tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-950097146074968395.post6685092391725155912..comments2023-10-08T04:16:25.218-04:00Comments on The World's Beefiest Blog: National Blog InsensitivityBeefy Muchachohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03030529703415235545noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-950097146074968395.post-18775943749745023092011-11-16T12:12:30.907-05:002011-11-16T12:12:30.907-05:00good work on this site, really awesome. thanks for...good work on this site, really awesome. thanks for the share.Leafs Ticketshttp://www.leafstickets.org/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-950097146074968395.post-90507215211360362372011-03-27T10:34:14.825-04:002011-03-27T10:34:14.825-04:00I'm with you, Beefy.I'm with you, Beefy.Bernadettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13380620920945721127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-950097146074968395.post-70813417990864481842011-03-19T15:56:41.205-04:002011-03-19T15:56:41.205-04:00I'm with you on the meaningless gesture. I ge...I'm with you on the meaningless gesture. I get this sort of stuff all the time via facebook and e-mail telling me that if I want to support A, I should where a red shirt on Friday or something else as trivial. It seems to me that the amount of effort that people go to to create and disseminate such nonsense would, as you suggested, be better spent on actual good works. But the idea that because I won't wear a red shirt on Friday (or whatever) means that I'm not down with the cause (and probably "Un-American") is just getting out of hand.Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-950097146074968395.post-21293170634350494532011-03-18T20:34:31.255-04:002011-03-18T20:34:31.255-04:00I usually resist the temptation to comment on blog...I usually resist the temptation to comment on blogs.<br />Now not-so-secret fact: I usually resist the temptation to read blogs.<br /><br />But I wanted to thank you for being so reasonable on such a topic. There seems to have been an increase in the Meaningless Gesture recently, perhaps because we are so much more connected now thanks to the internet. And maybe because we feel that we have nothing to offer in the face of such disaster.<br /><br />Every major human achievement begins with one person, and we need to redirect our emotional responses so that the best outcome can be had for those in need. If the best you can do to help is to donate a small sum of money, you should do that. Even more though, you need to acknowledge that this was the best type of help you could provide. I don’t have disaster training or the capacity to fly to Japan to be on the ground to help out. But I can donate some money.<br /><br />The feeling of guilt doesn’t go away, but you’ve have done all that you reasonably can in a situation that is devastating. This is not a Meaningless Gesture.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com