New Year's Honours

[Stargazer]

Have any of you commented on these yet?

[baza]

joeluke posted one at 21,45

[dotty.]

I don't understand the lack of congratulations from ABers to the recipients, the awards are now transparent and have to be validated voted on and justified, who are we to sit on our butts at a laptop and diss the selection and shortlisting process and then the published list?

[ChillDoubt]

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/News/Question1201665.html

[DaisyNonna]

Validated by whom? Civil servants? What have they done to achieve recognition?

[dotty.]

read the published citations to find out what people have done to deserve their honour,

[dotty.]

and we all have the right to nominate someone, if you feel someone you know or have encountered deserves the nomination

[dotty.]

Julien Fellowes is on the committee, he's a bright guy.

[ChillDoubt]

Agree wholeheartedly with both your comments. I'm fed up of reading elsewhere on the net about 'all he does is ride a bike' and 'where are the awards for soldiers, nurses, carers etc'.
Many ordinary people have been honoured, it's just that most don't take the time to read the honours list in full.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/honours-list/9768920/New-Year-Honours-2013-full-list-of-recipients.html

I'm always peeved at those who rubbish the efforts of true sportsmen, those who are a little gifted but apply themsleves and strive to become the best that they can possibly be. Furthermore, I get fed up of hearing 'Oh, sportsmen have it easy'. Some do(mainly footballers) but look at our Olympic rowers, driven to the point of exhaustion, having to be lifted from a boat as they are physically spent from their gargantuan physical efforts.
For those who say 'all he does is ride a bike' then I expect those people to be on the podium in yellow next year at the end of the Champs Elysees, the newly crowned champions of the most physically demanding 3 week sporting event in the world.

Rant over!

[ChillDoubt]

Should read:
Agree wholeheartedly with both your comments dotty.

[gness]

Chilldoubt.....May I second your rant? And add that many of these sports men and women give so much back behind the scenes.

[ChillDoubt]

By all means gness. As I said, the ordinary person in the street does get recognition, as proven by the list. Sportsmen and women get singled out because they are nationally and (sometimes) globally recognised, hence they make the headlines.
Let's not forget too that through the efforts of Wiggins and Team Sky cycle sales are up 33% and the Tour de France starts in Leeds in 2014, with 3 stages in the UK. Tourism and commerce will benefit as a result, not to mention adults and children alike getting off the sofa and getting out there and doing it.