why i hate this time of year

**skidMark** · 7th January 2006, 11:42

this is why i hate this time of year

Problem : sponser a child they are all dying....

Solution: give all the parents condoms so they can stop breading like rabbits.

if i see another damn christmas hamper add on tv im going to i dunno rant some more or something

they overdo it to the point that i turn into a giggleing psycopath.

MA

**MidnightMike** · 7th January 2006, 11:47

Or at least glad rap with a rubber band.

**Biff** · 7th January 2006, 12:16

Originally Posted by markauckland

this is why i hate this time of year

Problem : sponser a child they are all dying....

Solution: give all the parents condoms so they can stop breading like rabbits.

I wont bite - I'll just say that there's as much logic in that statement as saying, " My house is on fire, best I hide the matches from the kids".

Why not sponsor a child? I do. An yup - I get a warm feeling knowing that my sponsorship helps to feed, keep healthy and educate the child in question so that she can become self sufficient.

You were just about to get the first dose of red rep I've dealt out in over a year. But I thought I'd piss you off even more, so I've just made a donation to Oxfam on your behalf. Seriously.

**MidnightMike** · 7th January 2006, 12:22

"You were just about to get the first dose of red rep I've dealt out in over a year. But I thought I'd piss you off even more, so I've just made a donation to Oxfam on your behalf. Seriously."

Howd you manage that?

**Fatjim** · 7th January 2006, 12:43

Originally Posted by MidnightMike

"You were just about to get the first dose of red rep I've dealt out in over a year. But I thought I'd piss you off even more, so I've just made a donation to Oxfam on your behalf. Seriously."

Howd you manage that?

Give him a break, he's from Auckland. Although I'm not too sure about him, he seems proud of the fact.

**sels1** · 7th January 2006, 12:55

Originally Posted by Fatjim

Give him a break, he's from Auckland. Although I'm not too sure about him, he seems proud of the fact.

and he's a proud owner of a chinese minibike thing.....like how discerning is that??

**skidMark** · 7th January 2006, 12:57

nononono youve got me all wrong i would sponser one if i could afford it it's just im saying why can't they use the money to stop them having like 12 kids each because otherwise they can't get sponsers for them all bacause there is no means of population control

**MidnightMike** · 7th January 2006, 12:59

Originally Posted by markauckland

nononono youve got me all wrong i would sponser one if i could afford it it's just im saying why can't they use the money to stop them having like 12 kids each because otherwise they can't get sponsers for them all bacause there is no means of population control

I completely agree. The have loads of kids, get aids them complain that they cant feed them all then go off and have another.

**thehollowmen** · 7th January 2006, 13:23

Originally Posted by Biff

Why not sponsor a child? I do. An yup - I get a warm feeling knowing that my sponsorship helps to feed, keep healthy and educate the child in question so that she can become self sufficient.

I'm going to bite back.

And the children we sponsered ages ago now have families with children which need sponsoring.

Adopt damn it, that's a better idea than these sponsorship programs.

**myvice** · 7th January 2006, 13:27

Oxfam’s ok, we do the Bernado’s thing, I don’t trust any of the Christian ones, just a feeling they have an agenda.
I hate this time of year caus of all the caravan towing nomad wannabes with there 2.4 kids and a dog crammed into a station wagon doing 30kph on MY fuckin roads weaving all over the show like a pissed chook so I cant get past them caus they want to have a look at a fuckin TREE!
Don't they have trees where there from? Why don’t they stick to SH1? Why cant they just take there caravan with the Sky dish, the dog, the screaming bored to death kids and the uppers dependant wife just pull over so I can get past?
Can look all fuckin day at a tree, pissy little water fall or some other caravan/boat towing 140kg beer gutted inbreed with a flat tyre but cant even glance once into his mirror!
All this and then another 4WD driving haemorrhoid appears behind me and gets so friggin close he has a better view of my speedo than I do!
Yay to the holiday season! Wipty fuckin do!

**trumpy** · 7th January 2006, 13:31

How is it that Pakistan can afford an expensive nuclear weapons programme but can't afford to feed it's children??
Priorities, priorities....

**myvice** · 7th January 2006, 13:50

Originally Posted by trumpy

How is it that Pakistan can afford an expensive nuclear weapons programme but can't afford to feed it's children??
Priorities, priorities....

Its no good feeding them if your neighbour is going to invade, then all of your fed people would stave!
So you protect your self and starve your own people so they will have no need to attack! And even if they do they will have to use nukes too, so all of the people will be too dead to notice how hungry they are and the victor wins a really big carpark where no food can grow.
More starving people? No, there all toast so no problem there.
Obvious once it’s explained isn’t it?

**StoneChucker** · 7th January 2006, 13:54

The main problem I have is that with alot, maybe even most of these child sponsoring charities, is that they are strongly connected with religious causes.

Now listen, I am NOT saying I don't like/believe in religion (regardless of which one), infact I've recently gained alot of interest in it, and want to persue it as soon as I am healthy and mobile enough.

Back to my point. If I donate money to children's charity, helping tsunami victims or earthquake appeal, I want as much of my money to make it to the intended receipient as possible. I know there are administration costs, but I AM NOT donating money so the organisation in question can further their message of god/religion, to people who may not want/care to hear it. I doubt very much if the parents of a starving/homeless family want to hear about how religion can save them, and what to do with their new bible.

So I plead with everyone here, donate to poverty/disaster relief (I am), but avoid certain organisations with religious logos (watch out, some are cleaverly integrated with other logos), unless you do some research and know what your money is spent on.
I am in no way saying that it's wrong to support religious charities, if you want to futher religion as well, thats fine too. I believe that that could be done at a later stage, once the more important issues like poverty and disaster damage are eradicated (an unattainable task I suspect)

I wonder why most/all animal charities have no interest in furthering the message. Possibly because animals can't be "saved"?

**Indiana_Jones** · 7th January 2006, 14:17

I just feel sick sometimes when I see people asking me to sponsor a child living in India etc.....hold the f*ck on, their government has nuke up to the arm pits, but they spend nothing on their people. Now I know it's not the average persons fault, I have no grudge on them. So what we need to do is remove the shite governments.

ignore that, it's that time of the month for me

-Indy