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Adoption
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Secret Chief
Very strong language
I've adopted various big cats at various times. Had a little plaque at Chester Zoo one year.
- Adopt an Animal | Adoptions | Online Shop | Chester Zoo
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I really struggle with such things ...
Whichever I choose, there are consequences, and I know of no way to exit the room fully comfortable.
I walk into a room with a $20 bill. There are two collection boxes on the table: one aimed as ending animal cruelty and the other aimed at ending child hunger.
Whichever I choose, there are consequences, and I know of no way to exit the room fully comfortable.
Secret Chief
Very strong language
Leave the room and come back with two bills.
syo
Well-Known Member
Nah. But I got a certificate. And infos. And pics.
That was insensitive and thoughtless at best.
Sand Dancer
Currently catless
Secret Chief
Very strong language
Contribute to both - why is that insensitive?
PoetPhilosopher
Veteran Member
I wonder if the post was read as,
"Come back with two personal bills of yours and pay them"
Rather than
"Come back with two 20's"
In which case, the word "bills" could be a misunderstanding, because it can mean multiple things.
As for the answer to the question - I liked your answer, but I'd answer with "Go back and forth. One time, contribute to one charity. Another time, contribute to the other."
Secret Chief
Very strong language
Strewth. I'm a Brit, "bills" isn't used to mean money (we say "notes"), I only used the word because @Jayhawker Soule did. So yeah, I meant return with the ability to contribute to both.
I liked both of the first posts by @Secret Chief and @Jayhawker Soule.
Contributing to multiple causes is a good thing, provided one has nearly unlimited resources. However, I can also understand how someone may be torn between two good causes. Does giving one's resources to one good cause take away from the other good cause? If you halve your resources between both good causes, are you thereby taking something away from both good causes?
I don't think that @Secret Chief was being "insensitive and thoughtless," and @Jayhawker Soule's original post (if I am interpreting it correctly) gave me something to think about.
Contributing to multiple causes is a good thing, provided one has nearly unlimited resources. However, I can also understand how someone may be torn between two good causes. Does giving one's resources to one good cause take away from the other good cause? If you halve your resources between both good causes, are you thereby taking something away from both good causes?
I don't think that @Secret Chief was being "insensitive and thoughtless," and @Jayhawker Soule's original post (if I am interpreting it correctly) gave me something to think about.