tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6624877443029680982.post297859067586820481..comments2023-07-25T08:11:11.078-07:00Comments on Debbie Cowens: A not-so-simple act of charityDebbie Cowenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07345631448431031295noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6624877443029680982.post-26385325269479508882010-06-27T16:49:32.336-07:002010-06-27T16:49:32.336-07:00As a child I was oblivious to the fact that Salvat...As a child I was oblivious to the fact that Salvation Army were actually a church, not just a chain of second-hand stores who also collection bins for clothes and food banks. Even now I find it hard to fully think of them as a religion. It's like trying to imagine a Holy Church of Woolworths for me. <br /><br />There seems to be a weird conceptual gap fixed in my mind between the charity side of the organisation and their actual religious beliefs so if I donated to them I wouldn't feel like I was necessarily supporting the promotion of their doctrine - although I might now that you've made me aware of it. I suppose it's a strange side-effect of the power of unconscious branding.Debbie Cowenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07345631448431031295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6624877443029680982.post-27010605076620036752010-06-26T01:56:50.946-07:002010-06-26T01:56:50.946-07:00Yeah... I think there are definitely morally dubio...Yeah... I think there are definitely morally dubious charities... I try to avoid giving money to religious charities with whom I have moral differences (*thinks Sallies*) but will still give food their food-banks since that way I am not (so much) helping them spread sexist, homophobic, anti-fun-consensual-sex, narrow-definition-of-family messages... But even that was awkward when Tom spent half an hour mesmerised by their band at Christmas and they played Jingle Bells and Rudolf especially for him... in that situation I decided it would be kind of rude not donate!Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12632748869171277199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6624877443029680982.post-49658177010389043552010-06-25T20:50:49.338-07:002010-06-25T20:50:49.338-07:00Yeah, it is tough when there so many good charitie...Yeah, it is tough when there so many good charities that you want to support and a finite amount of money you can spare. It's one of the many ways in which I life would be simpler if had a limitless supply of cash.<br /><br />Thanks for the blogging award. :-)Debbie Cowenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07345631448431031295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6624877443029680982.post-37086801783972970932010-06-25T20:13:11.383-07:002010-06-25T20:13:11.383-07:00I get bombarded by charity requests every day here...I get bombarded by charity requests every day here in Mexico and everyone seems to need it. Agh, what does one do?<br /><br />By the way, I have an award for you on my blog.<br /><br />CDAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12160669603997465454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6624877443029680982.post-14391381613247644692010-06-25T19:10:07.640-07:002010-06-25T19:10:07.640-07:00Indeed, and a pleasant change from the daily paren...Indeed, and a pleasant change from the daily parenting opportunities to talk about the need to eat vegetables rather than use them as solely as a squishy means of artistic expression on the floor. <br /><br />Glad to hear that my neurotic side is not alone in the world. :-)Debbie Cowenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07345631448431031295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6624877443029680982.post-13417190977665232192010-06-25T15:27:54.900-07:002010-06-25T15:27:54.900-07:00They're spirits really take over, don't th...They're spirits really take over, don't they? Sure, it was stickers that drew him in, but another great opportunity to talk about altruism and charity.<br /><br />Love your neurotic side. We all have that side!<br /><br />Michele<br /><a href="http://southerncitymysteries.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Southern City Mysteries</a>JournoMichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11170364981958685438noreply@blogger.com