Since I can't actually respond to the comment you left me over at Rose's LJ:
I'm sorry if you feel your heritage has been mocked, and that she doesn't pay attention to enough of what's going on around her. I'm sorry you don't like that she treats herself to something tasty, if expensive, now and then. Yes, she has a unique worldview that doesn't necessarily make sense to the rest of the internet. Yes, sometimes she is quite silly. "Vain" is debatable considering that not enough women know how to call themselves beautiful for what they are. Would you rather she turn anorexic and start hating her looks?
She's one girl asking for one trip to what she considers her homeland, mostly as a gift to the one man she loves most in the world. What's it to you if she asks for our pocket change? I give whatever I've got in my purse to whatever charity I walk past. Right now, I'm donating because I know what it's like to miss my homeland, and I happen to be rolling in dough (for a second-year college student -- go, financial aid). Since I had $10 yesterday for a hat, I sure do have $20 to send a friend to Ireland. I don't expect strangers to donate anything -- at most, $5. At most.
If she says her health care costs are high, then I believe her, because health care in this country in general is priced far above what us common mucks can afford. See also f_w, Cancerwank, etc. I've had needs I simply couldn't take care of because my insurance wasn't up to it and I didn't have the money for out-of-pocket. She has a lot of health issues, and I'm surprised she hasn't asked us for help in that arena yet.
That's greed, by the way. Not one girl wishing for one trip for one special occasion. The entire establishment of this country, that's what greed is. The fact that significant chunks of the population don't make a living wage, that's greed.
I am going to link to each of the charities you suggested below, even the "controversial" one -- I get that grindy feeling in my teeth whenever I read about the price of AIDS meds. Thank you for reminding us that there is, in fact, a big fat starving world out there.
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I'm sorry if you feel your heritage has been mocked, and that she doesn't pay attention to enough of what's going on around her. I'm sorry you don't like that she treats herself to something tasty, if expensive, now and then. Yes, she has a unique worldview that doesn't necessarily make sense to the rest of the internet. Yes, sometimes she is quite silly. "Vain" is debatable considering that not enough women know how to call themselves beautiful for what they are. Would you rather she turn anorexic and start hating her looks?
She's one girl asking for one trip to what she considers her homeland, mostly as a gift to the one man she loves most in the world. What's it to you if she asks for our pocket change? I give whatever I've got in my purse to whatever charity I walk past. Right now, I'm donating because I know what it's like to miss my homeland, and I happen to be rolling in dough (for a second-year college student -- go, financial aid). Since I had $10 yesterday for a hat, I sure do have $20 to send a friend to Ireland. I don't expect strangers to donate anything -- at most, $5. At most.
If she says her health care costs are high, then I believe her, because health care in this country in general is priced far above what us common mucks can afford. See also f_w, Cancerwank, etc. I've had needs I simply couldn't take care of because my insurance wasn't up to it and I didn't have the money for out-of-pocket. She has a lot of health issues, and I'm surprised she hasn't asked us for help in that arena yet.
That's greed, by the way. Not one girl wishing for one trip for one special occasion. The entire establishment of this country, that's what greed is. The fact that significant chunks of the population don't make a living wage, that's greed.
I am going to link to each of the charities you suggested below, even the "controversial" one -- I get that grindy feeling in my teeth whenever I read about the price of AIDS meds. Thank you for reminding us that there is, in fact, a big fat starving world out there.
In peace,
C.