ChangesPosted by Stuart McLean on 5-9-2009 20:25

Actually I think the whole thing is symptomatic of a generation used to getting everything for nothing. Brion Gysin once said 'People are Sh***s Darling' and he had it about right. When you asked for VOLUNTARY contributions people read that as 'FREE'. If people can get away with it then they will. Conscience doesn't come into it for most people in this country. Recently, Liverpool council tried to ape the Copenhagen thing of filling the city with free bikes. Just take one when you need one and park it up somewhere when you arrive. The only rule...don't take it outside the city boundaries. It works a treat. However, in Liverpool it took less than two days for all the bikes to disappear. Sad

Having said all that, in a slightly superior manner, I have never made any contributions to sites that I have used that ask for voluntary contributions. I guess we all think that someone else will be taking care of that... sorry!! Sad