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| Thread ID: 58316 | 2005-05-28 04:37:00 | Tidle wave victims. | Cicero (40) | PC World Chat |
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| 359119 | 2005-05-28 04:37:00 | Why I never give,same with the Geldhoff thing. www.telegraph.co.uk |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 359120 | 2005-05-28 04:43:00 | Why I never give..... www.telegraph.co.uk And here was me thinking the reason you never gave was something else entirely ... pressf1.pcworld.co.nz |
godfather (25) | ||
| 359121 | 2005-05-28 04:43:00 | I see. So it is better not to give in case it gets squandered, than to give and in case it goes to good and valid use? Your logic is as bad as your spelling, but nowhere near as bad as your choice of names. | vinref (6194) | ||
| 359122 | 2005-05-28 04:59:00 | I see. So it is better not to give in case it gets squandered, than to give and in case it goes to good and valid use? Your logic is as bad as your spelling, but nowhere near as bad as your choice of names. Dear me we must have offended this beastly fellow. :thumbs: I believe GF that about 15% of gildoff thing found it's way to the Africans. I have no desire to donate to the the middlemen. |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 359123 | 2005-05-28 05:03:00 | I agree with Cicero - what's the point in giving when it ends up in the wrong pockets. I think it would have been better to send clothes and items of practical use, rather than just money. | manicminer (4219) | ||
| 359124 | 2005-05-28 05:29:00 | How is an extra pair of pants going to help rebuild a house swept away by the waves? | vinref (6194) | ||
| 359125 | 2005-05-28 06:26:00 | It won't. What a silly question. | manicminer (4219) | ||
| 359126 | 2005-05-28 06:30:00 | I agree it's scandalous that so much goes on the middlepersons but ask yourself Cicero, didn't you support the idea that "everyting should be run on business principles, in a business like manner"? Charity is a mutli-billion dollar industry. The staff are paid a salary 'commensurate with their skills" to attract 'the best and the brightest" blah blah. What can you expect? When I was loafing around India (about 20 yrs ago) well-heeled foriegners (and you are well-heeled if yr travelling far from home) would say to me "Don't give money to beggars, they make a living out it." :confused: :confused: |
mark c (247) | ||
| 359127 | 2005-05-28 06:48:00 | I agree it's scandalous that so much goes on the middlepersons but ask yourself Cicero, didn't you support the idea that "everyting should be run on business principles, in a business like manner"? Charity is a mutli-billion dollar industry. The staff are paid a salary 'commensurate with their skills" to attract 'the best and the brightest" blah blah. What can you expect? When I was loafing around India (about 20 yrs ago) well-heeled foriegners (and you are well-heeled if yr travelling far from home) would say to me "Don't give money to beggars, they make a living out it." :confused: :confused: I agree it is hard to get the help needed to them,but I object to it costing over 10%,which it would cost if the do gooders didn't get in between and as you say the industry. |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 359128 | 2005-05-28 06:59:00 | I find it hard to support donations to help parts of Africa, which seems to be bent on sliding into a mess of warlords and tribal factions. Add to this the salting away of vast sums by "Presidents for Life" while the people struggle to exist.... It is nice to see that groups of people go there to try to do some good, but it can all be negated by local infighting... Pity. |
TonyF (246) | ||
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