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lumberjack_jeff

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4. Argumentation. I can't help it, it's in my nature.
Mon Nov 18, 2013, 05:04 PM
Nov 2013

1) what distinguishes what he's doing from an expensive hobby or a very large christmas shopping list? I'm down with the idea of nobless oblige and he appears to be using his wealth in positive ways, but he's spending his money on what he deems appropriate. Are his goals the same as that of the community? Aside from the concerns about the ad-hoc and parochial nature of his charity him, (does the need for charity end at the Tangelo Park city limits?) I think there's something to be said for coordination of effort. In my area, nonprofits work closely together to promote the wellbeing of the community in a collective, collaborative and mostly democratic way.
The Santa Claus model of charity certainly has some things to recommend it, but I wouldn't expect it to work everywhere, if for no other reason than not every community has a Santa.

2) One hopes that it wasn't a Tangelo Park "graudate" that made the graphic.

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