Who do you give to, and why?

User avatar
Hermit
Posts: 25806
Joined: Thu Feb 26, 2009 12:44 am
About me: Cantankerous grump
Location: Ignore lithpt
Contact:

Re: Who do you give to, and why?

Post by Hermit » Mon May 19, 2014 4:35 am

JimC wrote:
Blind groper wrote:I used to support Greenpeace but stopped about 30 years ago. The reason for stopping is the Greenpeace opposition to a lot of essential development. For example : to nuclear power. More recently (the last 18 years) Greenpeace have been opposing genetic modification, which I think is one of the waves of the future, which will help to make a better world. I do not like any charity I support to get too political.
There is a somewhat Luddite tendency running through the extremes of the Green movement...
Yes, and racist as well. I ceased donating to Greenpeace for both those reasons, reallocating funds to other organisations instead.
I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein’s brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops. - Stephen J. Gould

User avatar
cronus
Black Market Analyst
Posts: 18122
Joined: Thu Oct 11, 2012 7:09 pm
About me: Illis quos amo deserviam
Location: United Kingdom
Contact:

Re: Who do you give to, and why?

Post by cronus » Mon May 19, 2014 4:48 am

I don't think about money that much. Cusp of civic collapse and everything. Money wont even help the rich out this hole we're approaching. :read:
What will the world be like after its ruler is removed?

User avatar
Svartalf
Offensive Grail Keeper
Posts: 41033
Joined: Wed Feb 24, 2010 12:42 pm
Location: Paris France
Contact:

Re: Who do you give to, and why?

Post by Svartalf » Mon May 19, 2014 10:59 am

Actually, I do have a charity... I answer to internet surveys, and the reward is a small sum I give to libraries without borders.
Embrace the Darkness, it needs a hug

PC stands for "Patronizing Cocksucker" Randy Ping

User avatar
rainbow
Posts: 13757
Joined: Fri Jun 08, 2012 8:10 am
About me: Egal wie dicht du bist, Goethe war Dichter
Where ever you are, Goethe was a Poet.
Location: Africa
Contact:

Re: Who do you give to, and why?

Post by rainbow » Mon May 19, 2014 11:39 am

Is there a charity that helps pay for penis enlargements for NRA members?
I call bullshit - Alfred E Einstein
BArF−4

User avatar
Svartalf
Offensive Grail Keeper
Posts: 41033
Joined: Wed Feb 24, 2010 12:42 pm
Location: Paris France
Contact:

Re: Who do you give to, and why?

Post by Svartalf » Mon May 19, 2014 11:42 am

No, but there are plenty that pay for missionaries to go evangelize Africa ;)
Embrace the Darkness, it needs a hug

PC stands for "Patronizing Cocksucker" Randy Ping

User avatar
rainbow
Posts: 13757
Joined: Fri Jun 08, 2012 8:10 am
About me: Egal wie dicht du bist, Goethe war Dichter
Where ever you are, Goethe was a Poet.
Location: Africa
Contact:

Re: Who do you give to, and why?

Post by rainbow » Mon May 19, 2014 11:44 am

Svartalf wrote:No, but there are plenty that pay for missionaries to go evangelize Africa ;)
We thank the Almighty for that.
I call bullshit - Alfred E Einstein
BArF−4

User avatar
Svartalf
Offensive Grail Keeper
Posts: 41033
Joined: Wed Feb 24, 2010 12:42 pm
Location: Paris France
Contact:

Re: Who do you give to, and why?

Post by Svartalf » Mon May 19, 2014 11:45 am

Bless the meal I'm about to partake of and all that.
Embrace the Darkness, it needs a hug

PC stands for "Patronizing Cocksucker" Randy Ping

User avatar
Tero
Just saying
Posts: 51214
Joined: Sun Jul 04, 2010 9:50 pm
About me: 15-32-25
Location: USA
Contact:

Re: Who do you give to, and why?

Post by Tero » Mon May 19, 2014 11:48 am

United way, a small amount. I get a point for "participation." I was a Unitarian for a couple of years. I gave $10 to a collection basket. They said it would buy some grandmas in Transylvania bread for a month. If I was absolutely sure they would get it, I would have sent a bottle of wine too. We had to give to the church but only a small amount went to charity. They housed homeless women with kids one night a week in church common area.

Post Reply

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 1 guest