Relating from my personal life experience, I got a very interesting call from NKF last year. Guess what? They called to thank me for donating to their charity which was like 3 years back? :k-=X: I thought that was rather comical, in the sense that they had forgotten to thank me for my donation 3 years ago, and now they remembered. Thankfully, I am still well and alive when they called, or I may not be able answer that call. 8) So what's their purpose in thanking me out of the blue? Of course it's to ask for more donations! What more can you expect from a commercial charity like NKF? I am perfectly alright with helping out in the donations if they had called me at least 6 months after my donation to thank me for it. No harm in feeling appreciated here in making donations? =P Anyway, I had forgotten about whatever good deeds I had done in the past, but I am glad NKF does keep track of them.
After that call I received, the person never failed to call me again and again just to 'psycho' me to donate. :violent: Please excuse me for playing the bad guy here, but I decided to try things a little differently this time round. I made it clear I will not donate. Surprisingly, about 3 days later, I got a donation card from NKF! So I guess they are forcing me to donate now? :bangwall: To be truthful, that card had been resting on my table for months and God knows where it is now. Maybe my dad returned it to NKF without my knowing. =P Anyway, there is one thing I can't accept when making donations, and that is to make me feel like some sort of an Osama who will be struck down by lightning and die a horrible death if I choose not to donate. Again, the question here is, "Is it the biggest sin if you don't donate?" :|
I am willing to donate if I know how, where and what the donations are being used for, and not through coercion which NKF uses ALL the time. :violent: And I think other charitable organisations would be over the moon if you will even donate just $10! If $600, 000 is peanuts to NKF, they should give the money to me instead.
I will show them just how much $600, 000 can do for other charitable organisations who needs it more than they do.So, what's the moral of the story? Donate to only charitable organisations who can be trusted, and make you feel important in helping them to save lives rather than making you feel like some sort of a sinner all the time and donate just so that you can sleep well on your bed at night. :roll:
May the ends justify the means...
- ALPiNe
