Originally Posted by Zachstar (Post 1122561)

Then tell me why the MASSIVE amounts of charity over the decades has.

A) Gone party to dictators who seize the shipments time and again or claim the shipments are their own to gain their power.

B) Helped at best EXTREMELY little. The hungry amount stands at over a billion today.

C) Actually contributed to growth of poverty my artificially increasing the food supply in these nations. After the "charity fad" is over people who have grown defendant on the shipments start to starve. Very little is spent on actually improving the land or building agricultural schools so people can use the land better. No most of it is to toss a bit of grain or rice at someone and make someone at home feel good as they drop a single kid off to soccer practice in a massive SUV.

As for this? Its another cart before the horse thing. Have at it if you wish but doing things like saying "Ive been arrested bail me out by donating" Is a sick way to convince people to donate. Guess they have to give more of a damn for your ass then the baby eh?

Yes I guess I am heartless saying such stuff. Maybe its because I am sick of these thousands of charities having zip of a global impact while meaningful tech and health advancements stagnate because they arent directly "Feel good" enough.

Originally Posted by Zachstar (Post 1122561)

Then tell me why the MASSIVE amounts of charity over the decades has.

A) Gone party to dictators who seize the shipments time and again or claim the shipments are their own to gain their power.

B) Helped at best EXTREMELY little. The hungry amount stands at over a billion today.

C) Actually contributed to growth of poverty my artificially increasing the food supply in these nations. After the "charity fad" is over people who have grown defendant on the shipments start to starve. Very little is spent on actually improving the land or building agricultural schools so people can use the land better. No most of it is to toss a bit of grain or rice at someone and make someone at home feel good as they drop a single kid off to soccer practice in a massive SUV.

As for this? Its another cart before the horse thing. Have at it if you wish but doing things like saying "Ive been arrested bail me out by donating" Is a sick way to convince people to donate. Guess they have to give more of a damn for your ass then the baby eh?

Yes I guess I am heartless saying such stuff. Maybe its because I am sick of these thousands of charities having zip of a global impact while meaningful tech and health advancements stagnate because they arent directly "Feel good" enough.

Originally Posted by Max2147 (Post 1122570)

If you've read ANYTHING about March of Dimes, you'd know that your arguments are absolutely absurd as far as their work is concerned.

You say you're sick of seeing "meaningful health advances stagnate." Do you consider the polio vaccine, and the subsequent eradication of polio, to be a meaningful health advance? The polio vaccine was created by research that was almost entirely funded by March of Dimes.

Originally Posted by Zachstar (Post 1122561)

T"Ive been arrested bail me out by donating" Is a sick way to convince people to donate.

Originally Posted by Zachstar (Post 1122561)

Then tell me why the MASSIVE amounts of charity over the decades has.

A) Gone party to dictators who seize the shipments time and again or claim the shipments are their own to gain their power.

B) Helped at best EXTREMELY little. The hungry amount stands at over a billion today.

C) Actually contributed to growth of poverty my artificially increasing the food supply in these nations. After the "charity fad" is over people who have grown defendant on the shipments start to starve. Very little is spent on actually improving the land or building agricultural schools so people can use the land better. No most of it is to toss a bit of grain or rice at someone and make someone at home feel good as they drop a single kid off to soccer practice in a massive SUV.

As for this? Its another cart before the horse thing. Have at it if you wish but doing things like saying "Ive been arrested bail me out by donating" Is a sick way to convince people to donate. Guess they have to give more of a damn for your ass then the baby eh?

Yes I guess I am heartless saying such stuff. Maybe its because I am sick of these thousands of charities having zip of a global impact while meaningful tech and health advancements stagnate because they arent directly "Feel good" enough.

Originally Posted by GoldenRivet (Post 1122626)

funny - thats what they call it "arrested"

she even got a little arrest warrant, and a list of charges and everything :woot:

Originally Posted by Frame57 (Post 1122789)

Having the blessing of working with neonatal technology. I can tell you that the advances we have made with vasodilator gas has made a huge difference in premature babies lives. This technology help them stay alive and avoid blindness from the large O2 saturation they need to live. The cost of this treatment is HUGE. But charities like March of Dimes help families with those bills. People that give to the March of Dimes can and should feel good, not about themselves, but about those kids who have a life they may not have if it were not for the donations.