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Are national honours such as the CD or OJ being awarded too casually? [1135 votes total]

Yes (808)
 71%
No (269)
 24%
Undecided (58)
 5%


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Posted By: Derrick Morgan

Posted On: Sep 25, 2009
Views: 2736
awards

Imagine this the fastest man alive went to a dance, (he love going to them and he is young) and a young lady offer him sex he accepts it then in the morning the young lady says she did not give consent, now he is foun guilty in the court of law then what. the Rt Hon in jail, come on people help me to educate Mr BOLT SO HE CAN REFUSE THIS AWARD HE HAS THE RIGHT TO REFUSE THATS IS IF HE REALLY KNOW WHAT THEY OFFERED HIM AND THE RESPONSIBILITY THAT COMES WITH IT LET THE YOUNG MAN ENJOY HIS YOUTH PLEASEEEEE THANKS


Posted By: Forge

Posted On: Sep 24, 2009
Views: 2672
Different Awards.

We should have different awards for lifetime service and achievement on a grand scale. I.e. That lifetime award would go to people like Father Holong (SP?) who has helped a lot of desperately poor people for many many years. While the Achievement award would go to people like Bolt who basically made the planet sit up and go: "WTF?"

This isn't a new concept by any means. In the military a soldier fresh out of basic training could charge onto the battlefield, blow up a few tanks, get shot in the leg and go home with a dozen different medals for valor etc... All without every being promoted. Meanwhile a slower less aggressive warrior can go throgh a bunch of battles and gradually make his way to general

Even more troublesome is the naming of major infrastructure after people who are walking around and able to make new mistakes. Imagine if 25 years ago, when Mugabe was as respected as Nelson Mandela, we had gone out and named a road after him. Would we rename it today or live with the shame? I say that kind of honor should be reserved for dead people.

Most troublesome of all is when awards are given out and you have to ask: "What did that guy do?" That should NEVER happen. When you give out awards, you should make it absolutely clear, well in advance just how much this person deserves the particular honor.

On a related point. We really should stop using "Honorable" as a job title. The taxi man who discovers your purse in his cab, searches throgh it for an address and returns it with all your cash and cards intact acts Honorably. The Minister who organizes a racket to funnel money into his own pocket from an otherwise useful government program dose not.


Posted By: tj

Posted On: Sep 24, 2009
Views: 2365
CD/OJ

Bolt is too young and carefree right now. he needs time to grow and mature. you will expect a person holding an OJ to behave in a certain manner and i dont think Bolt is going to change his personality to fit that. when he gets older and it out of his wild years, then he should be given that honour.


 
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