"Steve Haywood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On 24/10/06, Adrian Stott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> >> " >> Boatyards, pubs, and tourism sites are businesses. Why should they be >> run otherwise? > > > > Because the canals are primarily a national heritage, not a business > opportunity. And that is the problem with BW at the moment: they are > treating the waterways solely as a business, and sadly, year on year, we > see > how this is destroying what we we value most about the cut. When Holt > Abbot > and the other pioneers started their first hire firms, they did it not > just > to earn money, but to earn a living for themselves in a way that would > preserve a way of life and evangelize an environment they valued. When > Tony > Matts first came across Foxton it was a derelict site; his concern for the > fabric of what he found ensured that it would survive when other similar > sites across the country fell into ruin. Commitment like that deserves > respect. > > Do you have no feeling for the history of cut and the thousands of people > like Tony that have ensured its survival? Or is everything for you a > souless > matter of counting beans, reducible to a business plan and a bottom line? > Are people to be disposed of after they fulfilled their purpose? > > I am only hoping that your view of the development of the waterways isn't > in > any sense an official view of SOW. My God, don't I sometimes miss that > shambling old rock off Coronation, a waterways man with real integrity and > understanding...
Well said..... -- Regards Michael Clarke Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://users.skynet.be/sky34301/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
