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Why should the the Fairford Air Tattoo be a Charity?

I will not die quietly | 30.09.2010 14:22

The Fairford Air Tattoo's accounts show only 0.3% of their sales go to helping injured service personnel. Meanwhile it touts advertises the obscene logic of the military industrial complex and swarms of bombers and fighters are flow across the world for a weekends outing with no regard to their CO2 emissions at a time when every other thinking person is being asked to do everything in their power to cut emissions.

There is something wrong when bombing is made more family friendly than climate change. If you think this is outrageous, then complain to the charities commission.
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A military jamboree or a charity?

The Fairford Air Tattoo's accounts show only 0.3% of their sales go to helping injured service personnel. Meanwhile it touts advertises the obscene logic of the military industrial complex and swarms of bombers and fighters are flow across the world for a weekends outing with no regard to their CO2 emissions at a time when every other thinking person is being asked to do everything in their power to cut emissions.

There is something wrong when bombing is made more family friendly than climate change. If you think this is outrageous, then complain to the charities commission. Full article

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