OMG! Warning your blood will boil community members.

[smacklan]

I find it interesting you are bothered by this and at the same time equally bothered by a loving family that chooses to have lot's of children and raise them in a safe and nourishing environment. Strikes me as quite odd.

[Shelley_c]

Originally Posted by GSeybold

My heart? Ok.. Well this is more than a heart issue. It's a basic humanity issue.

" Being realistic rather than hoping to make some kind of difference is wishful thinking. And the sad reality of it is, you know this yourself'
No I don't know this. "Hoping to make a differnence'' If we don't try. then we fail.. This is by no means wishful thinking. Sitting back and doing nothing while the rest of the world tries to fix things, is repulsive. Which is 98% of the world.. hate to see stuff, but don't get off their asses or pull out thier wallets to help. Just sit back with their "Wishful thinking mentalit, with their' It's never going to change so why bother" thinking.

OH and I did something about this alright. I'm very proud to be in that do something 2%.

Let me assure you, I donate thousands a year but why I should state that here should be my own privilege, do i think I can make a difference? No. Realistically we won't. There's more self serving people out there than those who want to change this world it's the way humanity is as a whole. And this 2% your pulling out from where? I think you'll find that is being a little generous and the % is far lower than what your stating. Show me those statistics?

Assuming people sit on their asses because they have a different outlook to a problem is being a little presumptuous? Like I stated, Realistic thinking and actions will wield better results in the long run. If that repulses you that is your privilege.

And so you should be. Proud that is. It's a nice gesture, But with that donation, How much % of that goes to employees working for this organization you donated to?

[Digital Jedi]

My blood boils for a lot of things. I personally wouldn't torment an animal like that and think it's kind of abysmal, but at the same time I realize I'm splitting hairs while I sit here and eat the chicken I just fried yesterday afternoon. I don't think it's right, but somehow, I can't get as worked up over this as I can, say, about things like these:

http://www.savedarfur.org/pages/background/
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/28/wo...8zimbabwe.html
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/cvict_v.htm

Keep in mind, I'm not trying to belittle the point. I think it's abysmal. Just trying to offer a little perspective as to why this wouldn't move everyone in the same way.

[aus_dave]

You're about 3 years too late - it's another internet hoax based on an isolated occurrence and given way too much attention:

http://www.snopes.com/critters/crusader/sharkbait.asp

Put Snopes in your bookmarks .

[Digital Jedi]

Okay, I never actually looked at the pictures. There's no way a dog would stay attached to a hook like that through his snout dangling from a boat. That dog was tangled in a fish hook accidentally.

[lasto]

Originally Posted by GSeybold

So I guess looking at a bunch of swollen belly starving Ethopian children doesn't bother you either? Let's just chalk that up to 'oh well", that's just part of life. Just part of waring factions."

i brought the band aid record and done my bit - only kidding course it bothered me but not enough to affect my everyday life.(I do like the sad music on the adverts though )
People give money but where is the aid going because i remember 20 yrs ago when this was going on and nothing changed to this day.They still starving while us in the west have a massive obese problem.Go figure.
Would you have a kid knowing that there was no food to support it - yet these people do so education is proberly the way forward.Teach them the basics such as birth control so no more children have to endure what there parents go though.