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Posted: 3/15/2012 9:58 PM

moozooh

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No, when you pay taxes you expect the value to return to you in form of health care and other social benefits. With charities, you don't expect value to return in any way that would benefit you.

Posted: 3/16/2012 12:15 AM

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Except if you even make even a moderately large amount of money, you are without a doubt paying in far more then you will ever get out.

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Posted: 3/16/2012 12:29 AM

That depends on how much you value indirect benefits. You get value from poor people having access to health care -- they're more likely to be able to become productive members of society and thus provide goods and services that you might use, for example. Even if you don't drive a car you get value from having a good interstate system, since it's used to deliver goods that you need. And so on. Even the uber-rich, theoretically the most independent people out there, need someone to sell their products to; if the rest of the country is destitute then their empires fall apart.

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Posted: 3/19/2012 7:40 PM

kode54

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Kony 2012 Filmmaker Detained After Public Masturbation

Posted: 3/19/2012 8:51 PM

moozooh

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I bet he thought he was invisible too! Like this guy. :D

Posted: 3/19/2012 10:38 PM

Dada

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Warp wrote:

Dada wrote:
They showed the video in northern Uganda and people got angry and actually started throwing rocks at the screen.
I didn't quite understand why.

Because their suffering was being trivialized for some American hipster's personal agenda and financial benefit. Remember that these are the people who had to actually deal with him.

Posted: 3/20/2012 8:59 AM

jlun2

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Found this video about Kony 2012.

LLCoolDave wrote:

This seems to be competing for the "Worst looking TAS of 2011" Award.

Posted: 3/20/2012 12:16 PM

Noxxa

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jlun2 wrote:

Found this video about Kony 2012.

Heh, funny. Other than that, it basically largely sums up my stance on the whole deal, too.

http://www.youtube.com/Noxxa <dwangoAC> This is a TAS (...). Not suitable for all audiences. May cause undesirable side-effects. May contain emulator abuse. Emulator may be abusive. This product contains glitches known to the state of California to cause egg defects. <Masterjun> I'm just a guy arranging bits in a sequence which could potentially amuse other people looking at these bits <adelikat> In Oregon Trail, I sacrificed my own family to save time. In Star trek, I killed helpless comrades in escape pods to save time. Here, I kill my allies to save time. I think I need help.

Posted: 3/21/2012 7:49 AM