BBC Children In Need... Feels wrong to me

[Thunder Bolt]

Hardly... lets all have a big party at the BBC to help abused children... Oh the irony

Massive overreaction imo.

 

[SK1NT]

It's awkward, but this is fairly strait forward. Should the BBC try and raise money to help disadvantage children in the UK, or say f*** it, let's not bother. I'm amazed that the most sensible answer isn't obvious to you.

I am simply playing devils advocate and airing the views of quite a few people....


I agree it should maybe go ahead but not the same big party smootzy shit... make it a little more serious... Just an idea... At least just drop the 'BBC' out of the title.

 

[brightonmark1234]

no for me they do some good stuff

 

[Triggaaar]

Just the one vote for at the moment. Classic thread.

I'm not voting on principle.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

I am simply playing devils advocate and airing the views of quite a few people....

I know there's only been a few votes here but there's only 1 vote for your advocated opinion, so not quite a few people?

 

[Bozza]

What should be stopped is people doing "crazy" things to collect money. Such as the fully grown men in girl's pyjamas that just passed my desk. The mentallists.

 

[Normal Rob]

I am simply playing devils advocate and airing the views of quite a few people....


I agree it should maybe go ahead but not the same big party smootzy shit... make it a little more serious... Just an idea... At least just drop the 'BBC' out of the title.

what a spectacular u-turn.

 

[kevo]

What should be stopped is people doing "crazy" things to collect money. Such as the fully grown men in girl's pyjamas that just passed my desk. The mentallists.

I would be willing to donate money to prevent people doing the 'crazy' things. Maybe that's the idea...

 

[Triggaaar]

I am simply playing devils advocate and airing the views of quite a few people....

Let them air their own views, and we can stone them.

I agree it should maybe go ahead but not the same big party smootzy shit... make it a little more serious... Just an idea... At least just drop the 'BBC' out of the title.

The simple point is, they raise a lot of money and that money does a lot of good. Yes, some brilliant people on NSC would donate even if there wasn't a show, but the fact is (and this is not debatable) less money would be donated without the show, so the show must go on.

 

[Tony Meolas Loan Spell]

To be fair "the powers that be" around Children in Need wanted Savile NOWHERE near it. Thank god.

 

[MattBackHome]

What should be stopped is people doing "crazy" things to collect money. Such as the fully grown men in girl's pyjamas that just passed my desk. The mentallists.

Agree on the craziness.

I had a bacon and sausage bap delivered to my desk in the name of Children in Need this morning. Smothered in brown sauce. I'm all for it.

 

[kevo]

To be fair "the powers that be" around Children in Need wanted Savile NOWHERE near it. Thank god.

Which of course makes you wonder if they knew...

 

[8ace]

f*** I forgot this shit was on TV tonight - Woollybags and Dundalk it is then

 

[The Large One]

You could simply go online and donate your money still if you feel that strongly or is that too difficult?

Oh, for f*** sake...

 

[Normal Rob]

Which of course makes you wonder if they knew...

I think it's fairly clear that many had, at the very least, suspicions about Savile, and many probably knew that he was untrustworthy around minors. However you cannot make public allegations without evidence. At the time there was no evidence, not least because no-one had come forward.

 

[brightonmark1234]

i watch it all the time when its on

 

[Badger]

What should be stopped is people doing "crazy" things to collect money. Such as the fully grown men in girl's pyjamas that just passed my desk. The mentallists.

I bet you were LITERALLY laughing out loud at the crazy JAPES.

 

[gazingdown]

By the OPs logic, should ALL organisations that help children that also have been implicated by the Savile case also be stopped from raising money/giving care to children?

For example, the NHS (at least all the hospitals involved in any sort of cover up) and the church (of whichever denomination, load of child abuse history there!)

Ridiculous thread. OP, are you rather young? Many of your posts appear to be that of someone who is rather naive/ignorant/immature. Not saying you ARE that but that's how your posts come across.

 

[Tony Meolas Loan Spell]

I think it's fairly clear that many had, at the very least, suspicions about Savile, and many probably knew that he was untrustworthy around minors. However you cannot make public allegations without evidence. At the time there was no evidence, not least because no-one had come forward.

Yep indeed there were suspicions and I remember the chairman or whatever they are called of CIN saying they didnt feel comfortable with Savile. It could only be BECAUSE of the suspicions beause back in the day he was a huge fundraiser for Stoke Mandeville etc etc

 

[The Large One]

Yep indeed there were suspicions and I remember the chairman or whatever they are called of CIN saying they didnt feel comfortable with Savile. It could only be BECAUSE of the suspicions beause back in the day he was a huge fundraiser for Stoke Mandeville etc etc

Indeed - he threatened the Sunday Mirror, who were going to go live with a (fairly flimsy, but now almost certainly true) story about his behaviour, and he responded with something along the lines of 'if you publish this, that's the fundraising for Stoke Mandeville gone. Is that what you want...?'

Different times, different attitudes - appalling outcomes.