Re: DS, 08/08/05


"Dann" <detox665@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:Xns96AF4F34EBEA8detox665hotmailcom@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

> The brain droppings of peterson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx were posted in
> news:1123718607.480035.221500@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on 10 Aug
> 2005:
>>
>> Granted, a five dollar donation isn't much, and it took about 10
>> seconds for the sharks to start circling so that the efforts of the
>> original ribbon people were undercut by the "a portion of proceeds"
>> parasites. But if every one of those damn ribbons represents a
>> donation of any size, it's better than nothing.
>
> So that in reality a $5 purchase is a $0.25 donation. They could save
> money by writing a letter to someone overseas and it would mean a whole
> lot more. In my experience, most purchasers don't do much more than buy
> the ribbon.
>
> And that's a good thing, IMO.....but a better thing would be to box up a
> couple of books, a magazine or two, and some cookies for someone serving
> overseas.
>
>> I really found Tinsley's cartoon to be unusually ignorant and
>> offensive, considering that the ribbons represent people voluntarily
>> digging in and helping with their own donations. Would he prefer, say,
>> that they vote to raise taxes instead???
>
> I think it was an accurate criticism of the whole ribbon phenomenon. As
> if wearing a ribbon actually translates into helping others.
>
> Realistically, what good does a one time $0.25 donation actually do???
>
> He's poking fun at the absurd notion that wearing a ribbon is the same
> thing as solving the problem.


Ribbons irritate the heck out of me -- i loved the Seinfeld episode
in which Kramer (participating in a "walk for" event) refused to
wear one and got chased down the street -- but i think the theory
behind them is that you can get 100 people to buy a ribbon
easily, because people like little identifying doodads -
t-shirt logos, bumper stickers, badges, ribbons. Tells the world
one little bit of "This is who i am." It's damn smart to capitalize
on that for a good cause. The 25-cents'es of those 100 people
will put 25.00 in the till while maybe 2 people are taking the time
to make a 5.00 box. And that's not meant to be a slam - many
of us are caring people but with 90 gazillion things competing for
our time and attention.

And apparently, since the anthrax scare, individuals can't just
send an "any soldier" box independently anymore. Has to be through
an organization, where someone vets them. Bless the people who
put this together!

http://www.anysoldier.com/

Meanwhile there's still Books For Troops (posted here last Christmas,
still going on) :

http://www.booksamillion.com/ncom/books?id=3222218547074&cat=troops


cheers!
Ruth
wife of combat veteran



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