lol, reminds me of this guy (known locally as a druggie/gambler) who has been begging for about 15/20 years in my area. Started off asking for 10p and over years increased, now he is at a quid a believe.
is charity ruining tv?
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lol, reminds me of this guy (known locally as a druggie/gambler) who has been begging for about 15/20 years in my area. Started off asking for 10p and over years increased, now he is at a quid a believe.
When's the last time we had mass famine and families drinking from muddy waterholes in the south?
So here's a crazy idea. Don't live in the middle of "butt**** nowhere" where there are no/poor wells?
Yeah, it's a country with lots of poverty, despite the fact the rest of the world has been throwing money at them for decades. If we keep throwing money at them, where's the incentive for them to sort themselves out?
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Because, and this is the point you seem to be missing, for most of the time it isn't buttstarry nowhere, it's a normal village with normal facilities and family life and everybody is happy. No human on earth is going to deliberately set up his home 30 miles from the nearest water then send their kids out to fetch it.
Some people live on flood plains here, it's where they choose to live, and they don't abandon them en-masse and go live on hills just because they might get a flood every 20 years. They may build defences if they can afford it, they mostly just take their chances it's their home. It's the same for an African village.
Been like that for years, which is why some of us don't have TV's or TV licenses. For what? Watching the drivel you pointed out above? And infinitely worse, paying for it??
Self harm does sound far better
...aaaannnd therein lies the crux of the matter.
It's their choice to live there - why should other people be expected to finance their poor choices?
I could decide to go an live under an active volcano, but it would be unreasonable of me to expect a new house built for free every time it erupted.
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giz 2 quid a munf. i'll keep 199 an the penny goes to the dictator in {insert 3rd world country here}
it might just be me getting old but sometimes i find the adverts go on so long i actually forget what i'm watching and i'm surprised when it comes back on.
I don't watch much TV, but when I do I change channel when the adverts come on. This can result in getting interested in something on the other side and missing some or all of the original programme
Not sure it is, advertising for charities is on the rise but compared with the Pay-day loan companies, Wonga, Quickquid, Cash-converters and non-stop "Accident at work? Not your fault brigade, charities are still in the minority.
It appears it's not only me who holds the same opinion
http://www.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/house-of-commons-25814592
What annoys me more is the fact that the add breaks appear to be synchronised across all the channels so you can't switch channels to avoid them
Thats it, it seems to be never ending. When those who do give to one are then bombarded with others.
Yeah, I've noticed that as well, it's a conspiracy I tell you!
I wonder if there's going to become a point where advertising declines because no-one pays attention to it anymore?
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No, TV is ruining TV.
Heh, that is bad. Though, who came up with the term chav? and why did they rebrand scum/dross, chavs? Better still, why are they even getting their own shows? I don't recall anything like that on TV during the last decade...
Charities usually get less than 10% of the money donated, the rest goes on solicitor fees, which in turn makes our government/monarchy a whole lot richer, they are bound to bombard the TV with these adds.
It's the reason why people are handed out medals for charity work.
It's the reason why people are handed out medals for charity work.
There is some good content on TV. Most is available through Netflix and the likes, which are blissfully advert free
Because apparently these are one-off freak events, and the majority of the time everything is fine and dandy. Which is why we've been bombarded with these ad campaigns almost every day for the last 30+ years...
have you noticed how the amount has changed for the new year?
used to be £2 a month for little jimmy,
then it was £3 a month to save a Rhino,
now we move up a gear......since january
'for just £1 a week' you could save a child from dying,
god give me strength.
used to be £2 a month for little jimmy,
then it was £3 a month to save a Rhino,
now we move up a gear......since january
'for just £1 a week' you could save a child from dying,
god give me strength.
In my head I hear that as "'for just £1 a week' you could allow another child to grow old enough to breed, meaning even more starving mouths to feed, but hey, at least it keeps us in business!
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