To think the slebs on most of comic relief are a bunch of self promoting arseholes?

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they are just doing it to get on the telly - AGAIN

that lot on the apprentice last night
Jonathon Ross
Carol Voderman etc etc

is there anything they wouldn't do?

bet most of them give hee haw to charity the rest of the year

wish there was another way to put forward this cause without making it an ego trip for all the eegits

So you already knew there were babies dying every 30 seconds from Malaria, good for you, i didnt, it certainly raised an awareness with me that i wouldnt have got from cross/msf/oxfam

Comic relief is like every other TV programme, if you no likely, you can switchy off, and go and read an Oxfam pamphlet or something

you mean these

And i think unless its in your face, people are not aware, CR is in your face, thats why it raises so much money, far more in one day than most charities do in a year, im sure

Grow up.

Even if they are twats, they're raising sums of money that you or I couldn't.

They're also raising more money than they could afford by just writing a cheque.

We should be proud that Comic Relief is such a continuing institution. That's down to the dedication of Richard Curtis et al. They didn't have to maintain their dedication to the cause for 15-20 years like they have. They could have let it just drift away like Comic Relief did in the USA.

I'm willing to put up with slebs I can't stand infecting my TV because the whole nation gets focused on helping others for a while.

PadDad well said

the thing that struck me when I was watching the piece last night where the twin babies had malaria and one died, was that when they spoke to the mother she was fairly composed and able to speak to them. For people in these countries death is so much a part of life that even their reactions to it are different iyswim. I wondered how many babies she might have lost already, and how many she might lose in the future.

Exactly padDad

DS2 is on the wait list for a young carers group that CR has helpe; ds3 only speaks (IMO) because children in need got him access to a SALT before it was too late (was stuck on waiting lists here for ages).

I cried in the class CR assembly today becuase its people like me at the receiving end and none of the poeple know that but are still doing all they can to give.

Makes me massively proud of our communities: eople focus on teenage hoodies / etc etc and totally forget the way people come together for things like this.

Slebs or non sleb, its a fab thing.

"Grow Up" is such a facile response, particularly when no one is actually being childish. It is allowed that some people loathe celeb charidee TV, and choose to be a little bit cynical about their motives. That isn't childish or immature.

dd's sn school awlays support comic relief and children in need, sweet considering thay are children in need

YABU for all the reasons said above.

And i think if you bother to watch the CR programme, its not all about celebs doing stupid things, inbetween that they show where the money goes and why the money is needed, for people like Peachy and others, unless you watch it you are not aware these people exist

Well said PadDad and Peachy.

Normally I am as cynical as they come but I think CR is a very good thing.

I do think that charity is a personal thing in terms of that people should have the choice whether to give to certain charities or not. I remember a company I used to work for used to have a dress down day, but you had to pay money regardless, and that I don't agree with as people should have the right to donate or not.

However I don't think that people should be criticised for the way they choose to help their charities of choice..

If people don't like that they are free not to watch it.

Wigglesworth your post got a bit lost in the emotofest that followed. You are very funny.

But how can you despise someone you have never met I cant understand why people watch it if they are going to moan endlessly afterwards

Yes but being cynical about people's motives is the easiest way to stop yourself giving/helping.

As if their motives mattered, in the great scheme of things!

Some of them are clearly self-serving.
Some of them are clearly highly motivated to help others.
Some of them may start out self-serving, then get changed/educated by the experience, or indeed by getting more mature.
Hasn't parenthood made most of us more empathetic, for example?

How can we know where they are on that continuum? And who cares?

Vinegar, I didn't watch the documentary, you are right I haven't met her, I don't know her. Maybe despise her is a strong word, she just comes across as a complete annoying arse on screen/radio. If she is a lovely person she should bring it to the screen once in a while. Please let me hate her it's all I have, I actually like watching her so I can get pissed off, it's the sadist in me. My DH likes to watch Gordon Brown and that thing he does when he breathes in, he hates it and everytime says "why the fuck does he do that" and gets really mad.

I am cycnical about the celebrities, I still give money to charity.

Wigglesworth, is your husband also my husband? I think he might be, or they were separated at birth.

Does he hate Gordon Brown too? My husband doesn't mind Fearne Cotton too much, only cos he saw a picture of her in a bikini and he said she looked alright (shallow git).

Who cares why they do it? Do people give money to Comic Relief? Does it raise awareness? Then all good.

Gordon Brown has to make that face. It gives him time to think up another lie/lack of apology.

I remember a scleb saying once that they dont cry when out in these incredibly poor countries. The reason being is because they feel that their own tears are of self pity rather than empathy.
Fearne Cotton passing out was probably because she is so thin she needs some food!

I was amazed at the mother of the twin who passed away. She was so strong.
I dont really care who is on my Television raising money. If it makes the selfish, lazy self-interested people in this country wake up and realise that having a new car and flat screen Tv isnt that important after all.

Ps didnt Cherly Cole moan

DH's loathing of Gordon Brown is almost psychopathic. He derives immense enjoyment from how angry the current government make him. I've warned him, you're going to be really disappointed when the Tories get in, you'll have nothing to moan about.

I have never felt such anger about anyone. But GB really makes me shout at his image. In the paper, on the tv even more when it is just his fake english accent on the radio.

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YABU - even if some of their motives are suspect does it really matter?

It tales a heart of steel not to weep when children are shown dying of malaria for the sake of a net that costs pennies. I don't think those children give a toss about the motives of Davina and co. They just want to live.

And Jack dee was very funny. The line about the chairs made me and dh laugh out loud.