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I regularly do charity work on behalf of White Christian Males.

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Now this, I find funny. You're going to run an aid foundation for a group of people that's got it as easy and that has in the past several hundred years basically ruled the rest of the world. More power to you, dude. I guess anyone can have a reason to need aid. Do you have any stats on how many men get battered by their wives? Or are you just one of those guys that attacks anything that remotely supports women's rights.

But in all seriousness, if you were to run an aid foundation for white men (farmers) targetted in Zimbabwe, or Christians targetted in Darfur, then yeah, I would not mind that at all. I might even give your foundation a few bucks.

But you seem oblivious of the reasons why Grameen funds more women, so we may just have to agree to disagree and let other readers on here make up their minds in this matter...

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9/14, quote on elections, because shosh had to put up that thoughtful writeup on mediocrity and elitism:
"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron." — H. L. Mencken

(On the battered husbands, a topic I have no interest whatsoever in, the number is usually around 800,000 men a year, and studies in Western Countries put it between 30-40% of all domestic violence. I don't know how accurate the studies are, but apparently it happens to some measurable extent.)

Do you find this charity funny? http://www.bestfriendsfoundation.org/BMWhatisBM2.html

I'm someone who attacks discrimination wherever I see it.

For the record, you have Southern Sudan and Darfur combined in your analogy. There's a negligible number of Christians in Western Sudan but they did face wholesale slaughter in the 90's in the South.

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Dude, I'm a respectable guy, so why would I find a charity org driven to make respectable men out of boys any funny? However, reading through the web site, I found this:

So, would you pooh-pooh the very model program that your favorite charity is based on? It would seem so, because it "discriminates" by having the programs only for girls.

You just proved my point: there are programs and charities geared toward all sorts of needs and groups. Just because Grameen makes women in impoverished countries a little more independent and able to earn a living on their own, does not make it a bad org. If at all, in my eyes at least, its a worthwhile thing to do. Any number of case studies have shown that providing women in impoverished, illeterate nations a chance to earn their own living not only makes them well-off but raises the standard of living of the entire household and of their villages. In places like India, where mandating a certain number of elected seats on local village council to women has changed the way a village functions... women care to have potable water, sanitation, education for their children. You and I may take such things for granted, but believe me, its a whole 'nother world out there...

Here is just one sad example of how women get ill-treated...even when they are the ones trying to earn a living. Muslim women specially in India and other countries are held back by their own men.


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6399551.stm

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9/14, quote on elections, because shosh had to put up that thoughtful writeup on mediocrity and elitism:
"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron." — H. L. Mencken

You'd have a great point, if only I'd said that it was my favorite charity, or one that I even supported (for the record, I don't but I give them kudos for realizing the wrongs of their ways and adding a program for males as well.).
Unfortunately, I didn't.
I was only providing a link to a charity that's exclusively for males, since you seemed to have laughed at the idea in a previous post.

I still believe it's wrong for a charity (in particular) to discriminate based on sex, race, religion, etc.
Need should be the only basis for alotting aid.

But you do what you want with your money, I'll do what I want with mine.

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I feel your pain man.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9xmvhQl2-Q

Funny. I just pointed out that women in impoverished and male-dominated nations need more help and orgs such as Grameen are practically the only thing going for them.

After reading more of Tann's posts, I feel his pain too...

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9/14, quote on elections, because shosh had to put up that thoughtful writeup on mediocrity and elitism:
"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron." — H. L. Mencken

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