Oh, dear.
I rest my case.
No, actually, I think I'll rest it in a moment................
Fiona,
The ill-punctuated, semi-literate drivel that you have just posted makes my point far more eloquently than I ever could. However, I shall attempt to explain in words short enough for you to understand:
MW (as I replied in an earlier post) may or may not have had shortcomings as a manager. FWIW, it is my belief that he is ill-equipped for the role in a company the size that ours now is, whereas he was able to muddle-through when it was smaller. I do not believe that he is basically dishonest, as you have suggested and, yes I do have direct experience on which to base this opinion. HOWEVER, I believe utterly that everyone is entitled to a fair hearing and decent treatment (even one as distorted and bitter as you appear to be) and it ill-behoves anyone to kick a man when he is as comprehensively 'down' as MW is at the moment, whatever the perceived injustice may have been.
You are, indeed, entitled to your opinion. It is, at least partly, to contribute to the preservation of that freedom that I served my Country for 12 years as a military Officer. I stand by your right to hold it even (especially?) when it is as crass, bigoted and poorly-expressed as yours.
I'm not sure where in your corrupted version of discussion the RBL Poppy Appeal crept in but, for the record, I do not earn £70K a year (can't imagine where you got that idea). However, from what I do earn I give to charities a significant three-figure sum annually (the exact amount is between me, my conscience and the tax-man) by Gift Aid - a far more effective form of giving than a counter-top tin, as I am sure you know. Oh, and yes, it does include the Poppy Appeal.
Lastly, I fancy that readers of this thread will form their own opinions as to who struggles with "..conveying a message..".
I repeat: get back under your stone.
OK. NOW I rest my case.
