"Bob Wood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> And we have BW withdrawing from a policy (reducing the number of >> linear moorings it provides) which many on the waterways want to see >> applied. >> >> And we have BW caving in as soon as someone says "Boo!", showing a >> weakness that will surely be exploited by other such groups. > >No. We have BW seeking to achieve their aims by fairer means - >exactly as they say!
Fair? Based on what criteria? On my estimation, "fair" is when both parties to a contract abide by its terms. Bludgeoning (politically) one party into letting the other violate them is less fair, not fairer. I interpret what BW has said is "We've lost our nerve, so here's an excuse to cover our failure to act". This looks to me far more like an abandonment of the policy than a temporary setback. I don't know if I will get this quote from The Frost Report right, but roughly (as an extract for interpreting government-speak): (a) "Soon" - "Never" (b) "In the fullness of time" - "Never" (c) "Never" - "As soon as we can get away with it" This is a case of (a), IMHO. simon hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >In these uncertain times on the waterways , shouldn't we all be sticking >together and helping each other out ? Certainly, where we have common goals. I don't share your goals. In fact, I oppose some of them. (BTW, all times are uncertain) >Would you mind telling the group how exactly I violate the terms of my >mooring ? I understand that these moorings were let by BW as non-residential However, I am informed that a number of these moorings are being used residentially. This has been confirmed by public pronouncements by some of the moorers, that I have seen reported in a manner I believe to be credible, and used in the moorers' campaign as a significant part of their justification for rejecting the alternative nearby (non-residential) moorings offered them by BW. . This falls within my definition of a violation of terms. >Please tell me what I have done wrong and I will give you a full apology here >on the group and across the waterways forums I subscribe to . >If however you are in the wrong I expect the same from you ! Go for it. >as I think your comments are petty and small minded to say the least and are >unfit for airing in public ! Translation of the above sentence: "I disagree with you, and don't like to have my views and image questioned". Adrian Adrian Stott 07956-299966
