I had a chat with a colleague recently who told me that "Clarion" clubs (both for choirs and cycling - in Birmingham) - meant a group of people who would get together and sing (choir) anything that any Clarion member wrote simply because it was a rule of the organization NOT to criticize/critique anything anyone wrote. So a good wordsmith with a poor tune would be "congratulated" as would a good tunesmith with poor lyrics. She suggested that it was the rule NOT to change anything submitted. I'm not sure what this meant for cyclists, especially at busy road junctions...

Now can anyone confirm or add to this comment?

And, if this pleasant/incredibly stupid logic persists through into parenthood, can we then try and understand why children of today think that the sun shines out of their fundamental orifice?

Can anyone substantiate this socialist domination theory?

Thanks for any enlightenment!