Charity Type for this christmas?

[Jin]

A quick poll to see what charities everyone is backing for this christmas.

Simple vote for what you think is a greater cause this christmas.

[GoldenMerc]

no polls there buddy

[Alkaz]

NSPCC kty :)

[dogboy123]

rspca!!!

[Laggings]

Laggings' Helping Hands Charity

and amazing poll jin.

[Jin]

One downside of posting polls, you can't take your time about thinking of the poll options "/

[Alkaz]

Whoop ''Voters: 1.''

[xxMATTGxx]

I picked Military due to:

http://www.helpforheroes.co.uk/

[Judge Judy]

Cancer Welfare cause of Teenage Cancer Trust

[Molly.22]

Some sort of disabilities cause :P

[Laggings]

Uhm, jin, just to let you know, being dead isn't a disability.

Disabilities (including dead, blind etc)

LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

Edit: Oh you fixed it.
Disabilities (including deaf, blind etc)

Was funny there for a minute :D

[Hecktix]

Uhm, jin, just to let you know, being dead isn't a disability.

Disabilities (including dead, blind etc)

LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

I've already edited this :P

[Laggings]

Edit: Oh you fixed it.
Disabilities (including deaf, blind etc)

Was funny there for a minute :D

Hehe, thanks Oli :P

[iAdam]

Poverty, riders for health.

[Laggings]

Oh, I voted for aged.

[dogboy123]

animals ftw

[scott]

I voted Aged

[Laggings]

I voted Aged

ty pm me for your free t.

[Chippiewill]

ty pm me for your free t.

As did I -shifty eyes-

[Jin]

Other, option added.

Sorry for the er dead thing. Though that could be a severe disability in the same way that mattgarner looks like bruce willis if you squint your eyes and tilt your head to the side a bit.

[Laggings]

As did I -shifty eyes-

pm me for free t then.


Other, option added.

Sorry for the er dead thing. Though that could be a severe disability in the same way that mattgarner looks like bruce willis if you squint your eyes and tilt your head to the side a bit.

LOL VERY SEVERE.

[Recursion]

I picked a disibility charity.

[Jin]

oh if anyone has any interesting charities in the category you have voted for feel free to mention them.

[Laggings]

can I vote for Laggings' Helping Hands Charity?

We give pixels to poor people.

[Seatherny]

Medical ... but cancer related.

[Chippiewill]

can I vote for Laggings' Helping Hands Charity?

We give pixels to poor people.

You mean the "Lagging's Report Post button" charity?


oh if anyone has any interesting charities in the category you have voted for feel free to mention them.

Err, for supporting dead people you could perhaps donate it to the BNP?

Or

For young people: http://www.youngminds.org.uk/ (Google FTW to keep me on topic)

[AgnesIO]

Writing in big to get attention..

Do you think habbo would let you sell VIP in December if all proceeds go to charity? I am sure they will let you? And I could do with VIP lol

[Inseriousity.]

^^No, Lost_Witness would become Lost_Scrooge ;)

I voted for children. NSPCC?

[Black_Apalachi]

I hate this question. Has to be poverty, a few of the other options fall under this category too :).

[Japan]

Medical research.
Save lives :D

[Nixt]

Military. Agree with Matt on Help for Heroes. For obvious reasons!

[hah]

no racism ones LOL?

[Yonder]

Going to sell VIP to raise this, is this okay by Sulake/Habbo?

[Alkaz]

They might just give there donations to charity :)

[FlyingJesus]

Not too bothered about what the cause is but I think it should be a UK one really - no point trying to save the world when we have our own problems, and also by sorting ourselves out we'd be better equipped in the future to help everyone else. Homeless charities are always good for Christmas, very in the spirit of things

[Alkaz]

Homeless and Children are both in the spirit of it I think. People who abuse children are sick :(

[nat965]

Poverty :)

[nvrspk4]

Selling VIP when 100% of proceeds go to charity is ok with Sulake - that's the only reason we were able to last year.

[Ajthedragon]

Medical ftw

[AgnesIO]

Selling VIP when 100% of proceeds go to charity is ok with Sulake - that's the only reason we were able to last year.


So it will be for sale again? It need's to be haha

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I think Help for Heroes is the best choice (Military). I mean I know that Cancer Research does a lot - however these people die for our country, therefore SURELY they have to come first.

And poverty. The UK has it's own problems.

[PaulMacC]

Seeing as the amount of deaths this year, I picked Military.

[AgnesIO]

Oh ***.

Why do people put diseased people before people who die for our country.

Ok fair enough if your family member has died from cancer say - but those people did not get disease by trying to protect US.

[Alkaz]

I really dont think it should be medical/cancer, it gets it like EVERY year, they already gets tens of millions of donations each year. There are alot more needy causes out there like homeless, children etc. Although cancer does need to be cured, there are alot of other people our money could help immediately.

[-:Undertaker:-]

I have picked the elderly, they are forgotton every year and its really sad the way many have their care homes closed, who have no family to rely on and some of the stories that come about about what is happening to many of them. On the rest i'd back probably the children then the military although I disagree with the wars we are in at the moment, and I think the way they have been treated is disgusting by this government.

The old and the military should be looked after by our government, its sickening. I'm confused as to why people would put animals before humans here, but its down to personal choice I guess as i'm sure that if one of my family members had cancer i'd most likely vote for Medical Research.

[AgnesIO]

I really dont think it should be medical/cancer, it gets it like EVERY year, they already gets tens of millions of donations each year. There are alot more needy causes out there like homeless, children etc. Although cancer does need to be cured, there are alot of other people our money could help immediately.

Agreed.

And it's FACT most of Cancer Research UK's money goes to paying staff.

I think we should give it to either Help for Heroes or a charity for elderly, children or atleast something that might actually help people NOW.

[Mint]

I picked hospitals because it kind of covers a lot of things, I didn't see help for the heroes or I would of voted that! :( I don't think it should go to hunger, them idiots in africa have been getting so much money from us and they are still sitting their crying starving to death. WE ALL STARTED OUT WITH NOTHING! So what if africa is a hot country, loads of other boiling hot countrys have managed to move on. I went to jamaica once (same as africa and all the others really) and we was advised NOT to leave the hotel because of all them Neanderthal poor lazy *******s. They just won't work in their country which is why it's still how it is. All they want to do when they move to England/USA is smoke weed and rap (not all of them, some are nice hard working people and I am not being racist towards them - race is the colour of our skin and I speak nothing of that). So vote for our people fighting for us english people, our country.

[Neversoft]

I vote animal and if that were to be the winning category then I'd vote for the WSPA in particular.

[N!ck]

I voted military.

I'm quite surprised at the number of people who voted animals. We need to sort out ourselves before the other animals ;).

[AgnesIO]

I picked hospitals because it kind of covers a lot of things, I didn't see help for the heroes or I would of voted that! :( I don't think it should go to hunger, them idiots in africa have been getting so much money from us and they are still sitting their crying starving to death. WE ALL STARTED OUT WITH NOTHING! So what if africa is a hot country, loads of other boiling hot countrys have managed to move on. I went to jamaica once (same as africa and all the others really) and we was advised NOT to leave the hotel because of all them Neanderthal poor lazy *******s. They just won't work in their country which is why it's still how it is. All they want to do when they move to England/USA is smoke weed and rap (not all of them, some are nice hard working people and I am not being racist towards them - race is the colour of our skin and I speak nothing of that). So vote for our people fighting for us english people, our country.


Military is Help for Heroes!


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People before animals please.

[Caution]

Voted for animals. I just realised though, it would probably get donated to RSPCA which is English so I'm not really for that. After that it would be an aged charity because I think they're ignored too much.

[ecstasy]

Military

[Martin]

I'm a big animal lover sorry, and think they deserve as much care as humans. It breaks my heart when I see them being treated unfairly or cruelly.

http://media.picfor.me/0017538/sad-cat-sad-funny-animals-kitty-%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%82-animals_large.jpg

[luce]

i wish i could have picked two i picked poverty but i wanted military aswell :)

[HotelUser]

I chose cancer because it's bound to affect most families at some point in time.

[AgnesIO]

If Medical IS chosen..

Can we ATLEAST not waste our time giving it to Cancer Research?

There are more cancer charities thast do a better job than them, if people are that desperate to help them :\

Seriously there in no point giving it to Cancer Research

[The Professor]

If Medical IS chosen..

Can we ATLEAST not waste our time giving it to Cancer Research?

There are more cancer charities thast do a better job than them, if people are that desperate to help them :\

Seriously there in no point giving it to Cancer Research

Stop shooting people down for their beliefs. If they feel strongly about an issue or the issue affects them personally in some way they have every right to vote for that type of charity.

I voted for medical research, if that wins the vote there should be a variety of charities to choose from since that's a bit of a broad subject!

[Chippiewill]

Stop shooting people down for their beliefs. If they feel strongly about an issue or the issue affects them personally in some way they have every right to vote for that type of charity.

I voted for medical research, if that wins the vote there should be a variety of charities to choose from since that's a bit of a broad subject!

I feel that a percentage could be given to Cancer Research, but there are a lot of other medical things like Alzheimers which also need attention.

[powpow]

i picked cancer

[AgnesIO]

Stop shooting people down for their beliefs. If they feel strongly about an issue or the issue affects them personally in some way they have every right to vote for that type of charity.

I voted for medical research, if that wins the vote there should be a variety of charities to choose from since that's a bit of a broad subject!


I am not shooting down people for their beliefs Alex.

However I do believe that if medical research get's it then the chances are it will be "Habbox is pleased to support Cancer Research UK this Christmas. We decided this was a good charity as THIS Christmas they will not help one person have a better day. Unlike virtually every other charity in the world! Merry Christmas losers."

I am purely supporting my beliefs, that donating to a charity for Christmas and then giving it to a Chairty that is RESEARCHING (which is currently not HELPING) is mad.

EDIT: Might I also point out that as an example. If it wasn't for heroes that have died in the passed - like people who fought in WWII - then we may not be alive. And one of the young people that died in previous wars, or became mentally disabled may have been the person to find a cure to cancer.

On another note though, perhaps to solve the problem of me perhaps we SPLIT all funds so the two most popular chosen ones get half each?

EDIT2: Just realised something. I didn't notice Medical RESEARCH. That's the one I disaproove of, as I think that one will be Cancer Research. But the other one couldn't be that :D

Sorry :D

[N!ck]

I think people are probably getting confused with the medical research and the medical support options here ;).

[Swearwolf]

mental health.

[AgnesIO]

I think people are probably getting confused with the medical research and the medical support options here ;).

Yeh check my edit - didn't see BOTH options haha

In the case of SUPPORT I think it is a fantastic idea. After a close family friend, and best mates mum died through cancer SUPPORT is liked.

If research gets it then I will not be pleased haha

[Hushie]

I voted for poverty, although shouldn't Poverty, Water & Hunger be merged together?

[Jordy]

Agreed.

And it's FACT most of Cancer Research UK's money goes to paying staff.It's quite obvious really though, top scientists aren't going to work for free so it's the only way to find a cure for cancer. To pay the top scientists to research it. Just because they're at the top of their professional doesn't mean they should do it for free.

I've gone for Military, something like the royal british legion or help the heroes. Although I wouldn't mind if it went to something like the RNLI, Air Ambulance or homeless people.

It completely baffles me how people put Animals above humans, I honestly find that one of the most puzzling things.

[Sameer!]

Poverty ofcourse!

[VelvetClover]

I picked Aged (I take it that means like, Help the Aged etc??)

[leah]

Animal ihl

[Amberr]

Medical welfare :)

[Andeeh]

I voted medical due to personal reasons
mcmillan are great for helping families who have someone with cancer

[Gibs960]

Children like christmas more, so I put that, at our school we support a charity that helps families for christmas and other things

[ihatehash]

tbh im probs saying this because i'm not from the UK but I do plan on buying alot of VIP and I will be quite offended if all my money goes towards war and such, I know help for heroes is supporting the wounded but I'd rather put a smile on a kids face when they get a big present

[AgnesIO]

tbh im probs saying this because i'm not from the UK but I do plan on buying alot of VIP and I will be quite offended if all my money goes towards war and such, I know help for heroes is supporting the wounded but I'd rather put a smile on a kids face when they get a big present


That's a bit hypocritical.

You don't want money to go toe the British, yet you are happy for it to go to a little African boy?

Wait, what?

[mlp16]

NSPCC please x

[ItsDave]

What the hell.

Who would rather give money to Animals than the Military services. Bizarre people.

[Jordy]

That's a bit hypocritical.

You don't want money to go toe the British, yet you are happy for it to go to a little African boy?

Wait, what?Not really, he's from New Zealand. It's obvious that Africa is worse off in every way than the UK, so what he's saying is making sense. I'm not saying every kid in Britain is well off, but they're not starving or dying of diseases in enormous numbers that's for sure.

[e5]

I picked Military :)

[AgnesIO]

Not really, he's from New Zealand. It's obvious that Africa is worse off in every way than the UK, so what he's saying is making sense. I'm not saying every kid in Britain is well off, but they're not starving or dying of diseases in enormous numbers that's for sure.

No but what he said was "I am not wanting to give my money to the British as I am not from there." But he then says "I will happily give it to Africa."

And saying African kids are worse off in everyway is ridiculous. I have been on trips to Africa to decorate a school and on the whole the kids were so much more together. Virtually everyone would play with each other - how often does that happen in England?

Communities in Africa are much better.

[Grig]

Socially yes, but economically not so much. We are talking about what people NEED for life, not what they can live without. You won't die if another kid won't play with you. However, you will if you do not get enough food, water, or Malaria tablets etc. This is the crucial point.

To say that the UK is worse of than Africa is stupid. The UK is an MEDC (more economically developed country) not an LEDC. I personally have trecked across Africa and I can say many children have close to no infrastructure often studying in poorly constructed mud huts, now I don't think that is better off than the UK at all. However, it is your choice to pick to who you want to donate as for me, it will be a tough choice as they're all good causes.

[AgnesIO]

Socially yes, but economically not so much. We are talking about what people NEED for life, not what they can live without. You won't die if another kid won't play with you. However, you will if you do not get enough food, water, or Malaria tablets etc. This is the crucial point.

To say that the UK is worse of than Africa is stupid. The UK is an MEDC (more economically developed country) not an LEDC. I personally have trecked across Africa and I can say many children have close to no infrastructure often studying in poorly constructed mud huts, now I don't think that is better off than the UK at all. However, it is your choice to pick to who you want to donate as for me, it will be a tough choice as they're all good causes.


Wait? Could you QUOTE me when I said it was worse off? Can you? No.

Also if you have trekked the continent you would know Africa is a continent of two halves.

And Africa is not a Less Economically Developed Country :P

[Grig]

A large bulk of it yes, the Sub-Saharan Africa part. The only thing I would say and yes I cannot quote you as you didn't directly say it. However, it is the fact that they are worse of economically, which I feel is worse than being worse off in the social sphere of things, though I don't reject your point that they're not worse off in every way.

But yet again as I said the economics are 100 times worse in Africa than in the UK. Socially it is better.

[AgnesIO]

A large bulk of it yes, the Sub-Saharan Africa part. The only thing I would say and yes I cannot quote you as you didn't directly say it. However, it is the fact that they are worse of economically, which I feel is worse than being worse off in the social sphere of things, though I don't reject your point that they're not worse off in every way.

But yet again as I said the economics are 100 times worse in Africa than in the UK. Socially it is better.


Well if we are going by who is worse of the than UK we might aswell donate the money to Japan!

I am not saying the money SHOULDN'T go to Africa I am just saying that it was hypocritical to say that he/she did not want it to go to England as he/she lived in New Zealand, but to then go and say he/she is happy to give it to any other country :D

As I said I went on a trip to Africa raising £3000, so I am happy for it to go there :D

[FlyingJesus]

It completely baffles me how people put Animals above humans, I honestly find that one of the most puzzling things.

Entirely agree, I think it's frankly disgusting that anyone could give preference to non-sentient beings over those who actually feel and understand both physical and emotional pain rather than just react to base instincts

[Axel]

I voted for Aged.

[Nikki]

Cancer research.

[jackass]

Mental Health/Voluntary Services. :)

[AgnesIO]

I am impressed at how caring this forum is.

Almost 300 votes have now been cast, in such a short time. Not only this but the variety is huge!

[Dan2nd]

I'd like Habbox to support Help For Heroes

[Chippiewill]

I am impressed at how caring this forum is.

Almost 300 votes have now been cast, in such a short time. Not only this but the variety is huge!

It's on the index page if you havn't voted, people are more likely to see it.

[MissAlice]

Some really good charities in the poll. For me charity begins at home, and although I would support 'Help the Aged' as well as one or two others, my heart goes out to our wounded heroes who should receive the best facilities this country can offer. So Military gets my vote.

[Chippiewill]

Entirely agree, I think it's frankly disgusting that anyone could give preference to non-sentient beings over those who actually feel and understand both physical and emotional pain rather than just react to base instincts

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How would you feel if a race of aliens enslaved the human race and made you work as a bomb disposal unit because you were not as smart as the aliens?

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[jackass]

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How would you feel if a race of aliens enslaved the human race and made you work as a bomb disposal unit because you were not as smart as the aliens?

That's how life goes.

Humans, as of now, are the most important species on the planet, you can't argue - it's a fact. I'm not saying I want animals to just die, I love animals, i'm just saying that I would personally put humans ahead of animals. I mean seriously, which death would you be most bothered about, your friend or your pet?

[FlyingJesus]

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How would you feel if a race of aliens enslaved the human race and made you work as a bomb disposal unit because you were not as smart as the aliens?

First off congratulations on calling me an idiot on a subject something I'm right about. Secondly it's not about not being as smart, it's the fact that animals literally CANNOT process pain the way we do - we understand it and are affected mentally as well as physically, whereas animals can only react to instincts and only show alarm because as living things they have a survival instinct. Take a cat to the vet for a jab and it'll try getting away and scratch about because it feels pain, but it doesn't know that it's doing it any good and in 2 minutes when the pain's gone it acts like nothing ever happened

[Chippiewill]

First off congratulations on calling me an idiot on a subject something I'm right about. Secondly it's not about not being as smart, it's the fact that animals literally CANNOT process pain the way we do - we understand it and are affected mentally as well as physically, whereas animals can only react to instincts and only show alarm because as living things they have a survival instinct. Take a cat to the vet for a jab and it'll try getting away and scratch about because it feels pain, but it doesn't know that it's doing it any good and in 2 minutes when the pain's gone it acts like nothing ever happened

That's not the point though. I'll put it this way, would you support an alien race that feels pain and views the world in a superior way to us in the process of killing us?

[FlyingJesus]

If it was comparable to the difference between humans and non-sentient animals then yeah because we wouldn't even know

[Chippiewill]

If it was comparable to the difference between humans and non-sentient animals then yeah because we wouldn't even know

Do you really believe that or are you just being stubborn and trying to prove your point because you have no where else to go?

[FlyingJesus]

No I truly believe that - if we don't have any way of understanding that we're being disadvantaged then it can't really be a disadvantage. It's difficult to think of an example because obviously if I came up with one then it'd be something we do understand, us being a sentient race. The only thing I can think of that might possibly cover it is if we're all an experiment of some divine creator (or group of creators) and they control us entirely, even down to me typing this right now. I don't know about it and there's no way I can understand it entirely so if that were the case it wouldn't be a problem

[Chippiewill]

No I truly believe that - if we don't have any way of understanding that we're being disadvantaged then it can't really be a disadvantage. It's difficult to think of an example because obviously if I came up with one then it'd be something we do understand, us being a sentient race. The only thing I can think of that might possibly cover it is if we're all an experiment of some divine creator (or group of creators) and they control us entirely, even down to me typing this right now. I don't know about it and there's no way I can understand it entirely so if that were the case it wouldn't be a problem

You would support your own death for that reason?

[FlyingJesus]

Obviously I wouldn't support it because I wouldn't know about it, which is the main point

[22andy2231]

HOSPITALS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THEY HELP MILLIONS OF PEOPLE AND NO1 EVER AYS THANKS

WHICH AINT FAIR

[Jordy]

HOSPITALS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THEY HELP MILLIONS OF PEOPLE AND NO1 EVER AYS THANKS

WHICH AINT FAIRAlthough that is true, Hospitals are not a charity and they are not ran by volunteers. They are simply doing their job and as tax payers we contribute to the cost of hospitals, building them, buying equipment, paying for staff etc. Of course it's always good manners to be polite to everyone, particularly if they've helped you. However I don't think it's criminal to not say thank you.

[Jin]

We are supporting 5 charities this Christmas.

NSPCC, RSPCA, Macmillan Cancer Trust, Oxfam and Help for Heroes.

[Martin]

We are supporting 5 charities this Christmas.

NSPCC, RSPCA, Macmillan Cancer Trust, Oxfam and Help for Heroes.



Those are all very worthwhile causes :) Will definitely be donating.

Nice choices :D