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Re: What if I said?

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From: Raine
Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 22:54
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What i want to know is that when did anyone make this Rick guy God?  Its too 
bad that it is a money grabbing cash scam cos there was somewhat of an idea 
behind it.. but i don't think it would go to the right places, just 
someone's wallet..


<rpedley@cogeco.ca> wrote in message 
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> ..and this was his reply to the message, which i had also sent him
> privately:
>
> "Well buddy,
>
> You are allowed your opinions just as I am. When they make you God then
> maybe I'll listen. I guess you have a lot of time on your hands if you 
> need
> to put so much effort into complaining about something."
>
> That's it. Not even an attempt to address any of the points i raised. I 
> can
> only assume that his "plan" so far is to grab a big buncha money, because
> that's all he's ever talked about: how to get the money.
>
> <rpedley@cogeco.ca> wrote in message
> news:mtqjj.371$Ov2.367@read2.cgocable.net...
>> I'd say "So what?"  25,000 kids die each and every day on this planet, 
>> and
>> your "plan" won't save even one of them. Why? Because raising money is 
>> the
>> smallest and easiest step in the entire process of saving those kids.
>> Converting that cash into food, medicine, housing, and making sure it's
> all
>> spent on those items, and then delivering the goods to their destinations
>> (once you have actually determined the destinations!). And assuming all
>> these things happened, then what? Your "plan" won't rid the world of
>> disease, droughts, floods, earthquakes, corrupt dictatorships,
>> ethnic/religious/tribal conflicts, unwanted/unneeded pregnancies, and on
> and
>> on. Your plan won't prevent the Nile river from becoming unusable for
>> farming and drinking purposes within 20 years, a river that in Egypt
> alone,
>> 78M people depend on for sustenance. You had a nice dream, now forget it
> and
>> stop wasting our time with your spam.
>>
>> "Rick Carroll" <postmaster@rickcarroll.ca> wrote in message
>> news:4401ad2b-9f4f-42f5-8654-beec900d7aa8@u10g2000prn.googlegroups.com...
>> > What if I said?
>> >
>> > That I wanted to help feed all the world's children.
>> >
>> > What if I said?
>> >
>> > That I have an idea that could possibly do it.
>> >
>> > What if I said?
>> >
>> > That I'm a real person, who doesn't want your money?
>> >
>> > What if I said?
>> >
>> > That I just want you to read and consider my idea.
>> >
>> > Would you do it?
>> >
>> > And
>> >
>> > What would you say?
>> >
>> > http://www.rickcarroll.ca/lovecard/index.htm
>> >
>> >
>> > Thanks
>> >
>> > Rick Carroll
>>
>>
>
> 
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