Friday, 7 October 2011

A Reminder...

I blog often about charities, both the fakecharity type and the charity that long since lost sight of its original purpose. You might be lead to believe that they were all like that.

But they aren't.

There are charities out there that still deserve the name. That still do a good job, and hold to the principles of their founders. Charities like the RNLI, the Poppy Appeal, Help For Heroes, Mercy Ships.

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8 comments:

  1. SBC7 October 2011 at 16:04

    "the Poopy Appeal, Help For Heroes,"

    Both 'fake' charities.

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  2. Anonymous8 October 2011 at 00:18

    Poppy appeal set up by Haig the ww1 field marshall a tactical idiot.His way to make war cost the lives of 100 000 more even a dame fool.

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  3. Twenty_Rothmans8 October 2011 at 03:12

    I've managed to stop the weight loss that dropped me from 118kg to 78kg

    W dot T dot F dot.

    Unless this chap's 6'7", which I very much doubt, there's something funny going on here.

    "You might be lead"

    In weekend mode already, Julia? :-)

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  4. JuliaM8 October 2011 at 06:13

    "Both 'fake' charities."

    Really? Not in the usual definition of the word, surely?

    "In weekend mode already, Julia? :-)"

    D'oh! :D

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  5. Thirty-foot waves8 October 2011 at 12:23

    I always think the Lifeboats is one charity that I need to support because I am the last person ever who would dare go out and rescue someone in weather like that. I am so grateful someone else is willing to do that.

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  6. JuliaM9 October 2011 at 07:59

    "...because I am the last person ever who would dare go out and rescue someone in weather like that. "

    Spot on! And it's a volunteer duty too, like mountain rescue.

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  7. Furor Teutonicus9 October 2011 at 13:00

    XX JuliaM said...

    "Both 'fake' charities."

    Really? Not in the usual definition of the word, surely? XX

    Birkenhead bridewell (Merseyside police) 1981. 16 year old scumbag gets his phone call. Half an hour later comes the secretary, or so such, from the local British Liegion.

    Bags of cash. Pays the arseholes bail.

    Why? Because "Daddy was an associate member, he (and his family) was entitled to "charity" from the poppy fund. Even though neither "Father" nor son had even been in the bloody army CADETS, never mind the ARMY (Navy/Air Force)

    NOW tell me that something is not dodgy there.

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  8. Ringmer12 October 2011 at 20:00

    I've never understood the why the RNLI is still a charity.

    All boat owners should pay a compulsory levy for it - after all it's basically just the sea-going version of the AA or RAC.

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