Comments on: thoughts on charity http://strangelibrarian.org/2010/01/thoughts-on-charity/ playing in the waves since 1982 Tue, 03 Jan 2012 04:54:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Susan Knight http://strangelibrarian.org/2010/01/thoughts-on-charity/comment-page-1/#comment-2327 Susan Knight Wed, 26 Jan 2011 06:02:26 +0000 http://strangelibrarian.org/?p=663#comment-2327 Great read! I have been thinking a ton about charity lately.. and get frustrated with people that give with expectations.. but I guess no matter what your motivation is it's better to do something! Here is what I had to say > http://tinyurl.com/4e62c9y :) Susan Great read! I have been thinking a ton about charity lately.. and get frustrated with people that give with expectations.. but I guess no matter what your motivation is it’s better to do something! Here is what I had to say >
http://tinyurl.com/4e62c9y

:) Susan

]]> By: Andy Woodworth http://strangelibrarian.org/2010/01/thoughts-on-charity/comment-page-1/#comment-2101 Andy Woodworth Sat, 23 Jan 2010 21:36:13 +0000 http://strangelibrarian.org/?p=663#comment-2101 #1 has always made me wonder. Do people do due diligence when setting something up? When I started the Friend of a Friends group wiki, I wondered if I was duplicating an effort. I can understand if there are groups that have similar purpose but work in different parts of the world, but when there is overlap, I wonder who that helps with the redundancy. #2, I wish I had an answer for that. I think people block out what is so overwhelming and constant versus something like a natural disaster which, at the end of it, can have a resolution where people go back to 'life as normal'. There will always be homeless people, those who refuse the aid of society, and just eek out a life on their own terms. I'm often baffled at our altruism abroad and our stinginess at home. #1 has always made me wonder. Do people do due diligence when setting something up? When I started the Friend of a Friends group wiki, I wondered if I was duplicating an effort. I can understand if there are groups that have similar purpose but work in different parts of the world, but when there is overlap, I wonder who that helps with the redundancy.

#2, I wish I had an answer for that. I think people block out what is so overwhelming and constant versus something like a natural disaster which, at the end of it, can have a resolution where people go back to ‘life as normal’. There will always be homeless people, those who refuse the aid of society, and just eek out a life on their own terms. I’m often baffled at our altruism abroad and our stinginess at home.

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