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Nice story

Chich if you needed a couple of quid you should have just said

















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Very heartwarming story. In a world where we constantly prove ourselves a species to be complete *****, it's always nice to hear about the good people do.
 
I like stuff like this, I paid for 4 homeless people to have christmas lunch, a shower and a haircut through the Crisis charity, hope they have a nice day
 
There was a story about a boy, who lives in Bournemouth, who organised a coffee morning to raise money for the homeless. He decided to organise the event off his own choosing having seen a homeless man, as the boy left a show in London. Over £1,000 was raised for the cause, which is good going for such an event. I'll try & find a link to post but again, it does show that some good exists in this World.
 
There's a homeless guy called Nick who lives in my town and he's a right lovley bloke. I lost my blackberry in town once which was probably worth £300 at the time. I asked Nick if he'd seen it and that if he had I'd give him 50 quid for finding it and he said no but if he was to he'd let me know. I actually expected him to keep it for himself if he'd found it as that's what I'd do if I was homeless. Low and behold a couple weeks later he came up to me with it and said he'd found it a few days before and was waiting to bump into me. I tried to give him 50 quid but he refused to take it, asking only for the £3 it would take to buy him a breakfast. In the end I practically had to force him to take 10. Lovley bloke.
 
At the risk the sounding rather cynical, I see this act partly inspired by self publicity and having something to put on her CV, which there is nothing wrong with, but often behind charitable acts there is at least at hint of personal gain as the motive.
 
I read this story the other day and thought it reflected well on both the girl and especially the homeless bloke.

It is easy to be cynical as the girl is a beauty queen contestant so this will definitely help her there. But good for her.

What has got my goat recently was a Christmas jumper day at work. What a crock. Did they expect me to spend £15 or whatever to raise a quid for charity Idiots.
I can understand it in the week after Christmas as you might get one as a gift - but two weeks before? Do me a favour.
 
Bonsaiboy said:
At the risk the sounding rather cynical, I see this act partly inspired by self publicity and having something to put on her CV, which there is nothing wrong with, but often behind charitable acts there is at least at hint of personal gain as the motive.
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Eh. It could be argued that charity itself is inherently self-serving: if you gain more utility from helping others than you do from more mundane pursuits, you'll make helping others your primary goal. Still means you're maximising your utility at the cheapest possible cost (just like everyone else), just that you're doing it based on it making you happy more than more conventional pursuits making you happy.

Doesn't mean we shouldn't appreciate people who do take that up, though: whatever their motivations, they're making the dark, amoral old world a bit better while (possibly) pursuing their own motives, and that's a side-effect of their activity that most of us don't get to experience in our own daily lives (where our biggest concerns are usually not making the world a worse place).

Good on this young lady.
 
DubaiSpur said:
Eh. It could be argued that charity itself is inherently self-serving: if you gain more utility from helping others than you do from more mundane pursuits, you'll make helping others your primary goal. Still means you're maximising your utility at the cheapest possible cost (just like everyone else), just that you're doing it based on it making you happy more than more conventional pursuits making you happy.

Doesn't mean we shouldn't appreciate people who do take that up, though: whatever their motivations, they're making the dark, amoral old world a bit better while (possibly) pursuing their own motives, and that's a side-effect of their activity that most of us don't get to experience in our own daily lives (where our biggest concerns are usually not making the world a worse place).

Good on this young lady.
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It might be because I have drunk to much scotch tonight or it might be because I am thick but I did not understand a word of what you said, I agree with the last sentence though.
 
japenesegardenlover said:
It might be because I have drunk to much scotch tonight or it might be because I am thick but I did not understand a word of what you said, I agree with the last sentence though.
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Honestly mate, I don't understand what I say about half the time, so no worries. Cheers. :p :beer:
 
Bonsaiboy said:
At the risk the sounding rather cynical, I see this act partly inspired by self publicity and having something to put on her CV, which there is nothing wrong with, but often behind charitable acts there is at least at hint of personal gain as the motive.
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If you are hungry/homeless/in need, does it really matter if the person that gives has some level of self reward (similar to when people complain that millionaire only do charity for tax purposes, so ****ing what?)
 
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