Danny_Labrador
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See my last post on "A subject fails me !"
Apology
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Shakey
New member
(Hands over sack cloth and ashes to Danny.)
To be honest, I don't know why you're apologising.
The phot is obviously fake mind.
What I find odd about this whole unfortunate tsunami business is the huge public outpouring of empathy, sympathy, and charitable donations.
Similar numbers of people die every week throughout the world due to famine and disease.
It must be some sort of psychological reaction to the idea of thousands of people being killed in an instant as opposed to someone here, someone there over thousands of instants.
Because let's face it, very few of us pledge money to or even think about the thousands of people who die every day because of the lack of things we take for granted.
I'm not some bleeding heart liberal, I'm just trying to look at this whole sorry episode with some objectivity.
BTW, my signature may appear cynical, but it also contains an element of heartfelt thanks every day.
To be honest, I don't know why you're apologising.
The phot is obviously fake mind.
What I find odd about this whole unfortunate tsunami business is the huge public outpouring of empathy, sympathy, and charitable donations.
Similar numbers of people die every week throughout the world due to famine and disease.
It must be some sort of psychological reaction to the idea of thousands of people being killed in an instant as opposed to someone here, someone there over thousands of instants.
Because let's face it, very few of us pledge money to or even think about the thousands of people who die every day because of the lack of things we take for granted.
I'm not some bleeding heart liberal, I'm just trying to look at this whole sorry episode with some objectivity.
BTW, my signature may appear cynical, but it also contains an element of heartfelt thanks every day.
BrendanS
Well-known member
When the school decided to allow the children to have a 'mufti' day to raise funds, as requested by the children, I drafted this letter:
This disaster provides an opportunity to teach the children that media
attention can cause overwhelming reponse to a genuine emergency, but
detracts from other just as pressing needs. While the Mozambique appeal only
raised 40cents per head, and Chechnya appeal was fully subscribed with $40
per head, the current Tsunami appeal had raised over $400 per head within
days, and total contributions are now standing at over $6 billion and
rising.
The Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) charity, appealed for
people to stop sending money, saying that the tsunami appeals risked taking
the spotlight away from other pressing crises, such as Darfur in Sudan.
Secretary of State Colin L. Powell agreed there was a risk that world
attention could become unfairly focused on one problem: "While we focus on
the tsunami victims now, and a few months ago it was the victims of the
crisis in Darfur, let's not overlook the fact that there are people in need
throughout the world, whether it's in the Congo, the Darfur region of the
Sudan, or in Liberia or in Haiti."
Can the school, instead of raising further money for Indonesia, while the
politicians are saying there is so much money being poured in, it cannot be
spent, and highlight the fact to the children that there are other people in
need who are not being supported, and raise money for Darfur instead for
instance
This disaster provides an opportunity to teach the children that media
attention can cause overwhelming reponse to a genuine emergency, but
detracts from other just as pressing needs. While the Mozambique appeal only
raised 40cents per head, and Chechnya appeal was fully subscribed with $40
per head, the current Tsunami appeal had raised over $400 per head within
days, and total contributions are now standing at over $6 billion and
rising.
The Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) charity, appealed for
people to stop sending money, saying that the tsunami appeals risked taking
the spotlight away from other pressing crises, such as Darfur in Sudan.
Secretary of State Colin L. Powell agreed there was a risk that world
attention could become unfairly focused on one problem: "While we focus on
the tsunami victims now, and a few months ago it was the victims of the
crisis in Darfur, let's not overlook the fact that there are people in need
throughout the world, whether it's in the Congo, the Darfur region of the
Sudan, or in Liberia or in Haiti."
Can the school, instead of raising further money for Indonesia, while the
politicians are saying there is so much money being poured in, it cannot be
spent, and highlight the fact to the children that there are other people in
need who are not being supported, and raise money for Darfur instead for
instance
powerskipper
Well-known member
Chill man, you did no wrong /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Windfall
Member
Brendan,
I would be very interested to hear the shool's response.
Cheers
Sharon
I would be very interested to hear the shool's response.
Cheers
Sharon
BrendanS
Well-known member
They made a donation to Unicef, not to any of the specific Tsunami charities
