Comments on: So very different in Italy http://lordsoftheblog.net/2008/03/04/so-very-different-in-italy/ Life and Work in the House of Lords Wed, 16 May 2012 20:40:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Bedd Gelert http://lordsoftheblog.net/2008/03/04/so-very-different-in-italy/comment-page-1/#comment-20 Bedd Gelert Mon, 24 Mar 2008 21:15:58 +0000 http://lordsoftheblog.wordpress.com/?p=127#comment-20 Unwarranted criticism !!?? My sister is a nurse and so are many of my friends. I don't doubt that some nurses like to party, but he seemed to be insinuating that all nurses are promiscuous alcoholics. You may not think his remarks were that bad, but the perception is otherwise to the readers of the 'Bath Chronicle' - so if he really has been misrepresented that badly, I think you should try and cover what he was actually trying to say in one of your posts. It certainly hasn't improved the inaccurate but all too widespread perception of the Lords as being out of touch and 'having a better pot..', if you know what I mean. He may well feel that he was simply reporting accurately his experience, but since 'generalisations are generally wrong', it wouldn't be beneath him to apologise graciously for the nurses who do work very hard and conscientiously for his care. That said, I am very lucky in not having been in hospital for a long time, and my tune might change if I did have to stay there. But my dad had to stay in hospital for a month before Christmas [not in Bath, or even in England] and was very well cared, and catered for. Unwarranted criticism !!?? My sister is a nurse and so are many of my friends. I don’t doubt that some nurses like to party, but he seemed to be insinuating that all nurses are promiscuous alcoholics. You may not think his remarks were that bad, but the perception is otherwise to the readers of the ‘Bath Chronicle’ – so if he really has been misrepresented that badly, I think you should try and cover what he was actually trying to say in one of your posts.

It certainly hasn’t improved the inaccurate but all too widespread perception of the Lords as being out of touch and ‘having a better pot..’, if you know what I mean. He may well feel that he was simply reporting accurately his experience, but since ‘generalisations are generally wrong’, it wouldn’t be beneath him to apologise graciously for the nurses who do work very hard and conscientiously for his care.

That said, I am very lucky in not having been in hospital for a long time, and my tune might change if I did have to stay there. But my dad had to stay in hospital for a month before Christmas [not in Bath, or even in England] and was very well cared, and catered for.

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