tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5766538007498037282.post5465693821340964289..comments2024-01-20T00:00:10.459-08:00Comments on Mudblood Catholic: World Vision, Mozilla, And Other Arenas of InsanityGabriel Blanchardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17607504369762849930noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5766538007498037282.post-5961765217440546752014-04-13T05:33:17.998-07:002014-04-13T05:33:17.998-07:00@Lucas I don't know what perspective you'r...@Lucas I don't know what perspective you're coming from, but presumably there are some ethical stances which a charity could take which would cause you to re-allocate your giving. And, if you did so, I doubt you would be swayed by the objection you raise here.<br /><br />@Matt<br />How do you think Christians who hold traditional views on sexuality should have responded to this change in policy? Do you really think that if every denunciation of WV was prefaced with "but you should still keep donating to this kind of aid work" then Savage, Sullivan and others of their ilk would be pacified?Cale B.T.http://calebtblog.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5766538007498037282.post-47427817323538643262014-04-10T07:26:09.754-07:002014-04-10T07:26:09.754-07:00Although they may have continued donating to the p...Although they may have continued donating to the poor in some sense, I don't think that made a difference to the particular child they were sponsoring. That child, or those who care for him/her, had their personal funding pulled because of political brinkmanship. Considering one of the most valuable things that funding a child provides is stability, I cannot imagine the level of anguish this sort of waffling incites.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03347681953704565212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5766538007498037282.post-22100626817857468502014-04-08T10:00:09.186-07:002014-04-08T10:00:09.186-07:00My husband doesn't boycott/buycott anything. W...My husband doesn't boycott/buycott anything. We have somewhat different experiences. His father was president of his union, and my mother was in a union for some time. The idea of collective bargaining is something I see as a 'good' with positive outcomes. <br /><br />When the pasta factory was bought out 25 years ago and production was moved out of the city of Lowell, we boycotted that brand of pasta (Prince). I still will not buy Prince Spaghetti. <br /><br />When my mother's nurses unions bargained for a raise, the construction workers who were building a new wing for the hospital went on strike themselves and stopped working. <br /><br />But for my husband, he saw 'the negative'. The employees working in the pasta factory already lost their jobs. And he saw his father's negotiating tactics in which professors with tenure were poor in their occupation and the union protected the 'good and the bad'. And more then a decade ago, when UPS went on strike my husband's shipments of medical goods sat in warehouses and surgeries had to be delayed. He couldn't even retrieve the medical devices himself, if he wanted to. <br /><br />So he doesn't boycott or buycott anything. Reneehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03852754398007790428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5766538007498037282.post-7725890264224934512014-04-07T02:48:36.561-07:002014-04-07T02:48:36.561-07:00God bless you, Gabriel.God bless you, Gabriel.Cale B.T.http://calebtblog.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5766538007498037282.post-24072401201612917012014-04-07T00:06:52.189-07:002014-04-07T00:06:52.189-07:00I think the problem is that may of those who react...I think the problem is that may of those who reacted did not say whether they were giving to another organization instead or just withholding funds altogether.<br /><br />This isn't really an issue of whether fund might have been redirected but of the witness it gives. To outsiders it looked like thousands of Christians were willing to withhold funds from starving children in order to penalize WV for hiring gay people.<br /><br />The manner in which we choose to respond to issues like this is, often, just as important in our witness as what we actual do or do not do with our money.Mattnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5766538007498037282.post-19039575599042982772014-04-06T19:23:22.275-07:002014-04-06T19:23:22.275-07:00Another awesome post that leads me to take pause a...Another awesome post that leads me to take pause and think about my felliw members in the body of Christ with whom (though I might disagree with) I am one with. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5766538007498037282.post-38403344715516335272014-04-06T17:55:51.734-07:002014-04-06T17:55:51.734-07:00A very just point. I said as much when I fired off...A very just point. I said as much when I fired off the aforesaid pissy Facebook update, but I let my temper run away with me when I was writing this, and I shouldn't have.Gabriel Blanchardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17607504369762849930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5766538007498037282.post-59035816835346497632014-04-06T06:22:48.642-07:002014-04-06T06:22:48.642-07:00Thank you for this. I'm not much of a pacifist...Thank you for this. I'm not much of a pacifist, but this culture war has gotten ridiculous, and it seems difficult for a day to go by without me reading something about either side that feeds my pessimism about where we're going, or otherwise just acts as a near occasion of sin for me to start fuming in front of a glowing rectangle. Evidently not wanting to see people I care about get shamed into nonexistence means I'm not Real or something.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5766538007498037282.post-35957912187413864612014-04-06T02:42:58.517-07:002014-04-06T02:42:58.517-07:00When you said that that those who stopped giving t...When you said that that those who stopped giving to World Vision would sooner let a child starve than let a sexually active queer person assist in feeding them, I think you are presuming that they've stopped giving money to starving children altogether, rather than switching to a different charity.<br /><br />I have no data on this, but I still think it was a hasty generalisation.Cale B.T.http://calebtblog.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com