In message , Brian G
writes
raden wrote:
In message , "dennis@home"
writes

"Andy Hall" wrote in message
...
On 2007-07-21 18:58:59 +0100, Frank Erskine
said:

On Sat, 21 Jul 2007 10:43:02 -0700, Weatherlawyer
wrote:

Looking at the news where some had been hit by 3 times the normal
monthly rainfall falling in one day, I heard one victim
complaining that the local council were not helping him.

Surely it ought to be his insurance company that should be helping
him...
(Not necessarily only financially).

Precisely.

Why people have the mentaility that some public sector organisation
should be obliged to help them rather than their taking
responsibility for themselves, never ceases to amaze me.


Just wait until your house is on fire.. I bet you want public
services then.
There's a world of difference between a house fire and an area wide
catastrophe

Try telling that to the people involved in a house fire - and no public
sector should be obliged to help - other than under their legal
obligations.

You missed my point

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geoff