This isn't a political article but it's something I read about and wanted an opinion on. Mods, if this doesn't fit the community, please let me know and I'll post to my own blog instead
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Well, I honestly don't have a particular problem with them granting the jugallo wish. A solid debauchery is something that many wish to experience before they die. It's reasonable to desire to experience the pleasures of the flesh while you *have* a flesh to experience them with.
I DO find refusing to grant "hunting" wishes unreasonable though. Either it's their wish, and you do your best to grant it, or it isn't.
There's three charities that have been started since Make-A-Wish stopped granting the wishes for hunting trips: Hunt of a Lifetime, Catch-a-Dream, and Life Hunts.
There's no group opposed to ICP that is one tenth as nasty or aggressive as the anti-hunting/animal rights groups. They knuckled under to the bullying. It's as simple as that.
I think the kid's family shoulders more blame than the Make-A-Wish foundation (since the foundation would not have allowed it unless an adult guardian was with him). Also, the "kid" is 17-years-old (just one year shy of legal adulthood). And I suspect that Make-A-Wish would have said "no" if he had been, say, a 14-year-old boy instead
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That last point you made - that's what I'm talking about. Even spending the day with them I'm sure would have been great for him.
Also, I think any kid would be WAY happier having his favorite band give a private concert just for him and his pals than just going to a festival where the band's attention is too focused on the preforming schedule and other fans to spend any real time with him. That's what I would have gone for when I was a teenager.
...then again, maybe this boy cared more about visiting the drug bridge, the diseased lake, and the cheap (and also diseased) lap-dancers than he cared about that stupid band. LOL
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+thinks+ Oh, I know! They're worried that the kid who wants the hunting trip won't get to shoot the animal they want?
Wait, no... that can't be right. I can't find the logic.
+icon point+ That works better.
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I DO find refusing to grant "hunting" wishes unreasonable though. Either it's their wish, and you do your best to grant it, or it isn't.
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Also, I think any kid would be WAY happier having his favorite band give a private concert just for him and his pals than just going to a festival where the band's attention is too focused on the preforming schedule and other fans to spend any real time with him. That's what I would have gone for when I was a teenager.
...then again, maybe this boy cared more about visiting the drug bridge, the diseased lake, and the cheap (and also diseased) lap-dancers than he cared about that stupid band. LOL
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""Child Bankrupts Make-A-Wish Foundation by wishing for unlimited wishes""
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