cap n chris
Well-known member
Right, or wrong?
What is a BFC? Definitions*, please.
What is a BFC? Definitions*, please.
Not necessarily.cap 'n chris said:Is "someone who wants to be a better caver, who has caved, is caving and will continue to cave" a BFC?
Peter Burgess said:...like someone coming onto this forum, making out they are caver, but acutally having a sinister reason for infiltrating the caving world.
Wot like a bona fide member of parliamentPeter Burgess said:I wonder if the term bona fide is being misapplied here. It seems a more appropriate term for someone offering a service e.g. a bona fide financial adviser, one who provides his or her service in good faith, and does not have an overriding hidden agenda to serve him or herself preferentially.
A caver who is not bona fide is by this definition is pretending to be a caver for a hidden purpose, like someone coming onto this forum, making out they are caver, but acutally having a sinister reason for infiltrating the caving world.
whitelackington said:Wot like a bona fide member of parliament
one who selflessly acts for the good of his constituents but does not aim to increase his own wealth at the expense of the public,
like say Tony Blair.
shortscotsman said:I think the term is commonly misused: "with bone fides" means having the documents to establish one's good faith.
A non-club caver could easily be a bona fide caver but not have bone fides