what saddens me even more is that those blizzards are not the healthiest at all and the people thinking that they are participating in a good cause are in return getting screwed with ill health.
I don't donate to people who tell me that I have to buy their album, their product, or anything to donate money to a good cause. I find the whole concept to be of ill-intentions and mainly about sustaining itself. Especially if they use it as a marketing ploy. It's nice to know they care, but why make a huge deal about it to make people buy your sh*t.
I can see people wanting to raise awareness, and that donating a portion of the proceeds from something you're selling anyway is a good idea; I think if I was a rock star raising money, I'd say, "Just go to X place and make a donation, please. We'll say thank you to you on our next album/website.", and then quietly donate a portion of the proceeds anyway. Maybe I'm naive.
I still think the marketing ploy gets in the the way of really raising any sort of awareness. If you're not aware that there are children starving and you feel like you need to buy something to get awareness, I'm not sure if that's really awareness or just marketing.
Gah, this is like the Nescafe charity coffee mornings i see sometimes, with the added bonus of being unhealthy as well as unethical. Makes me wish i had the time and energy to organise an alternative event.
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Brain faster than fingers.
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:::Applause:::
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http://www.rmhc.org/rmhc/index/about.html
*vomits a little* Such obvious irony stops being fun way too quickly.
You should be employed to rant.
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