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As my brother got one, we've played this game a few times and it very much depends what you got it for. Did you spend many years, day in, day out, selflessly caring for others in your community? Then maybe recognition with an honour might be meaningful. Did you get it for being a donor to Dave? Then maybe an honour is just payment.
You have to have a reason why you get nominated, otherwise, saying you wouldn't is just a meaningless statement.
Though its perfectly possible to argue that plenty of deserving people aren't honoured - and some who are probably ought not to have been - I like the tradition of the honours system.
Theres nothing I've ever done to warrant one - but I'd definitely accept if I had.
Not only do I think less of people who do accept them, I really apptreciate people like Danny Boyle and Phil Scraton who declined the awards for ethical reasons.
Remember, it's easier to criticise than create!
The whole system should be scrapped imho
Obviously I'd never accept one, however I apparently already have a share in one as the CEO of the Council where I work said when she picked up her MBE that she was accepting on behalf of all her staff. Personally I thought that was a load of old bollocks...
If your intentions are just then you don't need validation.
There are millions of us, and without us (and the female equivalent) the country would be fucked.
I don't need letters before or after my name to validate me.
- percentage of people who claim they'd act out of principle and refuse honours/cash etc in such a theoretical situation = remarkably high
- percentage of people who actually do when put to the test = remarkably low
Call me an old cynic but my conclusion is that an awful lot of people out there are flattering themselves, or trying to delude the rest of us about the nobility of their character.