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Charities Upset Over Chase Facebook Contest
ssv03 writes "The New York Times is reporting that Chase Community Giving of Chase Bank recently held a contest on Facebook in which users were encouraged to vote for their favorite charities. At the end of the contest, the 100 charities with the most votes would win $25,000 and advance to the next round to have a chance to win $1 million. Initially, the vote counts for each organization were made public, but two days before voting ended they were hidden, and the final totals have still not been released. While Chase had no official leader board during the voting, several organizations were keeping track of projected winners. Those projections were almost identical to the final results, yet several organizations including Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP), Marijuana Policy Project and several anti-abortion groups were not finalists. They had been performing very well (some within the top 20) until the vote counters were removed. Chase Bank has so far refused to discuss the issue with the organizations. SSDP has spoken out in a press release (PDF) and is calling for a boycott."
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Nerd rage is the funniest rage.
"Because of course taking someone's education away"
What, it's impossible to go to community college, then pay the rest yourself? What kind of crap is this?
Nobody is taking anyone's education away, why are you using hyperbolic stupidity that borders lying to prove your "point"(which isn't much of a point even if you weren't making shit up).
Why are so many posts with factual errors modded up?
As for the anti-abortion, they just *need* to be dragged screaming and kicking into the century of the fruitbat.
Really? Slavery, abortion and infanticide is all centuries old. Unfortunately only two of these barbaric practices were stopped. Even the rationale for abortion has become weaker (since the efficacy of contraception greatly increased).
It is the pro-abortion folks who need to be dragged into the "century of the fruitbat".
Alcohol and nicotine are both physically addictive (like heroin and cocaine)
Nah, you are lying there. I just checked the wikipedia article on alcohol, and there is no mention of addiction. Got you, sucker! ;)
Seriously, the alcohol physical addiction is overrated. It takes a lot of alcohol, and even then I do not find the studies I have seen ( not many, I admit ) very convincing. This also meshes well with common statements from clinics dealing with alcoholism that "removing the cause removes the alcoholism".
Coffee/caffeine is much better example of a societally accepted drug that is physically additive. Even a moderately high intake will give most people headaches if they stop drinking any for a weekend.
Finally, judging by the amount of furious replies, I think I'd better hasten to add that it was meant tongue-in-cheek.
Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.
Ah, that does possibly look like one of the better ones. There are a fair few Christian organizations that provide a home for pregnant single mothers* on the condition that they give their babies up for adoption to nice Christian married couples. Oh, and these organizations charge the couples tens of thousands of dollars per baby.
* White mothers with white babies only.
I was adopted, that is why I am pro life.
These women who were not raped or who's health is in danger have the ability to put their children up for adoption. They don't for one simple reason, they don't want to be responsibile for their own actions. Thus, they kill what they created.
Please note that I specificatly address the fact there are times where abortions are needed. I do not deny that.
Question's for pro choicers.
1). What? Every heard of contraceptives. Or, if in doubt. Pull it out? Jesus, no shit.
2). What, you want to get rid of the baby so bad you can't wait to give it up for abortion?
3). Why does the men not have the choice to raise the child if the woman is so hell bent on aborting it?
4). Do you agree women are being hypocrits when they feel they have this right to abort without men's input, but god forbid. If they wish to have the child, the man must pay child support.
If a woman wants to have an abortion, when there is no medical reason to not carry the child to full term. I think the solution should be for a blind draw of a playing card. If the woman lose's, she is aborted and the child is saved. Otherwise, it is the child that is aborted and not the woman. Fair enough?
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>Secondly, a fetus, while it is 'human', is not 'a human'. There's an important difference.
As has already been commented, that's not necessarily true. The conclusion is in the premise, that's not a sound argument.
You realize that birth control is just another form of abortion, right?
I'm actually pro-choice, but your logic/reasoning/pathetic attempt to support pro-choice is just ... sad.
I'm all for other women having the choice to make on their own, I'll do what I want with my body, you do what you want with yours.
But lets be realistic here, an abortion does nothing to 'help' anyone but the parents. It in no way 'helps' the child as it now has no chance at all. This is the biggest bunch of ignorant bullshit ever spewed, please stop. An abortion does absolutely no good for the childs life. If you can afford an abortion anywhere other than someones basement, you can afford to be a parent. Who are you to tell the kid that 'her life would have been bad, so we just decided you shouldn't live it'.
Just be honest, don't try to bullshit people cause it doesn't work. Its your body, abortion is legal here, you don't want to raise the child, don't. But for fucks sake don't tell us about how the child is better off now that you aborted it, thats just ignorant and 100% illogical unless you're assuming god is going to take the aborted baby and give it life ever lasting. If you do believe this, man, religious nutjobs never cease to amaze me.
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So you aren't for pushing for legalization, you just want things to be different when someone gets shot for having misdemeanor amount on them.
Tell me, exactly how many times does that happen? And how does that compare to other 'crimes' in which cops used excessive force? And how much of this particular case has more to do with not getting down on the ground and putting your hands behind your head when the cops tell you to? When cops say 'get on the ground' and your next move involves your hand going near your waste, you're lucky that you live at all. That case, specifically, is an example of him fucking up and getting shot. Try again.
Your friend that lost his financial aid SHOULDN'T HAVE SMOKED POT WHILE HE WAS IN SCHOOL. PERIOD, end of story. He broke the law, its not like he didn't know, he intentionally broke the law. They didn't change the rules FOR HIM. Stop trying to blame someone else for your mistakes, man up to them and move on. You know what he could have done instead of buying pot with his financial aid? He could have got a job, imagine that. He could have worked his way through afterwords if they didn't throw him out for it. He's not real bright if he's working at McDonalds, waiters make FAR more money if they aren't lazy fucks, and interestingly enough, you'll find a very large portion of college students are ... waiters ... paying their own way through school. SSDP is no different than anyone else, NORML is a far more respectable organization based on your argument for SSDP. They aren't spewing 100% bullshit about their motives.
Smoking cessation started more than a decade ago, sorry you're to young to realize it. Interestingly enough it, much like drug education in general is accomplished by more lies than truth.
Just for reference, most sane, non-activist/angsty schoolkids don't really find Amnesty International to be all that high on the list of 'charities' they'd give money to. $100 says out of a hundred people, 5 could tell you what AI does, and 90+ could tell you what RC does.
Grow up, join the real world, stop listening to your angsty professions and friends at your pep rallies, get some perspective and experience.
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That's all great and all, but you're not a charity, you're a political action group. And therefore, clearly disqualified from this competition. So stop whining.
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That's exactly the kind of spoiled middle-class attitude that is so disgusting. You actually believe that your cause is as important as free speech and free religion. Get some fucking perspective. That you are not able to smoke pot legally is at most an inconvenience, there are other, legal, ways to get wasted and you know it. It's petty beyond disbelief. If you asshats had any sense you would withdraw from the contest and admit that you are not a charity but a fucking lobbying organisation. Fucking idiots.
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