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Red nosed or red faced? - Posted on 2009-03-08 12:40:22

TERRORTUBBY
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Copy of an NABD related blog that may interest you....

"Some years ago the NABD were approached by some people from the BBC who were involved in making the short film sections relating to different causes on Comic Relief day. They wanted a short piece about the NABD to include in the ‘Disabled People’ section of the programme.
We agreed to this and a dozen of us spent a long freezing-cold day filming in the Peak District for what was planned to be a thirty second piece of the five minute section to do with disabilities.

Some weeks later I had a call from the director saying that they were so pleased with the film and the positive image it portrayed of disabled people pro-actively helping each other that they were going to make it the lead two-minute feature of the disabilities section.
Obviously we were rather proud of this and happy to see the BBC moving away from the ‘pat the poor drooling cripple on the head’ type of image they had previously favoured when dealing with disability related charities. We wrote to all of our members and supporters and to the bike press encouraging people to support Comic Relief and to look out for our bit on the day.

The BBC sent me a video of the piece and our bit was set to the song “I Wasn’t Born to Follow” off the Easy Rider soundtrack. It was really impressive and showed disabled people reclaiming their independence and living life to the full (and looking cool doing it).

Then three days before Red Nose day I had another call from the BBC director saying “I’m really sorry about this Rick but we’ve had to edit the NABD piece out completely!” There had been a meeting to finalise the running order for Comic Relief and one of the presenters, a tenth rate media nobody called Emma Freud (daughter of the MP Clement Freud who’s only notable contribution to British society was a set of dog food adverts where he was up-staged by a baggy faced dog) had objected to our inclusion on the basis that “Comic Relief should not be associating itself with bikers” and the rest of them agreed so the piece was dropped.

It has pained me every year to see hundreds, if not thousands, of bikers getting involved in fund-raising for a charity that is controlled by people who so obviously despise bikers. I for one will never support such a cause in any shape or form and I urge all other bikers to take the same stand!

So please don’t send me any Red Nose related requests. As far as I’m concerned Comic Relief and the bigoted ***FILTERED WORD*** e that control it can kiss my hairy arse!

Professor Pierre O'spuds"

Perhaps the real question is should bikers associate themselves with comic relief?

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NABD Projects Coordinator
projects@thenabd.org.uk

I ain't bitter just twisted

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	Red nosed or red faced? - Posted on 2009-03-08 12:50:32
hastie 750cc Boy Racer Joined: Monday, April 24, 2006 Posts: 195 Location: catterick United Kingdom	Well said TT.Lets face it ...........in todays money climate..........charity stays at home.As were speaking about this........every year we as a nation are asked to contribute to this cause.Surely now after all these years these people in these countries.ie africa have sorted themselfs out or better still sorted their corrupt govertments out.I also recently read an articule on U2 who keep their money off shore so the irish govertment cant get it........which means the tax cant be taken for these countries in africa and here was me thinking U2 werent into world poverty. Rant over --

	Red nosed or red faced? - Posted on 2009-03-08 13:35:27
Kawaha 1300cc Superstar Joined: Friday, February 10, 2006 Posts: 627 Location: Suffolk United Kingdom	Well thats quite enlightening isnt it! Let the Stars/Celebs/Footballers give their money away, lets face it they have enough of it! --

	Red nosed or red faced? - Posted on 2009-03-08 15:46:36
the_ox 1300cc Superstar Joined: Saturday, October 30, 2004 Posts: 8803 Location: London United Kingdom	Yet Kawa, you have forgotten our taxes pay for these countries, the bankers who have fked our economy. We still pay tax, where it goes is anyones guess. Time for change. And *FILTERED WORD* Charities for over seas help our poor and pensioners first. Sod a dying african/chinese/anything. HOME COMES FIRST -- If you can keep your head while all about you are losing theirs, you probably haven't grasped the seriousness of the situation!

	Red nosed or red faced? - Posted on 2009-03-08 16:07:18
TERRORTUBBY 400cc Rider Joined: Monday, January 24, 2005 Posts: 59 Location: manchester United Kingdom	http://apps.facebook.com/causes/240513/23697703?m=2c16bad3 Have a looky see, it's a growing thing so it is. i'm a bad chap to be sure;-) It'd be interesting to find out how much " comic relief " spends on sending all these so called celebrities all over the place on jollies climbing mountains and shedding the odd crocodile tear to raise awareness of the plight of all these kids. i can't help but think the recent jolly to kilimanjaro cost a bloody fortune and could well have covered the cost of the odd village school or well many times over. Any "celeb" who goes off on one of these jollies is pursuing a personal agenda to raise their own profile within the media and should be bloody ashamed of themselves. Bloody media whores!! -- NABD Projects Coordinator projects@thenabd.org.uk I ain't bitter just twisted

	Red nosed or red faced? - Posted on 2009-03-08 17:37:28
the_ox 1300cc Superstar Joined: Saturday, October 30, 2004 Posts: 8803 Location: London United Kingdom	QFA "Any "celeb" who goes off on one of these jollies is pursuing a personal agenda to raise their own profile within the media and should be bloody ashamed of themselves. Bloody media whores!!" -- If you can keep your head while all about you are losing theirs, you probably haven't grasped the seriousness of the situation!

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