Quote Originally Posted by Kaedan View Post
The first part of your statement is very, very wrong. A large portion of money donated to most charities and non-profits goes to the charity and non-profit themselves. Especially the charities that claim to spread your money "where it needs to go". This is why you have to be very careful when choosing a charity to donate to and look at their financials. You also have to look at the fine print that states that your money may go to other things. It is usually not effective at all... especially with the American Red Cross.

SE would be able to donate that money directly to the JSDF (Japanese Self Defense Force), which is doing the bulk of the recovery effort. Unfortunately, there is no way for Americans to donate directly to the JSDF without sending snail mail.

Which brings me to you last comment: Did you even click the link? I suggested donating to the Japanese Red Cross. That's the only organization Americans should donate to if they want to see all (or at least the majority) of their money going to the disaster effort.

I'm not saying SE should start charging a fee... but it would be nice if they set up an option to charge a fee and then act as the middle man for Americans to get their money to the JSDF.

I have no idea where you're coming from. You suggested donating to the Japanese Red Cross, so did I. I wasn't even responding to you in my post, so get off your high horse.

Unless you have some sort of inside knowledge as to where charities spend their money, then get over yourself. Of course people should research where their donations will go, I never said, or implied, anything to the contrary.

And just because S-E could donate directly to the JSDF doesn't mean they will. Where do you think more corruption lies, in organizations like the Red Cross, or corporate entities? I'm not saying that S-E is that kind of company, but I'll take my chances donating to a humanitarian organization before I ever trust a corporate entity to do the right thing.