Subj : Re: the true meaning of sacrifice To : alt.tv.farscape From : Tyler Trafford Date : Wed Sep 14 2005 04:40:33 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape Jim Larson wrote: > 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. >> > > (So...The Larson for Supreme Dictator Fund is doomed from the outset?) (Yes, because I've been telling everyone that is the cause that "Achy Breaky Heart" is playing to collect for.) -- Tyler Trafford Many people resent being treated like the person they really are. .