Rayvin 4211 Posted Thursday at 18:22 Share Posted Thursday at 18:22 3 minutes ago, Polarboy said: Whinging that people like Reuben are doing PR for themselves by letting it be known that they do charity work is cutting your nose off to spite your face. Reuben gets PR, the foodbank gets PR, the foodbank gets an injection of money. It's a win, win, win surely. People walking round in sackcloth and ashes and not visibly doing charity work is little more than self satisfying moralising, which I think is worse than the self satisfaction that everyone gets when doing things for others.  I agree on that bit, it was the political donations I take more of an issue with. Anyway, this isn't the thread for it really. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 22390 Posted Thursday at 19:28 Share Posted Thursday at 19:28 (edited) 1 hour ago, Polarboy said: Whinging that people like Reuben are doing PR for themselves by letting it be known that they do charity work is cutting your nose off to spite your face. Reuben gets PR, the foodbank gets PR, the foodbank gets an injection of money. It's a win, win, win surely. People walking round in sackcloth and ashes and not visibly doing charity work is little more than self satisfying moralising, which I think is worse than the self satisfaction that everyone gets when doing things for others. I’m not whinging any more than I’m taken in by it tbh. I’ve said I’d rather he was doing it than he wasn’t but it’s a drop in the ocean compared to the public money he’s both taking them doubled down on by tax avoidance. Like others have said there’s nowt wrong with being realistic about the motives, etc. It’s a double edged sword because the regional investment is great and I’m not ashamed to say what they’re doing for the football club has a big positive impact on my mental health and how much pleasure I derive from it etc. Edited Thursday at 19:28 by Alex 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 22390 Posted Thursday at 19:29 Share Posted Thursday at 19:29 1 hour ago, Rayvin said:  I agree on that bit, it was the political donations I take more of an issue with. Anyway, this isn't the thread for it really. Say sorry 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Polarboy 1561 Posted Thursday at 20:13 Share Posted Thursday at 20:13 45 minutes ago, Alex said: I’m not whinging any more than I’m taken in by it tbh. I’ve said I’d rather he was doing it than he wasn’t but it’s a drop in the ocean compared to the public money he’s both taking them doubled down on by tax avoidance. Like others have said there’s nowt wrong with being realistic about the motives, etc. It’s a double edged sword because the regional investment is great and I’m not ashamed to say what they’re doing for the football club has a big positive impact on my mental health and how much pleasure I derive from it etc.  I was referring to the original tweet and article with my comment. Your comments have been reasonable, although I can't say I know much about the HMRC stuff etc. Sorry for the confusion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 22390 Posted Thursday at 20:22 Share Posted Thursday at 20:22 8 minutes ago, Polarboy said:  I was referring to the original tweet and article with my comment. Your comments have been reasonable, although I can't say I know much about the HMRC stuff etc. Sorry for the confusion. Cheers, mate. Sorry for going off on one. Nowt personal 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 4211 Posted Thursday at 20:27 Share Posted Thursday at 20:27 58 minutes ago, Alex said: I’m not ashamed to say what they’re doing for the football club has a big positive impact on my mental health and how much pleasure I derive from it etc.  Same. Funny how much difference in makes in life to have something to be happy about on the football side of things. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinRobin 5272 Posted Friday at 02:28 Share Posted Friday at 02:28 6 hours ago, Alex said: Cheers, mate. Sorry for going off on one. Nowt personal Rayvin-like behaviour that 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonpack 4948 Posted Friday at 06:41 Share Posted Friday at 06:41 Leaving aside the fact that foodbanks are an outrage, bottom line for me is the foodbank has had £100k more than it otherwise would have had, plus additional publicity, to denigrate that is pathetic IMO.  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 19969 Posted Friday at 06:59 Share Posted Friday at 06:59 14 hours ago, Polarboy said: Â Â Â That article is the worst thing I've ever read, and I've read KCG's novella. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinRobin 5272 Posted Friday at 08:41 Share Posted Friday at 08:41 1 hour ago, ewerk said: Â That article is the worst thing I've ever read, and I've read some of Fish's posts FYP 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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