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As an antidote to the poison being thrown at the RNLI, I give you Bill Bryson:
“I had never really stopped to consider what an extraordinary thing the Royal National Lifeboat Institution is. Think about it. A troubled ship calls for help, and eight people — teachers, plumbers, the guy who runs the pub — drop everything and put to sea, whatever the weather, asking no questions, imperilling their own lives, to try to help strangers. Is there anything more brave and noble than that?”
@clickhere @alanferrier unfortunately there's almost always poison been thrown at the RNLI over the last few years.
They keep on insisting on going out to sea to save migrants on the small boats & not leaving them to mercy of the sea as too many people on the right would prefer them to do. The recent protests in Portsmouth were related to the RNLI helping to save 140 migrants.
I've donated to the RNLI monthly for a few years now - started the last time this kicked off
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@alanferrier Wait, stop, back up: there's poison being thrown at the RNLI!??