Sun "letter to editor"

[vanislerev]

What i find a little funny is how people have just gone crazy over this whole thing. That country has been f**ked for years, but was much being done? But now that they are REALLY screwed, its billions upon billions being sent there. Then once the media fan fare is over, almost certainly the government will gobble up all that aid money, and the country will be in no better shape than it was before. Not to mention the dozens of other 3rd world countries in deplorable state at this very moment. Do they need a natural disaster to get a little help too?

 

[stuckenough]

I don't mind helping out when you know where your help is going. Hopefully the Canadian Gov't is putting some people down there in charge of alocating the millions we are sending. I'd be pissed to find out the first thing they did was build a new presidential palace for the a-hole that's running that country.
No lights, no water, no sewers, no streets, no jobs....but a palace 4 times as big as the White House in Washington, that makes sense

 

[CRAZY DAVE]

Anyone read the letters in the Sun today. Some guy wrote how the guys with atv's/snowmobiles, 40K trucks and 350K homes are not helping the people in Haiti. I'm not sure about you guys but I give an average 2K a year to various charities and find that to be a bit of an insult. He mentions 74% don't donate....maybe we're the 26% that do.

tell granola muncher to get his facts straight..some of us actually get off the couch and help out our local charities..time is money..some of us have kids that need sleds too..just cause we have nice things sometimes equals nice payments.not our fault their government is so corrupt..pays offs every where just to get the food into the country..its a joke ...feel bad for the kids down there..just my thoughts

 

[ZRrrr]

High profile, political career building, cause of the day.

Disasters are high profile and show many people in need all at once. Haiti is in serious ruin and does need help. Help of people the most as previously mentioned, most of the money will end up in the hands of the few. Or used by the current government to prop up thieir current position. Very, very sad really. I would rather walk around handing out $1000 bills to the poor people than put it in the hands of the Gov or some agency (who likely needs their % for "operational costs"). While hear at home, over time, more and more people go homeless, with an ever growing number being children. It's the disasters at home which happen over time, that the media does not report, that end up effecting us more directly. Where is this millions in aid when Canadians at home need it?

I will give to Haitian relief. I will choose the best method to get it into the hands of the people. I will give to local agencies to help those at home that need it most.

There is always a cause, guess it just depends which one you want to support.....and what your true intentions are.

my $0.02

 

[Justin_sane]

It's funny when idiots write letters and make baseless comments. I own my house, a lifted 50+k truck, a turbo sportscar, have the toys that I want. I pay 20+k in taxes a year... And I sponsor a little girl in Guatemala and another one in Cameroon. Maybe I didn't donate to Haiti, but that doesn't mean I dot contribute. Not to mention both of may parents served in the army for decades, peacekeeping and disaster relief etc. We have done our part just as many others have.

Morons who make comments like that are just jelous because they didn't graduate high school or college/university and are just jelous of people who have what they want because they actually worked for it. Lol

 

[khaos_]

Morons who make comments like that are just jelous because they didn't graduate high school or college/university and are just jelous of people who have what they want because they actually worked for it. Lol

I would of read that over again before you posted it. It doesn't sound good. Especially with the spelling errors. He probably did go to college, and isn't making as much money which is why he is probably jealous. Not everyone that goes to college or university can make $250,000 a year either, believe me.

 

[Haggis]

Don't get me wrong, I feel bad for Haiti, but let them deal with it.[/QUOTE

Poorest nation in the western hemisphere, over 200,000 dead, millions homeless, children starving, human suffering everywhere, infrastructure totally gone...........let them deal with it????? WTF? Stupid comment.

This whole let's look after ourself cr@p is sickening to me. These guys standing behind the 'my taxes are my contribution so I have done my part' must also be proud of all the contributions they have made to govt funded arts programs, national film board of Canada documentaries, massive contibutions to Quebec french heritage, promotion of gay rights, transgender surgery funded by tax dollars etc etc etc. Well done - sleep well tonight knowing you have made a difference!

Tired of hearing about Haiti ?- sorry 500,000 thousand possible deaths, missing family members feared dead, missing children in orphanages, bodies dumped in massive graves to prevent outbreaks of typhoid etc makes you feel uncomfortable. May I suggest you overt your eyes and use the mute button......probably what you did when Rwanda was in the news.

Another excuse - corrupt governments will take 90% of the donation. Well that still means 10% gets to the people who need it. That is like saying well I could have given something to the Stollery but 90% of child heart transplant surgeries don't suceed so I just deceided not to bother.

When did we become so hardened? .......they are not Canadians, there is no oil there, it's not even a holiday destination but it a country where someone's son, mother, brother, little girl, grandfather is going to die if they do not get help.

It is a sad reality where once again the condition of the human heart is evident for all to see.........Mcbride horse rescue fund generated more donations and interest than the fund that was set up for the Fernie avalanche victims fund. This will be no different.

 

[Justin_sane]

I would of read that over again before you posted it. It doesn't sound good. Especially with the spelling errors. He probably did go to college, and isn't making as much money which is why he is probably jealous. Not everyone that goes to college or university can make $250,000 a year either, believe me.

Sorry for the spelling mistakes, I was typing on an Iphone, while sitting in front of my machine at work.

I dont understand what is so wrong with what I said... and while we are playing grammar/spelling police, you should have said... "i would have" not "i would of." lol

But all joking aside, it does make me upset to hear people generalizing in such a way. He was basically saying that people who enjoy driving nice vehicles, or snowmobiles, etc. are selfish and dont help out others in need. In my opinion, that is just discriminatory, and ignorant.

You are right that not everybody who goes to college/university makes that kind of money. Very true. It takes skills, knowledge, and experience above and beyond the average person, as well as the right time, the right place, etc. As you mentioned he probably lacks all of the above which is probably another reason to be jealous and complain in such a public manner... lol

 

[Summiteer]

Seems many replies to this thread are proving that what the guy wrote in the letter is true...But what you own and choose to donate is between you any deity you may believe in.

 

[magnet]

i agree with lots of the guys on here. what good is money going to do this country. they had nothing before the qauke. now they have nothing to build with if they had the money to build it. seems to me its kinda like the guy that leaves ya a 20 with your empty jerry can at the cabin. ya its nice but how the fug is that going to get you down the hill. yes they need help but i think more thann money they need humanitarian aid.

 

[ZRrrr]

So an alternative donation would be to an S&R team that is going to help find people. Or a medical team that is going to treat people. Or a church that will go to help comfort, cloth and house people. Or you could take yourself over there and start digging out bodies.

Many ways to donate where the gov won't be able to steal it away.

Bottom line is they need help (as do many other people around the world). Right now there plight is by far the worst.

Part that bothers me the most is that there were thousands of children without parents or homes or anything to eat BEFORE this disaster....just think what it will be like now.

I'm out.....got to go do some good in this world.

 

[Haggis]

Seems many replies to this thread are proving that what the guy wrote in the letter is true.

Well said.......

 

[khaos_]

In response to Friday’s online poll I was surprised to see that 74% of people won’t give a dime to Haitian relief. It must be hard to pull away from our ATV-ing and snowmachines to get into our $40,000 SUVs and drive to our $350,000 homes. It sure is a tough life in oil-rich Alberta.


This guy was just not stating a fact....he was being pretty damn sarcastic. Like we have all stated. IS IT NOT ENOUGH THAT CANADA GIVES TO ALMOST EVERYBODY. Our hard earned tax dollars are given away whether we like it or not. If we keep giving more, and more and these countries do not learn how to properly live we will end up just like them. Another letter to the editor said they wished some natural disaster would happen in Canada so we would realize what it is like. They are crazy. Why wish that on anyone. I would like to know how many children the average family has down there. They as a country should be ashamed of themselves...really though. I am sure if in Canada we had so many children that we could not look after them ourselves, and other countries were adopting our children. Canada would put a law on how many children we were allowed to have. I have 3, wanted 2 but ended up with 3(twins). 2 was all I figured I could afford to raise. I bet most families in Haiti have had more then 2-3 children. It is devastating for them, but why is Canada always called upon to help out. Why are WE..in Alberta always singled out. I give locally, and help as much as I can. I through my change in the donations boxes, I pay $40000+ per year in taxes. Canadians are adopting children from Haiti, what about the children in Canada that need to be adopted. What more do you want?

 

[Haggis]

If we keep giving more, and more and these countries do not learn how to properly live we will end up just like them.

If you had ever been to a developing country you would realize that most of them are not looking for a hand out they just need a hand up in life. They are hard working people that are resourceful with what limited goods they have. They may have more children but they are not looking to send these kids to hockey camp, go on family trips to disneyland, buy them new toys for Christmas etc......all they are trying to do is scrape enough together so their children have a little food in therir stomach before going to bed at night and have a warm blanket to sleep on. The average family in a developing world can make it work with just $800 - 1,000 USD annual income. Most Canadians would not get any change out of that just for Christmas, let alone a yearly food/house budget.

We in Canada are fortunate because we have natural resources that we cannot take any credit for placing there. If it wasn't for that good fortune we would be in a similar position of poverty. Think about that!

 

[imdoo'n]

thought about it, you can donate all you want and then you can have all the praise, glory be. Donate to your hearts content.

 

[khaos_]

If you had ever been to a developing country you would realize that most of them are not looking for a hand out they just need a hand up in life. They are hard working people that are resourceful with what limited goods they have. They may have more children but they are not looking to send these kids to hockey camp, go on family trips to disneyland, buy them new toys for Christmas etc......all they are trying to do is scrape enough together so their children have a little food in therir stomach before going to bed at night and have a warm blanket to sleep on. The average family in a developing world can make it work with just $800 - 1,000 USD annual income. Most Canadians would not get any change out of that just for Christmas, let alone a yearly food/house budget.

We in Canada are fortunate because we have natural resources that we cannot take any credit for placing there. If it wasn't for that good fortune we would be in a similar position of poverty. Think about that!

Better off to have 1 child and feed him good then have 4 and they all starve.