WAAAAAAA: Sucker for sad eyes

[Mike748]

I'm sure WSPA do a good job, we could even still be donating for all I know. but .........
I disagree with their guilt trip, "we won't show you" then they do advertising.

[Big Dan]

Good on you MrsKendog i had been debating with myself weather to do a thread on this and you bet me to it but well done when i watch theses adds i don't see the end cause i switch channels cause its too distressing to watch i've signed and make donations like yourself

Us humans have alot to answer for

[PrincessBandit]

... [insert my ideas that people can generally help themselves and there are tons of organisations that help people] But personally, the sight of animals suffering due to the things humans do to them for no good reason tugs at my heart-strings more than human misery does..... call me heart-less if you like.

Yep Mrs Kendog I have seen them, well actually I haven't cos I avert my eyes when they come on. It kills me to see animals suffering. Sure I also feel for human victims but for me cruelty towards animals is even worse cos we humans are considered to be 'enlightened'. ...

I'm with you two! Yes I feel for suffering people but it is suffering animals and cruelty that's inflicted on them by humans that really rip me up too. Yes, it goes without saying, that "nature" can be seen to be cruel (survival of the fittest, and all that) but that is part of the natural order of things. [Let's not go down the path that will get this moved to PD religious ravings]. Humans just seem to be masters of inflicting misery and pain, often for no other purpose than their own selfishness, sick entertainment, or just because they have the power to do so.

[vifferman]

I change channels whenever the WSPA ads come on - which is every friggin' ad break!
I love animals, but the ads make me angry at the heartless bastards that maltreat them, and annoyed at WSPA, rather than wanting to donate. I already waste too much money by donating to This That And The Other and not claiming it off my tax. I would donate some money to fund bullets to shoot some of the arseholes that treat animals this way, though.

BTW - a household discussion plucked the answer "Doubt it" out of our collective arses in respect to the question, "Do charities get free/cheap TV advertising?", so I wunner how much money gets sucked up by expensive TV ads repeated ad nauseum? Yes, I *know* this doesn't absolve me from the 'crime' of not helping these poor, pathetic animals, but so what? I have a choice, don't I? And is it responsible to ignore my current financial commitments and give into WSPA's blatant manipulation / pressure tactics?

Fuck 'em, I say. And their animals. They're probably all just midget actors in hired animal costumes anyway.

Roll on the red rep - I haven't had any for... well, FOREVER.

[Mully]

I love animals,

BTW - a household discussion plucked the answer "Doubt it" out of our collective arses in respect to the question, "Do charities get free/cheap TV advertising?",

I love animals too. Delicious animals.

Do they not get free advertising, or are you guessing?? I had often wondered this. I would have thought TVNZ and the like could claim a tax deduction for the "value" of the ad as a charitable donation.

We donate to Moon Bears, cos Moon bears rock. I am considering getting my sisters kid's chickens and stuff for Xmas this year (where you buy in their name, and they are given to needy families in Africa) cos I'm thinking it might give them a much needed lesson in the dangers of materialism