Subj : Re: the true meaning of sacrifice
To   : alt.tv.farscape
From : Tyler Trafford
Date : Wed Sep 14 2005 04:45:34

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape

Jim Larson wrote:
> Tyler Trafford wrote:
>
>> Jim Larson wrote:
>>> Rick Savoia wrote:
>>>
>>>> Trouble <troubleNOSPAM@tekfactory.com> 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.)
>
> (I have now read that sentence three times, and I still have no idea what it 
> means.)

So, you didn't read the article at the top of the thread?
-- 
Tyler Trafford

But, for my own part, it was Greek to me.
		-- William Shakespeare, "Julius Caesar"

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