I'm not anti-charity. As a matter of fact, I overwhelmingly prefer it to the forced appropriation of my money for social causes by the government.
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Those bell clanger's help provide Christmas presents, clothes, and food for people who aren't able to provide it during Christmas. If you think its a simple hand out the people who receive Christmas assistance go through an interview process and they have to prove that they need assistance.I go to Target specifically for that reason. I am tired of walking to the store, being accosted by 20 bums looking for handouts, then have to navigate around a bell clanger , then have to politely tell the cashier that "No, I don't want to contribute $1 for the childhood leukemia society." Then dodge the girl scout cookie nazis, then dodge the bell clanger again, then stare at the future convict trying to get me to contribute to the child anti-drug campaign, then politely decline 8 more bums looking for handouts, then get home and read my paystub at how the gov just took 20% of my money to contribute to all these people anyway.
Hopefully, somewhere along the way, they'll get a mention of what Christmas is really about.Those bell clanger's help provide Christmas presents, clothes, and food for people who aren't able to provide it during Christmas.
The main idea behind the Salvation Army is that you can't heal the spirit if the body and mind aren't healthy. People are much more attentive to what you have to say if you take care of their physical needs before you take care of their spiritual needs.Hopefully, somewhere along the way, they'll get a mention of what Christmas is really about.
Since Chick-Fil-et stores are franchised owned, show me proof that he has discriminated against Gay people. And Heaven's forbid someone have a different political view than yours. If you boycott stores because of thier owners' views then you must be boycotting the majority of stores that are out there. Again, it seems rather closed minded to me.He is also a big supporter of pro life causes and has a history of discriminating against gay people in his restaurants. I said I was an uber-liberal, I never said I was a Democrat. The Democratic Party in the south is far from liberal. It might as well be a wing of the Republican Party.
Some info about Girl Scout Cookie Sales:What I don't like is:
1. Girl Scout Cookie sales. I just tell them cookies are bad for you. If the GS moms weren't so aggressive it wouldn't be so bad. They actually act offended if you don't buy an armload of their cookies when leaving the grocery store. In Florida, they seemingly try to humiliate you in front of the general public if you don't buy the crap they have piled up on card tables. Where are the Girl Scouts while the moms do the dirty work - working on their MySpace pages?
Um .... this whole thread is about boyotting (i.e., not patronizing) certain business based on principle (which could include policitical views). Yet, you pick mine to call closed minded. Could that be because my politics don't aren't in line with yours? Just a thought.Since Chick-Fil-et stores are franchised owned, show me proof that he has discriminated against Gay people. And Heaven's forbid someone have a different political view than yours. If you boycott stores because of thier owners' views then you must be boycotting the majority of stores that are out there. Again, it seems rather closed minded to me.
I think you just summed up the Non Sports Forum in this one single post!Um .... this whole thread is about boyotting (i.e., not patronizing) certain business based on principle (which could include policitical views). Yet, you pick mine to call closed minded. Could that be because my politics don't aren't in line with yours? Just a thought.
The local firefighters used to block intersections here during Jerry Lewis telethon weekend....it got so bad that the city council banned the practice. I nearly ran over one once because he was standing out in the middle of the lane, holding his boot out.I don't mind the Salvation Army bell clangers. My dad has volunteered his time for over 20 years around Christmas, standing out in the cold, outside some store, in a coonskin cap. I think he gets as much out of the camarderie with his church group as he does ringing that bell. He is the least aggressive person they could look for to badger people. The change that goes in that bucket for his one hour shift is matched penny for penny by him when he's done. For that knowledge alone, I rarely go by a "bell clanger" and not drop a couple of dollars in their bucket.
What I don't like is:
1. Girl Scout Cookie sales. I just tell them cookies are bad for you. If the GS moms weren't so aggressive it wouldn't be so bad. They actually act offended if you don't buy an armload of their cookies when leaving the grocery store. In Florida, they seemingly try to humiliate you in front of the general public if you don't buy the crap they have piled up on card tables. Where are the Girl Scouts while the moms do the dirty work - working on their MySpace pages?
2. Firemen with their boots at intersections. I admire, respect and support firemen. But, for their one or two hour effort to badger Joe SixPack on a Saturday or Sunday, using their "official" status to harangue someone who won't drop a few coins in their boot, they'd be better off taking the day off and working their sideline jobs to supplement their incomes. I say this out of contempt for having been badgered by a badge-toting fireman and lectured about his sacrifice away from his family while I'm waiting for a red light to change. The fact I mentioned to him that I give to the charity of my choice was like throwing a cherry bomb at him. I figured he'd call my license plate in and I'd be arrested. To h*ll with that. Again, this happened in South Florida. :mad2:
3. An incapacitated person in a wheelchair outside a place of business. I really feel bad but what's the seven dollars in my wallet going to do for the $600,000 outstanding medical bill? I feel ashamed and humiliated that this exists for some families, and I can't do something to help. Blech.
4. Again, in South Florida, about once a year I'd get a call from someone "on behalf" of the Florida Highway Patrol, soliciting donations for widows of fallen troopers. Or to help get drunken drivers off the road. They'd even have a two-way radio sound in the background like the SOB was a dispatcher taking a break to beat me up for money. I never fell for that one, in spite of the "dispatcher" telling me what he had as my phone number and address.![]()
I've never heard that about Chik-Fil-A. I've always respected the owner for sticking to his guns and not opening on Sundays.Since Chick-Fil-et stores are franchised owned, show me proof that he has discriminated against Gay people. And Heaven's forbid someone have a different political view than yours. If you boycott stores because of thier owners' views then you must be boycotting the majority of stores that are out there. Again, it seems rather closed minded to me.
That ^ and Citgo along with Applebees .
Rode out to the mall to pick up a girl who was about to be off for the night and decided to wait for her @ Applebees . It was the 1st and last time I've ever entered one . Reason ? I had a cold as well as a headache(which I never get) . I requested an aspirin and water . Brought me the aspirin at once without the water even though I happened to be sitting in front of the dispenser behind the bar . After 10 minutes , I took my aspirin with a swallow of my friends adult beverage . A manager immediately approached asking for my ID which I did not bring in . Told him so and the a-hole told me to leave at once . Excellent staff & management .I was 26 at the time and hadn't been carded in years . RIH , Applebees .
Forgot - any and all movie theatres .
I'd really like to hear your reasoning behind this.Forgot - any and all movie theatres .
I don't blame the movie theaters for the goobers who insist on getting to the movie 10 mins. after the credits start rolling and insist on disturbing everyone as they try to be seated. Or the popcorn crunchers and/or loud talkers who plop down next to you after said credits start rolling....leaving you no good option to move since it's pitch dark in the cinema.I'd really like to hear your reasoning behind this.![]()
I admire the Chik-fil-A organization but I seldom eat there.I've never heard that about Chik-Fil-A. I've always respected the owner for sticking to his guns and not opening on Sundays.
Though, if it were proved to be true that they discriminated against folks, I'd boycott the place, too. Bigotry is not a family value in my neck of the woods.
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