I Fucking Hate Charities and World Aid Right Now. (433 hits)
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Submitted by Hourman (View user info) at 2006-10-23 06:35:39 EDT
Goddamn I'm sick of this shit. I am tired and worn out of helping others to help them selves. How many times have you heard this, or something similar:
"Hello." Walk past starving people, hopefully a baby getting vaccinated for something" have you got just one pound a month?" yeah...but I sort of earned it" well thousands of babies die everyday...because you're a greedy bastard. As you watch this, you're feeling more and more guilty. Here's an infant with flies on her eyes...she doesn't even care." Wait...what? "For just a few pounds a month, you can help these people pay for this advert, if you don't help, I'm going to eat their babies." eh? " Just a few pounds ever month will help build wells and supply villages" sweeping hand gesture, pan out to happy children suddenly in uniform playing on a jungle Jim "A few pounds makes the world of difference."
Well that's sort of how it goes anyway, but the message is the same, 'help others to help themselves'. Now most of the people here can safely say they've 'done their bit', or at least try, and given cash/ items to charities etc. How much more do we have to give?
It would be real easy to say 'well the government has X amount of money doing fuck all, why can't we just give that to them?' GOD DAMNIT WHEN WILL WE LEARN THAT THROWING MONEY AT THESE POOR BASTARDS WON'T SOLVE A MOTHER FUCKING GODDAMNED THING! It hasn't helped for the past 40 years and it won't help now.
Stable economies, democracy, social calm, education, health and freedom are what set people free. I have probably given enough to make 50 fucking wells. Do these people move away from the water wells when we make them?
I think I've lost my way a little here. Let me re-iterate. I'm sick and tired of being told I have to help other people all the time. I'm sick and tired of being told I need to do more, and I'm sick and tired of me not seeing the benefits (not in a selfish way, in a 'so where did my money go?' way.) I'm sick and tired of giving money away, when it doesn't appear to be helping.
So it seems simple. Diplomatic aid. Help these people set up an economy and a democracy. Apparently though we have to keep giving money.
I'm kind of losing it a bit aren't I? I get the feeling that up to now people are just sort of...not caring. Ok, well that's fine let me try and bring it closer to home.
I live and work in a place called Milton Keynes (Shit hole), and we have a few classic hobos. We have a couple of the 'I have a dog, therefore give me money or he'll die' and a 'do you have 20p for the phone?' and even one or two 'give me some change or I'll kill you'.
A few of them sell a, correct me if I'm wrong, charity magazine called 'The Big Issue'. Now to sell this they have to; be off drugs, alcohol, work hard, not re-offend (if they ever have) and generally be a better person. I admire the people who sell that magazine. They get next to fuck all for selling it, but they work hard to do it. On the other hand...I gave this one guy thirty quid and bought his whole stack. I saw him out again and asked him why he wasn't selling any more, and it was because the money I had given him was a whole days work, and he had started using again out of BOREDOM. Man I felt like shit.
Now I helped sort him out, and he works hard now and I'll always buy one or two copies off of him, never the whole stack, because I know that he needs help to control himself. Here's where the link is.
The governments who receive big aid packages and a shit load of money don't invest in their own county...they fritter it away on bullshit, because they've never had to deal with a sudden influx of money "Poverty...well we need an army base first...and hats...they all need hats damn it!"
When these charities suddenly get a wedge load of money, they suddenly think 'we need more staff! Better chairs! A team mascot!' Suddenly there's a huge concern as to how much of our money ends up helping the people we want to help?
I may have lost my way a little bit along this post...and I may not have coherently conveyed everything I wanted to...but you get what I mean? I write like I'm chatting in a pub, which to some people may be 'below' this website or whatever, but I'm genuinely scared that when I'm sending my money off to these charities...where does it go?
You know in my opinion they should have a drop off centre, and once a week a business has to donate one item (from a list) per employee to this charity. No money. Then some how or another it gets to where it's needed. I'm neither an economist nor a politician, but I don't see that as too far-fetched...is it?
Surely one can surmise that money is no longer the answer. That actual physical help is needed.
I'm going to be called naïve, or an idiot, or flamed for something or other, but either way surely in modern day society we should be able to come up with someway get everyone on an equal footing...surely that's not to far fetched? I mean we can land people on the moon, and get people to live in space...but we can't look after ourselves on earth!
20% of the world's population controls 80% of the world's economy...
I hope maybe that people will start to give physical items to charities instead of wedges of cash...because cash just doesn't help anymore. It's killing us and it's destroying them.
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Submitted by hour_man (user info) at 2006-10-27 04:12:03 EDT (#)
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A little but i get what you mean, but I'm sure someone will say 'it's our duty as a human' blah blah blah.
Submitted by Poots (user info) at 2006-10-26 13:18:04 EDT (#)
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Yeah fuck charities. Fuck em in the face. I say take care of your own and when all the problems that plague your land are absolved then you take care of Jenny Fucksalot in Southern Africa and her need to eat.
I sound like a cock don't I?
Submitted by Axolotl (user info) at 2006-10-26 13:09:59 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by hour_man (user info) at 2006-10-25 09:29:44 EDT (#)
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Well fair enough Thorpe, I look forward to it, but somehow doubt it will be the highlight of my day.
Submitted by thorpe (user info) at 2006-10-25 08:45:01 EDT (#)
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Submitted by hour_man (user info) at 2006-10-23 08:09:33 (#)
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Submitted by thorpe (user info) at 2006-10-23 07:08:50 (#)
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Cringe-inducing, horribly retarded. Just awful.
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Why? Help me out because I'd rather not write something like that :)
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OK, your spelling has led me to believe there is still hope. I don't have time right now to explain what I meant but I will in 24 hours or so.
I'm sure it will be the highlight of your day etc.
Submitted by jeveuxgagner (user info) at 2006-10-25 08:35:26 EDT (#)
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I think this is overly cynical and ill-informed. However, im not in the mood to point out why, and given you, therefore, win the debate between us, have a +2
Submitted by hour_man (user info) at 2006-10-24 10:22:43 EDT (#)
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Highlights my point perfectly
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6069230.stm
Submitted by Evil_Morg (user info) at 2006-10-24 01:01:24 EDT (#)
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i say we start a guns for poor people fund. then the poor people can find creative ways to use the guns to get food.
Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2006-10-23 18:19:50 EDT (#)
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I am reminded of a quote from the renowned Christian philosopher Sam Kinison, who had this to say about hunger in Africa:
"I'm like anyone else on this planet -- I'm very moved by world hunger. I see the same commercials, with those little kids, starving, and very depressed. I watch those kids and I go, 'Fuck, I know the FILM crew could give this kid a sandwich!' There's a director five feet away going, 'DON'T FEED HIM YET! GET THAT SANDWICH OUTTA HERE! IT DOESN'T WORK UNLESS HE LOOKS HUNGRY!!!' But I'm not trying to make fun of world hunger. Matter of fact, I think I have the answer. You want to stop world hunger? Stop sending these people food. Don't send these people another bite, folks. You want to send them something, you want to help? Send them U-Hauls. Send them U-Hauls, some luggage, send them a guy out there who says, 'Hey, we been driving out here every day with your food, for, like, the last thirty or forty years, and we were driving out here today across the desert, and it occurred to us that there wouldn't BE world hunger, if you people would LIVE WHERE THE FOOD IS! YOU LIVE IN A DESERT! YOU LIVE IN A FUCKING DESERT! NOTHING GROWS OUT HERE! NOTHING'S GONNA GROW OUT HERE! YOU SEE THIS? HUH? THIS IS SAND. KNOW WHAT IT'S GONNA BE A HUNDRED YEARS FROM NOW? IT'S GONNA BE SAND! YOU LIVE IN A FUCKING DESERT! GET YOUR STUFF, GET YOUR SHIT, WE'LL MAKE ONE TRIP, WE'LL TAKE YOU TO WHERE THE FOOD IS! WE HAVE DESERTS IN AMERICA -- WE JUST DON'T LIVE IN THEM, ASSHOLES!"
Submitted by EhyehAsherEhyeh (user info) at 2006-10-23 12:11:22 EDT (#)
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the fallacy of this argument is the assumption that one person is inherently responsible for the well-being of others.
you talk about how the money donated in charity or foreign aid is squandered, and more needs to be done at the root of the problem in order to fix it.
just stop caring. there will always be a man without a home, a child with flies on its eyes, a people being wiped out by genocide/famine/plague/poverty. who cares? indifference is a lot easier.
Submitted by Speckles (user info) at 2006-10-23 11:16:55 EDT (#)
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well written, valid point. cookie -> you
Submitted by messmind (user info) at 2006-10-23 09:29:25 EDT (#)
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i just read in "the telegraph" , that one of our representatives in the u.n. was made persona non grata in sudan , for comments he made in his blog , concerning the genocide/civil war taking place there the last decade .(and probably the next one , aswell)
Even though , he's quite an ass , his words make sense (just like yours). Still , the masses
percieve it as "justice", that the sudanese government is trying to kick him out . (and will probably succeed in that)
it's up to us to decide : (maybe i should call this PowerMania)
a) apres nous la deluge....
b) the other option ...
have a nice day . make it a party , whenever possible...
Submitted by hour_man (user info) at 2006-10-23 08:09:33 EDT (#)
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Submitted by thorpe (user info) at 2006-10-23 07:08:50 (#)
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Cringe-inducing, horribly retarded. Just awful.
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Why? Help me out because I'd rather not write something like that :)
Submitted by hour_man (user info) at 2006-10-23 08:06:20 EDT (#)
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Submitted by indoninja (user info) at 2006-10-23 07:13:48 (#)
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Submitted by hour_man (user info) at 2006-10-23 06:53:10 (#)
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I don't think killing people off is right, or even allowing them to die, which is just as bad as killing them. I just don't think money is the answer anymore. It can't be if next to nothing has changed. There's a great sketch....by that dude.....who did that thing with the stuff....basically the UN gives this African nation one billion dollars to make a resevoir and he ends up buying two really nice fighter jets...to over see production of the resevoir.
It's all about the Hypocrisy of Democracy.
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Giving people a well won't help if they are only going to have too many kids to be supported by the well.
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I totally agree, I was just using that as an example, because that's the main thing people seem to focus on in aid adverts.
However, is right to impose a 1 child only policy like in China? Fuck yeah! The only difference is China has a more stable economy and a more pro-active government.
The 'well' was just an example of one of the many things.
Submitted by hour_man (user info) at 2006-10-23 08:04:25 EDT (#)
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Submitted by zoobie2000 (user info) at 2006-10-23 07:47:13 (#)
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shut up kid you don't know what you're talking about
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Nice reply, I think you really commented on some of the key aspects on what I was talking about. You definatly made me think that you're a credible contribution to this site.
Have some bollocks and come up with something I can reply to. Otherwise skate it off.
Submitted by zoobie2000 (user info) at 2006-10-23 07:47:13 EDT (#)
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shut up kid you don't know what you're talking about
Submitted by exposed (user info) at 2006-10-23 07:29:25 EDT (#)
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Tell bart to unban sicosemen.
Submitted by indoninja (user info) at 2006-10-23 07:13:48 EDT (#)
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Submitted by hour_man (user info) at 2006-10-23 06:53:10 (#)
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I don't think killing people off is right, or even allowing them to die, which is just as bad as killing them. I just don't think money is the answer anymore. It can't be if next to nothing has changed. There's a great sketch....by that dude.....who did that thing with the stuff....basically the UN gives this African nation one billion dollars to make a resevoir and he ends up buying two really nice fighter jets...to over see production of the resevoir.
It's all about the Hypocrisy of Democracy.
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Giving people a well won't help if they are only going to have too many kids to be supported by the well.
Submitted by thorpe (user info) at 2006-10-23 07:08:50 EDT (#)
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Cringe-inducing, horribly retarded. Just awful.
Submitted by skrapmetal (user info) at 2006-10-23 07:05:58 EDT (#)
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"Surely one can surmise that money is no longer the answer. That actual physical help is needed."
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Agreed.
Submitted by hour_man (user info) at 2006-10-23 06:53:10 EDT (#)
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I don't think killing people off is right, or even allowing them to die, which is just as bad as killing them. I just don't think money is the answer anymore. It can't be if next to nothing has changed. There's a great sketch....by that dude.....who did that thing with the stuff....basically the UN gives this African nation one billion dollars to make a resevoir and he ends up buying two really nice fighter jets...to over see production of the resevoir.
It's all about the Hypocrisy of Democracy.
Submitted by frankthebear (user info) at 2006-10-23 06:47:39 EDT (#)
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spot on, British friend! the small amount of money trickling into those countries does nothing more than perpetuate the cycle of starving, inpoverished people feeling a little better for a while, celebrating with a little poon tang, and having more children they can't afford to feed. it may sound heartless, but the only solution to this problem is to let them die out until there are an equal amount of people to the amount of resources.