I think you might have this backwards. I'm not ready to throw you into a pit of damnation yet, unlike others here. But I really think you don't get it. You said in a previous post:

"I donate money to a number of causes"

Good for you, sincerely. I got a glimpse of how my donations were spent after Katrina. The Red Cross and United Way wanted cash, of course. And if they weren't so completely fricked up that cash may have done more good than my donations to First Baptist Church. FBC didn't want cash. They wanted hammers, roofing nails, diapers, gas cans, shingles, etc. for their church members to take to the coast and help rebuild. They weren't all carpenters, of course, and it may very well be that giving money to some other organization would have done more good. But their hearts were definitely in the right place. I have absolutely no interest in attending First Baptist Church services, but they have my everlasting respect. Even if some members post something on Facebook

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Posted by wmr

North of Dickson, South of Herman's

Member since Mar 2009

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Posted on 7/27/14 at 11:07 pm to finestfirst79

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But their hearts were definitely in the right place.

So are the hearts of people who rush out to a tornado zone to "help". But if they applied a bit of critical thought to their actions, they'd realize that they might better help in other, more effective ways. And that even in those situations, a lot of people are attracted to tourist the tragedy, when the best and most effective help would be to donate funds. But then they'd be stuck with just the self-serving knowledge that they helped, and wouldn't have disaster porn and an adventure tale.

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