Mushroom Mentality
MUSHROOM MENTALITY
Whenever a natural disaster occurs, you can be sure that the whole world will give abundantly of their time, and of their hard-earned money. Now with the Haiti disaster happening, as with any natural disaster, charity organizations start popping up everywhere and clustering like mushrooms around the same common cause supposedly making it easier for us to donate our hard-earned money, and bringing relief to the victims in the disaster area.
Estimates of donated funds to the Haiti disaster are about $164 765 000! Everybody is donating millions of dollars towards the Haiti victims, totally forgetting about the other noble charity organizations out there. Experts say that the other charitable organizations out there will not be affected by the Haiti relief funds, though I have serious doubts about that. If everyone is jumping on the bandwagon and pouring their money only towards the Haiti victims, who is taking care of the rest of the organizations out there?
Yes, I do admit that it is admirable to want to help those people in distress in Haiti, but I have to add that we should not forget about the other worthy organizations at times like these. We must stop this herd mentatlity and stop donating to the same mushroom cluster of charties around the same cause. Not to mention the American Red Cross, which netted BILLIONS of dollars after 9-11, should be more than well funded to handle disasters for the next 20 years. Find another cause that you care about and donate there instead, donating with the same heart as you would have given to the Haiti victims. I’m sure their plight is delicate but, there must be balance in the world and we must not forget about important things like health care, housing, art & culture, schooling, which are pushed to the background, and completely forgotten about.
Don’t be attracted to the mushroom cluster; you do realize that people grow mushrooms by keeping them in the dark, and feeding them a load of shit…?
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By Leila Anasazi, February 3, 2010 @ 7:42 am
I completely agree that we can turn our giving to more local needs and causes (which is not to say, “forget Haiti”).
Haiti donations are high for many reasons. Most (U.S.) giving comes in small amounts from the “little people”. It was quick & easy to give a small amount to an organization doing work in Haiti, especially with text-to-donate options.
Perhaps there could be a new social media proliferated meme? Instead of spending time on Facebook to doppelgänger my photo or declaring my bra color, I could announce my current text-to-give donation . . . But how to do that without appearing holier-than-thou?