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HiPointDem

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7. there is a reason we can't have both if money & time are tied up in 1) and few people are doing 2).

Reply to progressivebydesign (Reply #6)

Sun Jul 15, 2012, 02:00 PM

Jul 2012

and when the media highlights 1) and ignores or demonizes 2).

there is an opposite story to yours, & that's the story of humiliation through charity. i've heard those stories too.

i take your point, but there are other views.

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A birthday club for children who don't get parties [View all] Sherman A1 Jul 2012 OP

K&R murielm99 Jul 2012 #1

Happy Birthday!!!!!!!! elbloggoZY27 Jul 2012 #2

cool idea. Liberal_in_LA Jul 2012 #3

that is nice. but the reason they don't have birthday parties is because their families don't have HiPointDem Jul 2012 #4

You are absolutely correct Sherman A1 Jul 2012 #5

it may not be lost on them, but it won't change their life trajectory on average. because contrary HiPointDem Jul 2012 #8

I agree with the other poster nobodyspecial Jul 2012 #11

Charity has been around since the roman empire and before. It doesn't make anything better in HiPointDem Jul 2012 #15

What do you want these ladies to be doing nobodyspecial Jul 2012 #17

I was one of those kids. When I grew up, I never had a birthday party. progressivebydesign Jul 2012 #6

there is a reason we can't have both if money & time are tied up in 1) and few people are doing 2). HiPointDem Jul 2012 #7

Who is being demonized here? nobodyspecial Jul 2012 #12

no one is being demonised in the op, and my post is knocking no one. i am commenting on the HiPointDem Jul 2012 #14

Either you have a hard time articulating your position or I'm just not following you., nobodyspecial Jul 2012 #16

oh, look: the birthday club has "partners and sponsors"! HiPointDem Jul 2012 #19

OMG! You mean money doesn't magically appear? nobodyspecial Jul 2012 #20

well, it seemed to in the article originally posted... one lady & $25 bucks! sure sounded like she HiPointDem Jul 2012 #22

So write the paper and demand a correction nobodyspecial Jul 2012 #23

i'm correcting the record here. HiPointDem Jul 2012 #24

Huh? nobodyspecial Jul 2012 #26

I'm sorry, I just think you are wrong about this... ljm2002 Jul 2012 #18

yes, having other people pay for and organize their kids' parties must relieve their guilt immensely HiPointDem Jul 2012 #21

I wonder as well nobodyspecial Jul 2012 #25

Agreed Sherman A1 Jul 2012 #27

lol. it was quite clear what i was saying; you just don't want to hear it, is all. people who HiPointDem Jul 2012 #30

Most of the kids I've known who don't have parties proud2BlibKansan Jul 2012 #9

70 years of no birthday celebrations.......... mrmpa Jul 2012 #10

That's a beautiful story. nobodyspecial Jul 2012 #13

And in that lies Sherman A1 Jul 2012 #28

Agreed nobodyspecial Jul 2012 #29