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Whenever someone posts a "Help I need donations" thread nowadays I always wait a few weeks to see how things progress, because more often than not it turns out there is some question about their cause being legit, and sure enough it's not. I donated money to these kinds of causes years ago here and ended up later wishing I hadn't.
Fact is, we've all seen enough of these cases of certain people not having proper insurance and they get caught with their pants down. We've certainly seen enough of it that everyone should now know it doesn't pay to not have insurance. Hell, I'm a canuck, we get bascially free health care, yet I still have critical illness insurance just in case I ever do have to go south of the border for special treatment. In this day and age it should be a no brainer.
In short, no... I did not jump to the paypal send button on this one. After all is said and done I still don't know if Nocarrier's kid was actually sick and needing tens of thousands of dollars for special treatment in the US.
I've donated to the Red Cross for hurrican/flood/tsunami relief, I donated for 9/11 relief, was among the first to send a few bucks to far-L's coalition cause in thier fight against Acacia, etc. Those causes are bonified legit and I feel good about donating to them.
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