To not want to give money to Children in Need?

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I know I'm being unreasonable, but I just hate the BBC at the moment and keep wondering if they're going to give the fucking money to the victims of Savile Scum Sucking Bottom Feeder Paedophile Sicko so they can pay for some counselling

It just seems to hypocritical seeing them being all jolly 'n' stuff when people out there are suffering.

you are not giving money to the BBC

but no one forces you to donate so I don;t think yanbu or yabu

Don't then

Then don't, nobody is forcing you to.

Give directly to a charity other than children in need then in you want, YANBU to not want to go through the BBC after recent revelations.

I think that's an irrational OP, Op!

but you choose which charities to give to. CIN has never been one of mine and I object to funding an evening of shit through my licence fee.

It's just making me sick seeing them on tv getting all excited. I know the money's not going to them, but they're just a bunch of hypocrites. How many more paedophiles are they still employing, they seem to have a track record of it

Children Need Protecting From The BBC from what I can see.

I'll give the money to something else.

I'm donating to my local hospice instead. I don't want anything to do with children in need.

I am so angry at the BBC.

YABU for the reasons you state.

The children are IN NEED, not the BBC..

The money given to children need is basically a big pot that other charities apply to for funding.

Yes, the children may very well be in need, but do you think they're the right people to be doing this? They should be ashamed of themselves

They should not be fronting this, it's disgusting. They are disgusting.

Are they going to set up a charity to help the victims of their organisation?

Why are you watching BBC if it makes you so sick you caan't donate to charity?

Don't donate if you don't want to but I fail to see why you need to start a thread about it, especially since there are about 57 million others.

The BBC don't 'do' anything other than raise the funds though. I don't see the problem. Many charities benefit with a wide range of services surviving solely on children in need money. The BBC don't do work the with children.

YABU in that some of the money raised by CiN will go to charities who support children who have suffered abuse. Not donating to CiN doesn't hurt the BBC but it does hurt those charitable organisations who benefit from the donations if there is less money to go around.

however, YANBU to choose a different charity to support.

At least look up some of the charities who benefit and donate directly my work to make sure I've got a job to go back to!!

So don't.

The only things I watch is Holby City and the news (which is biased these days anyway because they're so busy trying to cover their arses). I watch nothing else as I'm not interested.

You are not permitted to have a tv in this country unless you pay the BBC, which I also resent.

Would you rather they cancelled it this year and didn't raise money for charity? Or would you like them to come on and say "we're not going to do fun and jolly this year. Why not watch us while we have a serious debate about child abuse instead. All evening."

The net effect of either will be less money for children's charities.

But feel free to give the money you would otherwise have donted to it to another charity instead, if you prefer.

I think they should show a bit of humility instead of just glossing over what's happened. I think they should cancel it this year and encourage people to donate money to childrens charities instead. Yes, it won't be as much fun, but a lot of people aren't feeling very funny because of these revelations.

since the JS saga has come to light I have not watched the BBC.

I think like the NOtW the BBC should be shut down.

The causes are still worthwhile.

On a slight tangent, I object to being shouted at by wealthy celebs to donate to causes they could entirely solve themselves with a few weeks' pay.

It should be shut down McChristmasPants They're a load of pompous, arrogants twats with a sense of entitlement

dh phoned them to tell them that there is no one living in our flood wrecked house and he got the licence transferred to the apartment. Guess what? We've had threatening letters about our home address not having a tv licence now

NO, THAT'S BECAUSE IT'S FUCKING UNINHABITABLE AND THERE IS NO ELECTRICITY NEVER MIND A WORKING TELEVISION YOU BASTARDS!

YABVU

you are making a 'stand' against a charity while still enjoying programmes on the BBC. That doesn't sound like double standards at all.

YABU

There are a huge number of people working for the BBC and the recent allegations are about a handful of them. Some of the people giving their time and effort to children in need won't have even been born when all this stuff was going on.