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01-23-2010, 01:38 PM | #61 (permalink) | |
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01-23-2010, 03:58 PM | #63 (permalink) |
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How you get this from anything I've said is beyond me. The sentences you quoted are directly aimed at Vanilla, who said she cares about her fellow man, which I refute. At best, those who claim to be concerned but only come out of the woodworks when natural disasters happen are foul-weather humanists, at worst their hypocrites.
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01-23-2010, 04:27 PM | #64 (permalink) | |
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01-23-2010, 04:28 PM | #65 (permalink) | |
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To me as long as they give. I think the more often people give and the more they are a aware of the problems in the world the more humbling is to give, you begin to realize it's only a drop in the bucket. So what if they are foul-weather part-time givers at least did something did when moment called for it, that is better then doing nothing at all.
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01-23-2010, 04:56 PM | #66 (permalink) |
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i don't think anything can be said about people only helping once a disaster hits. after all, i don't really know many americans that even realized haiti was a country at all. it just isn't talked about or covered in any way shape or for here. so, when people want to get off their asses to help out when a natural disaster occurs that doesn't mean it is just to jump in on the aid bandwagon...it is because people here have honestly never heard enough about haiti to do anything about it before.
i think this disaster and the aid following it will produce a lot of awareness of the country now, which they needed. hopefully things will get better for the country.
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01-24-2010, 11:58 PM | #67 (permalink) |
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Please don't donate to the Red Cross, try this organization, or one of many others that has an actual relationship with Haiti and whose donations won't be treated with mistrust, instead:
The Haiti Connection Home |
01-27-2010, 03:37 PM | #68 (permalink) | |
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01-27-2010, 04:04 PM | #69 (permalink) |
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They found her body, I think.
The girl who went to my school. I can't imagine how her family feels. |
01-27-2010, 04:19 PM | #70 (permalink) | |
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that is so sad....and very surreal to be connected to a disaster in such a way. in 2004 when the tsunami hit thailand, i had many friends vacationing there. it was the most tense time waiting to hear if everyone was ok. on top of that, my friends back in the US thought that i was dead since the US coverage didn't mention the country i was in actually didn't get hit.
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