Maggie <
[email protected]> wrote:
:> bryanska wrote:
:>> Can someone explain to me why people give money because others are
:>> walking or biking?
:>>
:>> I biked the MS 150 last year, and am certainly not complaining. But
:>> what's the difference between giving to a charity ride and simply
:>> donating the money directly to the foundation?
:>>
:>> It seems to boil down to the spectacle. That, to me, seems the only
:>> reason. "I'll give if you ride your bike from here to there."
:>
:>
:> Can someone explain to me why I ask a simple question and get a
:> lecture concerning charity bike rides or walks? We have a right to
:> congregate. Whether to raise money, support a cause, defend a
:> freedom, or protest a war. I think that is a beautiful thing. Yes,
:> we can all sit at home and write a check and mail it in, but there
:> is something very strong and powerful in coming together for a cause.
:>
:> The right to peacefully gather and parade or demonstrate to make
:> one's views known or to support or oppose a public policy is based
:> upon the guarantees of the freedom of speech and the right to
:> peaceably assemble.
:>
:> Charity rides should live on in my opinion. It is not the writing of
:> the check as much as the gathering together to show support of a
:> cause. Do you know how many people participated in MAKING STRIDES
:> FOR BREAST CANCER last Sunday? It brings the cause to the forefront
:> when people assemble in such strong numbers to help find a cure.
:> This is one of our many rights.
:>
:> All I asked was, did anyone participate in the MS walk? If I could
:> have been two places at once...I would not have asked.
:>
:> Thanks for your opinions concerning gathering together for a cause
:> and pulling money out of your friends so you can ride a bike 50
:> miles or walk 10 miles. It is the coming together as a group, not
:> the money that brings things to the public....you can write your own
:> damn check, and then ride or walk. Exercise your right to assemble
:> for a cause. If you are passionate about the cause you want that
:> assembly of people riding and walking.
:>
:> Yes, we can mail a check. I'll rather join in the cause. Physically
:> show support. I would rather exercise my right to gather in large
:> numbers to bring light on a subject and knowledge to those uninformed
:> then sit in my living room and write a check and mail a letter. Maybe
:> it stems from being a product of the sixties....but I believe in
:> charity rides, walks and runs. It's all good. Sorry for all the
:> redundancy but it is 6:00 a.m. and this thread ****** me off.
You get ****** off far too easily. People were making general conversations
related to a topic you brought up. None one was lecturing you - which I'm
sure you realize. And do you really feel you have some extra little insight
on this topic that others here don't? Lighten up, Maggie. People here are
really nice, compared to other newsgroups out there.