I Knew There Was A Reason I Loved Sandra Bullock

[Randwolf]

No Runespider makes a fine point here, and the reasons are important. Charity given annonymously because someone cares if far more noble than charity given publically to bolster your public image, and you should be able see the importance in those differences Alhanelem.

Actually, if I were the Red Cross, I would prefer her to give publicly. It gets more traction with the press. Even if you already have a lot of press, which the Red Cross does now. SB giving a bunch of money just gave the Red Cross more publicity, another story on the front page.

[Dale]

Actually, if I were the Red Cross, I would prefer her to give publicly. It gets more traction with the press. Even if you already have a lot of press, which the Red Cross does now. SB giving a bunch of money just gave the Red Cross more publicity, another story on the front page.

No I disagree.

This shouldn't be about a celebrity's public image or increasing the notoriety of the Red Cross. Charity should be about helping those in need, not the people donating the charity or the business distributing the charity - else it allows others to further selfish gains at the expense of other's hardships, and that's disgusting to me.

I suppose you could make an argument increasing the media attention to the Red Cross could make it a more effective outlet, but I'm not buying it. She should have given the money anonymously. The Red Cross has plenty of press, they don't need holywood celebs trying to ride on their coattails for good press.

Sides, it's already working - as this thread shows. Some person loving her already cause she donated money to a worthy cause. Trust me, i'm sure that's the effect she was after, and it's apparantly working out for her rather well lol

[Pyrogir]

Deadmau5 posted up on his Facebook that he's going to put up his Diamond mau5head up for auction:

"Diamond mau5 to help Japan; In an effort to help with the relief in Japan, i will be donating / auctioning *the* diamonte mau5 head... and 100% of proceeds will go towards helping the people of Japan through this terrible time. more details on this soon! (just gotta setup all the logistics and stuff, but were all hustling on this)"

I <3 him as a person more for this.

[Mattis]

No Runespider makes a fine point here, and the reasons are important. Charity given annonymously because someone cares if far more noble than charity given publically to bolster your public image, and you should be able see the importance in those differences Alhanelem.

OK retards, this is annoying me, do you really think the end recipients of this money give 2 shits if the person that donated it got credit for it or not?

Why are you bashing someone for donating a large sum of money? Is it in fact that you donated none? She only donated a mil what a shitty person she is.

Fact is she could have not donated and by your reasoning she would be a greater person because people would have assumed she did but didn't mention it so as not to get credit for it.

You are probably one of the people that praised SE for giving money too aren't you? Well you should but the fact is they gain more from it then good PR, they are in the affected area and so that money will be used to help there families as well as the nice tax break it will give them at the end of the year. This does not make it any less helpful.

Oh and BTW unless you have an employee walk in with 1mil cash I don't think it would be too easy to make a large donation like that without someone being able to find out where it came from. And like it was mentioned before, why does she need to do this for PR for? She already has a very respectable reputation and lets face it her looks and her acting get her roles not her acts of kindness, unless shes running for a public office that I don't know about. Even then I would vote for her based on the looks thing. The fact you heard about this will get other people to think about donating as well, even if its not to be outdone Japan still wins.

Everyone that donates a significant amount of money claims it for taxes, if for nothing else so they have more money to donate in the future.

[Randwolf]

No I disagree.

This shouldn't be about a celebrity's public image or increasing the notoriety of the Red Cross. Charity should be about helping those in need, not the people donating the charity or the business distributing the charity - else it allows others to further selfish gains at the expense of other's hardships, and that's disgusting to me.

I suppose you could make an argument increasing the media attention to the Red Cross could make it a more effective outlet, but I'm not buying it. She should have given the money anonymously. The Red Cross has plenty of press, they don't need holywood celebs trying to ride on their coattails for good press.

Sides, it's already working - as this thread shows. Some person loving her already cause she donated money to a worthy cause. Trust me, i'm sure that's the effect she was after, and it's apparantly working out for her rather well lol

Nope, already loved her. And guessing the Red Cross is glad you don't work on their fund raising board.

[Zyeriis]

Why is there even an argument about this? Stupid argument is stupid. 1/25th of her fortune/net worth/whatever the hell you prefer to call it is still 1mil, and 1mil still got donated. Oh no! She wasn't anonymous! How dare she take credit for donating 1 million dollars! How dare she spark some level of thought about donating! How dare she give 1 million dollars that equates to 4,000 years of donating 1/25th of some one's minimum wage ($250 a year). /sarcasm

Thus, by my calculations she has helped about 4,000 people, at a minimum. How dare she

Stupid arguments get stupid sarcastic responses.

[Dale]

Nope, already loved her. And guessing the Red Cross is glad you don't work on their fund raising board.

Well that may be Randwolf, but her donating reaffirmed your love for her, least according to your post that is. So either way, she wins and got the effect she was aiming for

[Randwolf]

Well that may be Randwolf, but her donating reaffirmed your love for her, least according to your post that is. So either way, she wins and got the effect she was aiming for

Maybe, and so did the Red Cross. I love symbiotic relationships.

[Dale]

OK retards, this is annoying me, do you really think the end recipients of this money give 2 shits if the person that donated it got credit for it or not?

Why are you bashing someone for donating a large sum of money? Is it in fact that you donated none? She only donated a mil what a shitty person she is.

Fact is she could have not donated and by your reasoning she would be a greater person because people would have assumed she did but didn't mention it so as not to get credit for it.

You are probably one of the people that praised SE for giving money too aren't you? Well you should but the fact is they gain more from it then good PR, they are in the affected area and so that money will be used to help there families as well as the nice tax break it will give them at the end of the year. This does not make it any less helpful.

Oh and BTW unless you have an employee walk in with 1mil cash I don't think it would be too easy to make a large donation like that without someone being able to find out where it came from. And like it was mentioned before, why does she need to do this for PR for? She already has a very respectable reputation and lets face it her looks and her acting get her roles not her acts of kindness, unless shes running for a public office that I don't know about. Even then I would vote for her based on the looks thing. The fact you heard about this will get other people to think about donating as well, even if its not to be outdone Japan still wins.

Everyone that donates a significant amount of money claims it for taxes, if for nothing else so they have more money to donate in the future.

Lol nice, you call me a retard then ask me why I am bashing someone.

I wasn't bashing her anyway, just saying it would have shown more class if she had done it anonymously, instead of turning it into a PR move. Charity should be about the victims, and when celebs come out and make it all about them - it can give the unsettling impression of them either trying to steal or share in the spotlight being put on the victims.

If you think i'm a retard for pointing this out, so be it...

[Dale]

I love symbiotic relationships.

I'm sure Sandra does also