japan relief funds

[wilde]

vancity_cowboy, if this is truly how you feel then my only conclusion is that you don't quite have a full grasp of the magnitude of this disaster in Japan. Because the alternative would mean, to me anyway, that you are a petty, small minded person who lives by the an eye for an eye motto.

A shoutout to the courageous workers who stayed behind to try to avert a complete meltdown. These are the true heros...

 

[vancity_cowboy]

vancity_cowboy, if this is truly how you feel then my only conclusion is that you don't quite have a full grasp of the magnitude of this disaster in Japan. Because the alternative would mean, to me anyway, that you are a petty, small minded person who lives by the an eye for an eye motto.

A shoutout to the courageous workers who stayed behind to try to avert a complete meltdown. These are the true heros...

not like you to revert to character assassination wilde, but yes - i even believe in capital punishment

and yes, what those workers have done is the stuff of true heroes, 'warriors' the japanese might say... bushido

 

[wilde]

not like you to revert to character assassination wilde

My apologies, it just goes to show you how much I am repulsed by your argument. IMHO, the ground you are standing on is as shaky as a 8.9 magnitude earthquake.

 

[vancity_cowboy]

...with the big tsunami on the way to flush me out to sea...

 

[storm rider]

not like you to revert to character assassination wilde, but yes - i even believe in capital punishment

and yes, what those workers have done is the stuff of true heroes, 'warriors' the japanese might say... bushido

Get it right you tool.....the most heroic warriors in the history of the Japanese culture are the noble samurai

SR

 

[vancity_cowboy]

Get it right you tool.....the most heroic warriors in the history of the Japanese culture are the noble samurai

SR

are you saying that absolutely none of those workers are descended from samurai ancestors?

 

[shaggadelic]

well i'm glad to see some character assassination in this thread because that is what people tend to resort to when they can't find a valid arguement to the op's point of view

The only character being assassinated is the one you are portraying with your petty arguments against donating to Japan.

 

[laurel love]

We tend to expect the rich in every country to care for their own. That doesn't seem to materialize very often.

If you think about it, the middle classes and the poor of the world are the ones reaching out to help each other. Every time there is a catastrophe the average people walking through the malls and down the streets are putting money into collection cans.

How can we resist reaching out to all those people?

Think of it, in one area there is no toilet paper to be had, such a simple necessity and so uncomfortable to live without (especially if you are a woman), that really struck me! Waiting for an hour for toilet paper. It requires that someone donate supplies to provide relief. Why not?

 

[Ray]

A SAMURAI is a Japanese warrior
BUSHIDO is a code of honor.

 

[camacho]

...with the big tsunami on the way to flush me out to sea...

When it does, I'm certain someone will throw you an anchor !


When there was a massive earthquake in the homeland of my ancestors the people of Vancouver were very generous in donating money, clothing, and other needed supplies so when I walked out of the drug store at Granville and Georgia yesterday and noticed the young adult Japanese rallying, I was immediately drawn towards them. Brought back memories of when I was trying to do my part at Granville Island some 25 years ago.


Thanks to all of you who have compassion for others !

 

[Cock Throppled]

It's unlikely they even heard about our forest fires in Japan, or anywhere else. Without massive loss of life these events happen all the time and are not international news.

There are bad forest fires in Europe every year we rarely get more than 10 seconds on the nightly news. Same with huge flooding all over eastern Europe the past few years, landslides in Indonesia and Venezuela.

Comparing the multiple disasters happening in Japan to any of these events is stupid.

If anybody wants to donate they should do it because they want to help. Not to feel good or pay back.

 

[camacho]

If anybody wants to donate they should do it because they want to help. Not to feel good or pay back.

If you're implying that I made a donation to make myself feel good you're sadly mistaken. Whatever reasons people have for donating their energies and finances to any cause as long as they're positve is what's important.

Obviously we're not in agreement !

 

[Chocoholic]

I will give $100.00 if someone wants to start up a fund to send to Japan.

All the major Canadian banks have an arrangement with the Canadian Red Cross to accept funds on their behalf. I made my donation yesterday, it's very convenient. The bank gives you a receipt and then the Red Cross will mail an official tax receipt to you. I donated a bit more than I planned to after hearing Glenn Beck's idiotic remarks.

 

[Miss*Bijou]

If you're implying that I made a donation to make myself feel good you're sadly mistaken. Whatever reasons people have for donating their energies and finances to any cause as long as they're positve is what's important.

Obviously we're not in agreement !

I may be wrong but I think he was referring to the OP's comments, not to yours.

 

[Gomez Adams]

I won't be donating anything. Every disaster it is the same, loads of money gets donated and very little of it makes it to the relief efforts, a bunch of crooks I say, even the Red Cross. Canada has pledged millions, well that is my tax money so I have helped.

 

[Gomez Adams]

If you don't wanna donate that's fine but the rest of your comments are just plain ignorant.

Really?!? Take a look at Haiti....it is estimated a Billion is unaccounted for! Ignorance is continuing to give blindly to organizations that misappropriate funds, consistently. I donate regularly to charities that will use that money in this time of need, I don't see any reason to give more especially with the history of how those funds have been managed.

 

[Miss*Bijou]

Yes Really....the Red Cross who you mentioned is not one of those shady organizations. As I mentioned, if you don't wanna help that's fine but don't tarnish a fantastic organization as a reason not to.

He's right, G. You both make a great point. There are loads of organizations (or individuals) out there who collect donations for all kinds of charities and causes (disasters and other causes, humans and animals, etc..) but are dishonest or irresponsable with the funds and that's why we need to be vigilant about where we donate money. That said, it is possible to find organizations who make themselves accountable for all the donations they get and are transparent in their management of funds so that you can be guaranteed that any money you donate will be used to help those it is intented to help.


I do understand the point about your previous donations going towards helping people in this current event, however at the end of the day these organizations still have to raise most or some of those funds to put towards other ongoing causes or others throughout the rest of the year. They don't get to really say: "um, sorry we used up all our funds on one disaster please don't look at us for money for the rest of the year.." lol Even if they use funds they already have from past donations... my point is they still have to raise more money to replace it!

 

[Gomez Adams]

Damn straight MB

This just in.......

PEORIA, Ariz. -- Ichiro Suzuki has donated 100 million yen ($1.24 million) to the Japanese Red Cross for earthquake relief efforts in his native country, the Kyodo News reported Friday.

Ichiro's management company BowPlanning told the Kyodo News of his donation, but the player declined to comment.

The Seattle Mariners will also dedicate their first six home games of the upcoming season to raising money for the victims of the earthquake and tsunami that devastated Japan.

The Mariners will make a donation to the Red Cross that matches all contributions from front office employees and fans during the homestand against the Cleveland Indians and Toronto Blue Jays April 8-13 at Safeco Field. The team guaranteed a donation of $100,000 from the club's charitable arm, Mariners Care.

Also, Nintendo Co., Ltd. of Japan, the parent company of Nintendo of America, Inc., the majority owner of the Mariners, is donating $3.7 million to disaster relief.

The Mariners have strong ties to Japan through their ownership and business partnerships, Ichiro and a large fan base in Japan.


Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.

Great! Looks like they're getting lots of help then, I feel better.

 

[Chocoholic]

Sandra Bullock donated $1 million.

http://home.nzcity.co.nz/news/article.aspx?id=127992&fm=newsmain,nrhl

 

[Horse99]

Yeah sure, that tsunami was terrible......but I'll donate my $1.00 when the Japanese govt and emperor apologize for the 200,000+ Korean comfort women they raped and killed....for the Canadian nurses they raped and killed when they invaded Hong Kong.....for the thousands of Chinese that were experimented on with biological and chemical warfare..........they have a lot to atone for...the Rape of Nanking in 1937...and so on and so on...