raden wrote:
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

No I didn't - a "catastrophe" is relative to the individual, whether local
or area wide and irrespective of the cause.