Subj : Re: the true meaning of sacrifice To : alt.tv.farscape From : Tyler Trafford Date : Wed Sep 14 2005 04:37:39 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape Rick Savoia wrote: > Trouble wrote in > news:cr2dnYSBJ6XG87reRVn-uQ@comcast.com: > >> Nick wrote: >> >>> Tyler Trafford wrote: >> >>>> http://tinyurl.com/7ree8 >> >>> I don't like the precedent that is setting. >> >> Quote from the article; >> "So, this is just a different way of getting money out of people." >> >> In thirteen words they've defined just what's wrong with America, >> notice they don't mention anything about helping people, or a good >> cause... >> >> They're basically turning the relief effort into an anoyance, that is >> the first ugly part here, its a tax on your tolerance, not an appeal >> to your better neature. Secondly If I weasn't going to give to a >> cause, or I already gave what I allotted to a cause, annoying me to >> give more $ pushes beyond polite solicitation. >> >> People are going associate negativity from the annoyance with the >> cause. >> >> However the children are going to see how much money they made, not >> raised, and call it a sucess. >> >> The other children will take away from it a negative view of >> charities. >> >> I once had a boss[1] who always collected for United Way and he always >> expected you to donate some magical number of $ that only he knew. I >> stopped giving altogether because I didn't like the pressure from my >> boss. >> >> I'm sure others have similar experience with manadatory work >> donations. >> >> The worst part of mandatory work doantions is it assumes you haven't >> already donated your budget to your cause of choice, or that you are >> ok with the mission and practice of the charity chosen by the company. >> > > One of the things that I learned in running my marathons and raising > money is that your cause may not be their cause. > > One of my very good friends donated to my first couple of runs and then > not to my next ones. His son had become a diabetic and almost died. > They prefered to send to diabetes research. He apologized for not > donating and started to explain why. I immediately stopped him and said > "no problem. You have a different priority and that's fine". > > You can't make people donate to a cause. It makes them resentful of that > cause. This is where misdirection comes in handy. (If someone were so inclined. Which I'm not.) -- Tyler Trafford Soap and education are not as sudden as a massacre, but they are more deadly in the long run. -- Mark Twain .