by The Rouge »
05 Sep 2012 13:45
Alexander Litvinenko As an IPS it has a legal (and verified) obligation to be democratic, and it does this completely.
But it represents its members, as any membership organisation does.
Just because there are a whole lot of people who want the benefits of representation as a right, without being prepared to put anything at all in (even a relatively small sum like £10 a year) doesn't make it undemocratic.
If people want to change it then join it and change it - but sitting on the sidelines sniping whilst saying "I'm not joining because they don't represent me" is a frankly pathetic argument.
With respect Dirkers, I don't think you get it. If you think something:
- won't represent you
- is elitist
- is self-promotional
- is occasionally embarrasing
- supports the clapper/rumblestix/music after goals breed of fans that is out of touch with many traditional football fans
then to suggest that people are being 'pathetic' if they don't join it and change it from the inside seems waaay out of touch to me.
And it really isn't about the tenner.