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New Years Honours List
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The great and the good are duly honoured:
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I agree with some, others not so but invariably that’s how it always is, everyone has their opinions.
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I agree with some, others not so but invariably that’s how it always is, everyone has their opinions.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I disagree with a great many of them. Why?
Because they have invariably done “great” things, not necessarily for the good of others, but primarily for themselves. I don't deny that some of them have helped a lot of people on the way but that wasn’t their goal. Their goal was personal aggrandisement and wealth.
I would like to see the honours list *primarily* comprise of 'ordinary' people who have selflessly given their time and sometimes their money to help those less fortunate than themselves. These are the 'nobodies' in society who do things not for their own benefit or their own 'brand' but instead do things out of the goodness of their hearts.
Knighthoods for Alastair Cook and Philip Pullman? Really? A very good cricketer and a very good author. They deserve knighthoods? Sheesh! Not in my book they don't – and I'm a Pullman fan.
Because they have invariably done “great” things, not necessarily for the good of others, but primarily for themselves. I don't deny that some of them have helped a lot of people on the way but that wasn’t their goal. Their goal was personal aggrandisement and wealth.
I would like to see the honours list *primarily* comprise of 'ordinary' people who have selflessly given their time and sometimes their money to help those less fortunate than themselves. These are the 'nobodies' in society who do things not for their own benefit or their own 'brand' but instead do things out of the goodness of their hearts.
Knighthoods for Alastair Cook and Philip Pullman? Really? A very good cricketer and a very good author. They deserve knighthoods? Sheesh! Not in my book they don't – and I'm a Pullman fan.
I still don't think that the likes of Pullman etc. deserve to be knighted. One of my favourite authors of all time is/was Terry Pratchett. He too was awarded a knighthood despite him remarking that he wrote books to entertain himself rather than others. He famously said, “Writing is the most fun you can have by yourself.”.
Did he deserve a knighthood? In my opinion, no. Was he brilliant? In, my opinion, yes.
Did he deserve a knighthood? In my opinion, no. Was he brilliant? In, my opinion, yes.
I still don't think that the likes of Pullman etc. deserve to be knighted. One of my favourite authors of all time is/was Terry Pratchett. He too was awarded a knighthood despite him remarking that he wrote books to entertain himself rather than others.
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Yet he had no qualms about putting them into print and making a fortune, so good luck to him(not that he’s had much lately with his cruel illness).
Furthermore, neither refused their awards as some do so they didn’t have a problem being honoured in such a manner.
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Yet he had no qualms about putting them into print and making a fortune, so good luck to him(not that he’s had much lately with his cruel illness).
Furthermore, neither refused their awards as some do so they didn’t have a problem being honoured in such a manner.