Ice Bucket Challenge

TheVoice said:
Expected by who? If the employer wants to offer the option that's fine, but there should really no expectation or 'pressure' from either the employer or other employees for an individual to do so.

The real irony is that you're criticising the people doing the ice bucket challenge for doing it just for attention, yet you won't stop telling us about how you donate regularly and that you think everyone else should be expected to.
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In reality both the ice bucket challenge and Captain Planet is putting an expectation on someone to donate, only the ice bucket challenge does it via nomination/peer pressure. Either way it isn't really voluntary giving thus IMO a wrong way about it.

Also currently it is World Water Week so the waste of water during this time, however small it is inappropriate IMO.

I accept it has been a hugely successful campaign though so is great for those people that don't give normally.
 
Tesco had almost sold out of bags of ice on Friday, there were only two left out of a whole draw. If I'd had to spend a weekend without any ice in my drinks I'd be really ****ed off, damn all you ice bucket idiots.
 
aslco said:
I think that's a tad accusational and het up! I think his general point is that Charity is a heartfelt and pro-active thing. People should give regularly to things they believe in, rather than only donating to something or "raising awareness" whenever there is peer pressure / they think its the cool thing.
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That hasn't been his point though, and that's what I take issue with. Encouraging people to find out more about charities which they might feel strongly about and get involved or start donating is one thing, but so far his point has repeatedly been that anyone earning a wage should be giving away money. That simply isn't fair and totally ignores the non-monetary contributions people can make both to charities and people in general (e.g. their own time).

It comes across as judgemental and rather patronising really.
 
ganesh said:
Tesco had almost sold out of bags of ice on Friday, there were only two left out of a whole draw. If I'd had to spend a weekend without any ice in my drinks I'd be really ****ed off, damn all you ice bucket idiots.
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You realise that ice can...be made right...for free more or less ignoring energy costs?........................
 
Been nominated. Not done it. I've donated every month for since I started work to various charities and raised at least £6k for various charities....

I'm not doing it for some stupid Daily Mail-esque 'charity' event. How many actually donate to charity do you think?
 
TheVoice said:
That hasn't been his point though, and that's what I take issue with. Encouraging people to find out more about charities which they might feel strongly about and get involved or start donating is one thing, but so far his point has repeatedly been that anyone earning a wage should be giving away money. That simply isn't fair and totally ignores the non-monetary contributions people can make both to charities and people in general (e.g. their own time).

It comes across as judgemental and rather patronising really.
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However you dress it up, nothing is more effective than donating money. I'd be interested to know if you have donated your time to be a scientist for a week and created a cure for a disease though.
 
ganesh said:
Tesco had almost sold out of bags of ice on Friday, there were only two left out of a whole draw. If I'd had to spend a weekend without any ice in my drinks I'd be really ****ed off, damn all you ice bucket idiots.
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Heh, posts like this.

Excellent news; saw it this morning. Makes the ice cold bucket worth it if the money donated has this sort of impact :).
 
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