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I just read a story about a Royal Marine
who got a big medal from the Queen for
jumping on a grenade. He had the
presence of mind to cover it with his
backpack and only got a nosebleed, but it
was a pretty selfless act anyway.
I thought it would be neat if everyone sent
him a quarter.
If everyone in the U.S. and
England sent him a quarter, he could
retire. Seems like he's done enough to
me.
There are a lot of people like this - people
who do a lot of good work and never
really make a fortune out of it.
And there are a lot of charities out there
where you never really know where the
money is going and how it's being spent.
Well, now there will be
givethisguyaquarter.com. It simply lists
guys like the above Royal Marine to whom
people should give a quarter. You can pay
by paypal or credit card or some secure
something or another.
GTGAQ will contact the person before he
is listed to get approval, and then take a
mere 7% administration fee. After a
prescribed period, CTGAQ will cut the guy
a check.
UK Telegraph: L/Cpl Matthew Croucher
http://www.telegrap...d-George-Cross.html
"It took 30 seconds before I realised I was definitely not dead," he said. [jutta, Jul 23 2008]
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Only people who get mentioned in the press would benefit from this. Plenty of people do selfless things like this and never get any recognition. Sounds to me like a charity that hands out money on the whim of a newspaper editor, or GTGAQ's staff. |
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Question. If you do a selfless act, and the press are not there to observe it, and give you credit, and in fact nobody even knew you did it, was that act really selfless? |
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Moses Maimonides came up with a hierarchy of good deeds, and what you say, [neelandan], is an almost verbatim quote of what's at the top of the list. |
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I love the idea [+] but feel that too many unsung heroes are never known [-]. It would be wonderful if every person who commits a special act of kindness or caring for others were to be acknowledged this way, but it will never happen. |
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The money would just corrupt him. |
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Say he got a half million pounds out of it... he'd suffer the same lot that befalls anyone who wins a major lottery. Family breakdown and moral decay. |
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The same would happen in the offices of GTGAQ, with cocaine being snorted off the backs of hookers, while the children of the GTGAQ officials race around quiet suburban neighborhoods in souped up Holden utes. |
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www.patthisguyontheback.com, maybe. |
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Or we could stigmatize any noticed acts of heroism. Rebellious instinct would actually heighten decent deeds. Turn everyone into batman. |
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www.kickthisguyintheass.com |
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How about adding a moderation system to it, and disallow self submissions? |
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For example, I nominate nomocrow to the website. The moderators of the site then check it's background, etc, and put it on the site. Then, over a pre-defined set of time, 10 days, 2 weeks, whatever, the public is allowed to comment and rate up or down nomocrow. At the end of the period, either nomocrow is accepted and starts getting quarters, or has to find a job like the rest of us. |
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<arches eyebrow/ strokes goatee>
Though he must be watched closely for future political aspirations and his buddies watched more closely.
<a.e./s.g.> |
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<brews coffee and props toothpicks between closing eyelids> |
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//I laughed because your typo made it seem as if you made an acronym out of 'cut that guy a check', a separate organization, doubling the bureauocracy. |
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LOL so did I after you pointed it out. bun for that. (they take another 7% :) |
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I think it would be better to run this via a micro-
reverse-lottery: Every 8th person is charged $2. The
rest pay nothing. |
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I only know one 8th person. Are there others? |
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www.sendthisguyakitten
tobiteinthehead.com |
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