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| infinity HiGH |
| quote: | Originally posted by DigDeep
when I was a teenager |
before I had status |
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| mahalliner |
It's pretty horrific. But, on a positive note, as feelgood and FunkyCrew said there's a fund set up for her. It's now actually about $500k and going up by about a thousand bucks every 5 minutes.
Hopefully the outpouring of support and kindness toward her will help temper what she went through on that bus.
Here's the direct link (for those who didn't see it in the yahoo story):
http://www.indiegogo.com/loveforkarenhklein?c=home |
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| FunkyCrew |
| quote: | Originally posted by mahalliner
It's pretty horrific. But, on a positive note, as feelgood and FunkyCrew said there's a fund set up for her. It's now actually about $500k and going up by about a thousand bucks every 5 minutes.
Hopefully the outpouring of support and kindness toward her will help temper what she went through on that bus.
Here's the direct link (for those who didn't see it in the yahoo story):
http://www.indiegogo.com/loveforkarenhklein?c=home |
thank you for the linky! :)
I donated & passed it on in the office to everyone |
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| FunkyCrew |
maybe we should change the name of the thread so others are aware of the donation option?
Xavier? |
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| Cribby |
| I was an insanely troublesome kid (some might say I still am) but I would never go to that extent. My actions were more comedic and never overly offensive.. although I did make a few teachers cry.. and the Portuguese class teacher made sure that she'd never teach me another year again.. but still!! lol |
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| Prometheus Xex |
| quote: | Originally posted by FunkyCrew
the guy who started the donations is from Toronto & Ukrainian :)
kids are the most cruel beings :( |
So does the fact that his background being Ukrainian makes all the difference for what he did, that it had to be pointed out?
Just asking is all. |
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| FunkyCrew |
| quote: | Originally posted by Prometheus Xex
So does the fact that his background being Ukrainian makes all the difference for what he did, that it had to be pointed out?
Just asking is all. |
of course not :) but I felt a tiny bit proud & wanted to point it out
what's cool in general that he's a Torontonian
he was on the news last night as well, go Max! |
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| Xavier Moriarty |
| quote: | Originally posted by FunkyCrew
maybe we should change the name of the thread so others are aware of the donation option?
Xavier? |
no, i didnt make this thread to get money for her. plus those donations are pointless, you think throwing money at it will make this bull go away?? |
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| FunkyCrew |
| quote: | Originally posted by Xavier Moriarty
no, i didnt make this thread to get money for her. plus those donations are pointless, you think throwing money at it will make this bull go away?? |
it's a nice perk, me thinks
she deserves a vacation/trip though! |
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| mahalliner |
| quote: | Originally posted by FunkyCrew
thank you for the linky! :)
I donated & passed it on in the office to everyone |
The only concern I have about campaigns like this is verification that it all actually goes to the person who it is intended for. I've donated to somewhat similar "empathy" projects before and been burned.
| quote: | Originally posted by Xavier Moriarty
no, i didnt make this thread to get money for her. plus those donations are pointless, you think throwing money at it will make this bull go away?? |
I think it's more symbolic of the fact that people are outraged and want to express support for the lady in one of the only ways they can being that they don't know her. Sends a sort of message that one act of hate can be balanced out (or outweighed) by multiple small acts of kindness. I think that's all that's behind it really and that's fine IMO. Most of the donations are small (5-20 dollars). |
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| Xavier Moriarty |
| quote: | Originally posted by mahalliner
Sends a sort of message that one act of hate can be balanced out (or outweighed) by multiple small acts of kindness. |
i think it sends totally wrong message, even though it is a nice gesture.
pride cant be bought with money, nor can half a mil erase that comment about her son |
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| mahalliner |
| quote: | Originally posted by Xavier Moriarty
i think it sends totally wrong message, even though it is a nice gesture.
pride cant be bought with money, nor can half a mil erase that comment about her son |
That is true, but the question is, beyond what is being done, or a half million individual letters of support from strangers, what can all of the people who support her do to express that they disapprove of this sort of behaviour? Obviously they disagree with bullying of this sort (at least), but most aren't from this town in NY, so what can they do? |
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