny lump (not that half of them should be paid with buttons) & to play for ENGLAND they should do it for pride & exspense's. it's not a honers list if you can pay enough you can get what you want it's all b****ck's. rant over

 

:angry: :angry:

 

 

Thanks for that Bill