Charities are stupid

[Ezzie.]

Your views on this?

You are:

-Selfish
-Don't give a **** about your fellow man
-Need to wake up and realise that mankind can not evolve further unless we work together
-you're an idiot.
-plus though I don't want you to get cancer it'd be quite ironic if you had cancer, and the only reason you was saved was because somebody donated that precious money to a charity to find that "miracle cure"

[PaintYourTarget]

Generally I only give money to charities where you can actually see the affects. Most major charities lose the money you donate on admin, shipping, adverts and all that and whatever's left goes on the afflicted and dieing.

[Hayd93]

They send us so mutch stuff through the door. So now if they go down our drive we just go out and go this is private property can you leave please or the police will be called. But i do give money to charitys i just dont want all the jink if i see a collection in the street i give money sometimes

[RedStratocas]

only certain charities work, mostly ones for poverty. ones for diseases for the most part are lost causes.

[Ezzie.]

Depends red strat, I really think charities for diseases are a big help.. eventually they will find cures for cancer, just depends when, and having an active charity studying it will make the process quicker.

Also thanks for the bad rep.. apparently i'm "scene"

[FlyingJesus]

The more cures you get, the stronger viruses will become.

[Agnostic Bear]

Only charities I'd give to would be ones that get the homeless off the streets in Britain, because that's a cause that affects me and my country. Essentially people give to charity to makes themselves feel good, as though they're doing something wonderful so they can be at peace with themselves giving a couple of quid when they could realistically afford so much more. If people truly believed in equality and giving everyone the same chances they'd give up EVERYTHING that they didn't need for a cause.

Precisely, I will only ever give to charities that help queen and country, not other countries, they can get their help from their countries.

[GommeInc]

It depends on what charities. The Suffolk Owl Sanctuary does alot of work and is quite a peaceful place to go to and Hedway which is a charity that deals with brain operations did an extremely good job with my dad's operation, and they work through hospitals provding such services. Although I do agree with you, charities for 3rd World Countries are a bit odd, surely they don't need millions of pounds to help africans? Teach them how to support themselves, it's a greater gift than having them dependant on us. But that does require some money too, but that's probably the neglectful rulers being, well, useless "/

[Shawnstra]

Although it gives you a sense of gratification when you donate, it is all for a good cause (unless the charity uses the money for themselves, not the needy).

No offense, sometimes I find that because people don't study hard, etc., that's why they're poor now. Do we really want to help them? They had it coming. But I mainly support charities that deal with health, those that they could not expect.

[HotelUser]

I totally fail to see how charities can be classified as "stupid". Perhaps some charities don't budget their money so the majority amount of income is given to the poor/homeless/sick people, but there are many charities that are worth contributing to.
Firstly, I would like to say that with out people such as ourselves contributing, many more people would go hungry, catch disease and die, in certain third-world countries. You say that it's bad to help people you don't know? So if I see someone being kidnapped I don't report it to the authorities because the person being kidnapped is a stranger to me? I think not.
Who's pretending to be good? The people donating? A former Microsoft C.E.O donated millions to build educational facilities in third world countries. I somehow doubt he was "pretending" to be good. If you were referring to certain charities "pretending to be good" than just find a better charity to contribute to. I found when you said charities are bad because you're "spending good money on people who will die anyways" to be totally irrational. The people contributing to charities have good lives, with money to spare. Families in third world countries don't have the same educational and employment opportunities as us. So if I am able to pay $20 a month to give a family medical attention and shelter I wont hesitate to do it. I don't see how one can be wasting their time, if they're constructively helping someone else.