Subj : Re: the true meaning of sacrifice To : alt.tv.farscape From : Jim Larson Date : Wed Sep 14 2005 04:49:46 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape Tyler Trafford wrote: > Jim Larson wrote: >> Tyler Trafford wrote: >> >>> 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.) >> >> (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? (I read the article. I'm just having trouble parsing the sentence for some reason. Are you saying that "Achy Breaky Heart" is so popular that my attempt to use it as blackmail for the LfSDF is backfiring? And if so, what brand of weirdo do you hang out with?) -- Jim .