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View DanH's Profile DanH Flag SW2 01 Aug 19 12.38pm Send a Private Message to DanH Add DanH as a friend

Originally posted by Penge Eagle

Reading the Mail Online? Tut tut!

I found out recently that an old school friend of mine is now living on the streets due to a number of reasons of his own making.

A Hollywood actor funding this homeless World Cup is not a bad thing per se, but it doesn't really solve the deeper issues such as mental health which is a key factor. He doesn't want to put anyone up in one of his houses either. To me, it's simple virtue signalling from yet another wealthy actor.

Edited by Penge Eagle (01 Aug 2019 12.28pm)

So unless you can solve an entire problem you shouldn't even bother trying to help at all?

Excellent, I'm off to the pub in that case. Stand down lads.

 

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View Penge Eagle's Profile Penge Eagle Flag Beckenham 01 Aug 19 12.46pm Send a Private Message to Penge Eagle Holmesdale Online Elite Member Add Penge Eagle as a friend

Originally posted by DanH

So unless you can solve an entire problem you shouldn't even bother trying to help at all?

Excellent, I'm off to the pub in that case. Stand down lads.

There is sustained charity work done privately by the likes of Ed Sheeran and even Wilfried Zaha over many years which I think is fantastic.

 

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View EverybodyDannsNow's Profile EverybodyDannsNow Flag SE19 01 Aug 19 12.48pm Send a Private Message to EverybodyDannsNow Add EverybodyDannsNow as a friend

Originally posted by Penge Eagle

There is sustained charity work done privately by the likes of Ed Sheeran and even Wilfried Zaha over many years which I think is fantastic.

What makes their work fantastic and this example not?

 

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View Penge Eagle's Profile Penge Eagle Flag Beckenham 01 Aug 19 12.50pm Send a Private Message to Penge Eagle Holmesdale Online Elite Member Add Penge Eagle as a friend

Originally posted by EverybodyDannsNow

What makes their work fantastic and this example not?

It's sustained and kept private.

 

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View EverybodyDannsNow's Profile EverybodyDannsNow Flag SE19 01 Aug 19 12.55pm Send a Private Message to EverybodyDannsNow Add EverybodyDannsNow as a friend

Originally posted by Penge Eagle

It's sustained and kept private.

Have you looked into Sheen’s history with charity work? This is far from a one off, and the vast majority of it you will have never heard of (ie it’s private).

 

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View coulsdoneagle's Profile coulsdoneagle Flag London 01 Aug 19 12.55pm Send a Private Message to coulsdoneagle Add coulsdoneagle as a friend

Originally posted by Penge Eagle

It's sustained and kept private.

The publicity is to try and help the future of the event. It was nearly cancelled before he stepped in, hence why he has been doing media work to try and show people how important things like this are.

 

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View Rudi Hedman's Profile Rudi Hedman Flag Caterham 01 Aug 19 1.02pm Send a Private Message to Rudi Hedman Add Rudi Hedman as a friend

I find myself agreeing with DanH. I’ve seen it happen to the best of us. I am going to have to lay down somewhere. Good night.

 


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View DanH's Profile DanH Flag SW2 01 Aug 19 1.13pm Send a Private Message to DanH Add DanH as a friend

Originally posted by Rudi Hedman

I find myself agreeing with DanH. I’ve seen it happen to the best of us. I am going to have to lay down somewhere. Good night.

Oi You're on board with the HF so you'd like me more than you might think.

 

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View Penge Eagle's Profile Penge Eagle Flag Beckenham 01 Aug 19 1.15pm Send a Private Message to Penge Eagle Holmesdale Online Elite Member Add Penge Eagle as a friend

Originally posted by EverybodyDannsNow

Have you looked into Sheen’s history with charity work? This is far from a one off, and the vast majority of it you will have never heard of (ie it’s private).

That's fair enough.

Edited by Penge Eagle (01 Aug 2019 1.16pm)

 

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Originally posted by coulsdoneagle

The publicity is to try and help the future of the event. It was nearly cancelled before he stepped in, hence why he has been doing media work to try and show people how important things like this are.

That's also a fair point.

 

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deleted user Flag 01 Aug 19 1.25pm

Originally posted by coulsdoneagle

The publicity is to try and help the future of the event. It was nearly cancelled before he stepped in, hence why he has been doing media work to try and show people how important things like this are.

True. Publicity for charitable causes doesn't automatically immediately imply that someone is having a 'look at me, aren't I great' moment. It can really boost a cause and I'd rather a charity receive publicity than the usual celebrity inanities. Anything that saves us from another Gemma Collins article or interview is good with me .

Occasionally what's tagged as virtue signalling is actually just good old fashioned virtue. If someone gives a huge proportion of their wealth to a homelessness cause and promotes that, it's best to see the good in it rather than search for a negative motive.

 

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Yellow Card - User has been warned of conduct on the messageboards View Hrolf The Ganger's Profile Hrolf The Ganger Flag 01 Aug 19 1.33pm Send a Private Message to Hrolf The Ganger Add Hrolf The Ganger as a friend

Originally posted by DanH

Bloody Hollywood champagne socialists doing awful things like funding a homeless World Cup

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Why does your thread title imply that charitable people are 'Lefties'?

That just exposes your own prejudices.

If you want to do something for poor people then great,
as long as you realise that you are really doing it for yourself.


 

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