crappy firefox crashed, so it repeated.

There are two old sayings that everyone should know.
1. Put the money where your mouth is.
2. A preacher must practice what he preached.

Whoever preached all this
>>Give money to Haiti, not Japan.
>>Japan is the world's third richest country. I don't mean to sound heartless
>>because I'm sorry for the tragedy. But my charity will be going elsewhere to
>>people who needed it before the Earthquake (as it always does).
needs to prove that he had donated money to Haitian quake victims before he could advise other people what to do with their money.
To prove it, please attach an un-doctored copy of a dated receipt, credit card bill to the reply.
I said "un-doctored" but please white-out personal info on the receipt/credit card/check.

give no matter what
 

I think every single person able and willing to give should donate to any country and people, no matter how rich or poor that country or the people may be. Life is short. I rather give my money and know that I tried helping even if people don't get much help out of my $1 buck or $10.

i would rep u if this website would let me.

i completely agree and i think the same :vsign:.

again sorta not
 

A Charitable Rush, With Little DirectionBy STEPHANIE STROM
NYT
Published: March 15, 2011

Disasters, particularly those epic enough to earn round-the-clock news coverage, are a fast way to get donors to open their wallets. So it was no surprise when nonprofit groups, starting with the American Red Cross and moving down to small charities, scrambled to raise money to help the victims of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami.

..,The Japanese Red Cross, for example, has said repeatedly since the day after the earthquake that it does not want or need outside assistance.

Holden Karnofsky, a founder of GiveWell, a Web site that researches charities, said he was struck by how quickly many nonprofit groups had moved to create ads using keywords like “Japan,” “earthquake,” “disaster,” and “help” to improve the chances of their ads showing up on Google when the words were used in search queries.

“Charities are aggressively soliciting donations around this disaster, and I don’t believe these donations necessarily are going to be used for relief or recovery in Japan because they aren’t needed for that,” Mr. Karnofsky said. “The Japanese government has made it clear it has the resources it needs for this disaster.”

Japan cannot buy support from the American or British Red Cross, they need people to donate to them, so they can raise the money to send more bodies over.

If the money was going directly into Bank of Japan or government of Japan's back pocket, then I see your point, but it doesn't it goes to the charities which can then get the bodies and supplies to help on a practical level.

^that info may be true....but it's hard to sit around and just watch news about what happen. I am sure the Japanese government is able and capable of helping its own people without help..but there are people in this world who have good attentions and want to donate even if Japan says it does not need help.

From Japanese Red Cross:

JAPANESE RED CROSS SOCIETY｜Japan／Earthquake　Donation

We heartily appreciate your kind offer of donation.

If you want to donate money to the affected population of earthquake and tsunami, please contact your national Red Cross/Crescent society, which may have already launched fundraising campaign within your country.

If your national society doesn’t collect donation or you wish to send your donations directly to the Japanese Red Cross Society, please direct your fund to the following bank account. If you need the receipt of your fund, please state so clearly in the comment section of the bank transfer order. All the fund received under this account will be transferred to the Distribution Committee, which is formed around the local government of the disaster-affected prefecture and to be distributed directly among the affected population of earthquake and tsunami,

　Name of Bank: Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
　Name of Branch: Ginza
　Account No.: 8047670 (Ordinary Account)
　SWIFT Code: SMBC JP JT
　Payee Name: The Japanese Red Cross Society
　Payee Address: 1-1-3 Shiba-Daimon Minato-ku, Tokyo JAPAN

Thank you once again for your generous offer. It is surely the source of encouragement for the affected population in Japan.

Fluffy, if you are going to cherry pick paragraphs from articles, at least post a link so people can get more of the story.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/16/wo...16charity.html

Roger K. Lowe, a spokesman for the American Red Cross, said his group had sent $10 million to Japan on Tuesday, and had spoken with the Japanese group, which had expressed gratitude for the support.

He also shared a note sent by the Red Cross’s international governing body in Switzerland, a missive that was sent out to the American and other national Red Cross organizations and read in part: “At present, the Japanese society is not launching a national or international appeal, but expressions of solidarity in the form of unearmarked financial contributions would be gratefully received.”

again sorta not
 

Again MMM, you just 'cherry picked' a quote from ARC spokesperson Roger K. Lowe?
People here can find NYT by themselves without a link since its dated Mar 15, 2011 (yesterday)
not hard to find, dude?
The NYT article clearly shows that ARC will be making a lot of money off of the Japanese Earthquake relief.

What part of the NYT article that these quotes came from is cherry picking?

"Holden Karnofsky, a founder of GiveWell, a Web site that researches charities, said he was struck by how quickly many nonprofit groups had moved to create ads using keywords like “Japan,” “earthquake,” “disaster,” and “help” to improve the chances of their ads showing up on Google when the words were used in search queries."

“Charities are aggressively soliciting donations around this disaster, and I don’t believe these donations necessarily are going to be used for relief or recovery in Japan because they aren’t needed for that,” Mr. Karnofsky said. “The Japanese government has made it clear it has the resources it needs for this disaster.”