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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Seattlite86, post: 3516468, member: 59737&quot;]No, but thank you for putting words into my mouth and then calling me ludicrous <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>What I am saying is: what if all those people so ready to donate money to rebuild Notre Dame were just as ready to donate to humanitarian causes? Nowhere in there did I say the money should be diverted, but that I feel there are more worthy causes for such money. Money should go where it is donated to, otherwise it would reduce interest in the same way people do not want to pay taxes due to funds going places they don’t agree with. </p><p><br /></p><p>Now, if you believe that feeding and housing homeless people, or removing the miles of floating plastic from our oceans, are less worthy causes than rebuilding an opulent cathedral, I’d be inclined to return the adjective of ludicrous right back to you. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you for the anecdotes where you attempt to apply your personal outlook to how the world works. Unfortunately what you believe may not be what others believe (Dunning-Krüger anyone?) because many charitable donations are in fact mutually exclusive. Once you donate money to an organization, you no longer have that money to donate to other things.&nbsp; But feel free to prove me wrong by showing me the hundreds of millions of dollars those three billionaires donated to humanitarian causes in the year 2019.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Now it appears you are confusing your own concepts as you previously stated that you thought I said donated money should be diverted after donation and now you’re talking about simply donating to some other cause and calling it “diverting”. </p><p><br /></p><p>And quite frankly, this “argument” is a waste of everyone’s time. Why you felt the need to even try to include me in your comments is beyond me. Everyone has an opinion, and I respect if yours is different than mine, but please try not to confuse your opinion with fact.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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