Strange how you would quote the first statement, when a following statement by myself (which you also responded to) answered exactly what I am doing.

I would be curious to what you think "doing something" might entail.

P.S. I would still be very interested in looking at your URL.

like i said, i don't consider hijacking a thread discussing giving to charity, to be doing anything positive for this industry. in fact, i don't consider it to be doing anything. duh? still having problems following?

i don't give a fuck if you're interested in looking at my url. i am semi-anon here for a reason.

but many people know what i run, i'm sure they can confirm for you. not like i give a fuck what you think - you're some easy entertainment for the night. you can't even construct an argument.

Sadly, once again my point is missed by such strong arguments as presented above, all which equal the "my dad is bigger then your dad" approach used in school yards everywhere.
So I will simplify my comments...if you run a site in the same manner as you would a main stream business..with honesty, integrity, and strong business skills... great..if not...then please don't move to my neighborhood...we don't want you.

now that's fucking funny. enron, worldcom, etc, etc.

I don't donate to those charities, but I provide shelter for those needy troubled teens...hehehehehehe

Nope..I'm just referring to the honest ones...those run with honesty, integrity and strong business skills ...oh, I already said that, didn't I. Strange how that could have been missed...

charitable donations aren't necessary at all for taxes - money given to charities could be taken out in income. Money is given to charities because people care. I gave money to charities when I made very little income cause it made me feel good. I give a lot more now, but percentage of my income it's actually less than when I was poor.

my dad is bigger than your dad, first of all
second of all, i doubt your neighbourhood wants you all that much either

i understand your argument, so no need to simplify it for me. my argument is that your petty little crusade is falling on deaf ears.

quiet walks the talk, his stuff is execptionally clean.

author anderson - the accounting firm for enron - begged me to come in and talk to them and then they refused to do my acounting cause they felt it might tarnish their image. Fucking assholes. I was soo happy when it turned out those fuckers were all crooks.

it sure doesn't hurt when it comes to taxes. I agree that there are alot of people that give just because they want to, though.

you don't get it all back - only the taxable portion of that donation. it still costs to donate.

ok. fair enough... my ignorance comes from my lack of experience.

here's a start. next time you see someone from a reasonable charity in a mall asking for donations stick a $100 in the bin and walk away. Take no credit for it - only you need to know. It will hurt for a second if you don't have a lot of income, but the feeling you'll get inside will make your christmas one of the best ones you have ever had.

Actually, I meant lack of experience with money... I've donated to local causes before here in LA, but I had to stop when I tried to befriend the homeless guy at the 7-11 next to my work, and he started to tell me how "this was his job' and homey turned out to make more than I did selling $5000 tubs. Now I know that the question was not meant about homeless guys and giving him $5, but man that experience sure stuck with me and I'm a cynic anyways. I've given to local churches before and my g/f is a Catholic active in her church, so we do give a little. I just took the assumption that the original question was geared towards bigger comtributions. :)

size doesn't matter - it's how much the donation meant to you.

and don't donate to churches, you might as well be supporting the KKK.

Ummmm, Quiet runs one of the very best video sites on the Net. Everything is top notch, the best of the best. One of the only sites on the net I've let recur.

And you, Captain Ethics, are attempting to run him down? You are a joke dude.

Serious answer - Good point. :)

Non-serious answer - That's what she keeps telling me, but I know she's lying. ;)

Isn't that whole idea a bit of an oxymoron? A charitable porn site?

Users would go there thinking "oh baby I'm so fucking horny.. I'm so naughty" ... PLEASE SELECT A CHARITY ... they'd be like "CHARITY?! *flop*" you know what I'm talking about :thumbsup

Well said SleazyDream...:thumbsup I often do that, especially during the Thanksgiving and x-mas season. When the family is out spoiling ourselves and we see some less fortunate people, it feels very good inside to give them something, whether it is cash, food, clothes, toys etc.... it is just a good feeling. The mrs and I try to teach our kids this quality in life and they get a real kick out of giving gifts to less fortunate people.:thumbsup
In fact last x-mas my oldest who was 12 at the time, asked us to not spend a penny on him that year, he wanted us to go to a shelter for homeless kids and give a boatload of presents to a few kids rather then himself...we had a great time doing it as well.


I had to add the ending to last years holiday season fun. After we spent severl hours at a home for homeless kids, bringing a ton of food, presents, cash, We were so proud that my oldest son wanted to do this, we still spoiled the shit out of him, maybe even more than usual because we all felt so good about it.....

Damm the season is just about here again:winkwink:

uh no. this is what you said:

nothing about referring to the 'honest' mainstream companies. in fact that was the first you mentioned mainstream in this thread, and you did not qualify the statement in any way. so incredibly weak.

if you feel you are making a difference by hijacking threads with your moaning bullshit - well, let's just say that's unbelievably pathetic.

i'll say it again:

and i don't expect a logical response.

anyway, back to charity donations...

turbo, don't let a lack of megabucks and a bad experience stop you from giving to charities.

try the little things like canned food drives. The US Postal service has a cool drive where you just leave bags of canned goods on your doorstep and they pick them up.

dude, you've raised a great kid