Canadian town donates $10k to Tsunami, wants it back for firework display.

[Mister Sinister]

Hope this isnt a repost but I found this amusing.

http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/01/25/returned-tsunami-donation050125.html

Now was that 10k in Canadian dollars.

[tony3]

Selfish bas......

[Steelrat]

Thats great, they accidentally voted in favor of sending the money. I'm glad they were able to correct their mistake, that would have totally screwed up their fireworks finale.

[FragTek]

What a bunch of 's

[teufelhunden]

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prepare for karma.

[Creative Mayhem]

I am ashamed to call myself Canadian after reading that....

[Muzikman]

Fireworks rock!

[Steelrat]

I wonder if I can get a refund on the cash I gave for the 9/11 victims...

[SlartyBartFast]

I wonder if I can get a refund on the cash I gave for the 9/11 victims...

Actually, I wish the Red Cross DID have that option.

When a tragic event becomes a giant dump of cash, I do think donations should be ether redirected or given back.

FOr the tsunami, Doctors Without Borders fif the upright thing and stopped taking donations for the tsunami because they had enough to cover all forseen expenses.

In the case of 9/11, as tragic as it was BILLIONS were raised for people who were otherwise insured and the payouts to families are disgusting to the point that the death of their loved-one became a financial windfall.

Or, the case of the Red Cross in California who got millions to help people after brush fires. Why should the money be given to people whose homes were insured or should have been insured? Once the homes and belongings are paid for, why should the 'victims' get any more? Some families sued the Red Cross for exactly that.

[Acer12]

Canada sucks. sorry any canadians but it does

[Blazestorm]

haha, my school raised 16k for the tsunami fund... raffles

[Steelrat]

Actually, I wish the Red Cross DID have that option.

When a tragic event becomes a giant dump of cash, I do think donations should be ether redirected or given back.

FOr the tsunami, Doctors Without Borders fif the upright thing and stopped taking donations for the tsunami because they had enough to cover all forseen expenses.

In the case of 9/11, as tragic as it was BILLIONS were raised for people who were otherwise insured and the payouts to families are disgusting to the point that the death of their loved-one became a financial windfall.

Or, the case of the Red Cross in California who got millions to help people after brush fires. Why should the money be given to people whose homes were insured or should have been insured? Once the homes and belongings are paid for, why should the 'victims' get any more? Some families sued the Red Cross for exactly that.

I cannot believe you even said that. If I lost any of my loved ones, there is NO amount that could possibly replace them. To state that the payouts were "disgusting" and a "financial windfall" is incredibly insensitive. I'm sure that, given the chance, those people would gladly give the money back if they could be with their loved ones again. I don't know about you, but when I donate money (and I do donate money, do you?) I don't set conditions on my dontation, other than making sure it goes to the victims.

And guess what? The town didn't state that they wanted it back because the funds didn't need any more donations, though I'm sure that is the actual reason. They said it was an administrative mistake, which is, frankly, a lame excuse.

Oh, one last news flash for you. Insurance doesn't cover 100% of your losses. Do you own a house? Read your policy sometime. How about a car? Do you think that, if your new car is totaled, you get 100% of what you owe on it?

[cris8762]

i hope all the fireworks stands fall over and shoot big flaming balls of hot chemicals into the crowd...

[Eric Cartman]

Canada sucks. sorry any canadians but it does

And this brilliant statement comes from a citizen of the country that is home to the Ozarks - Darwin's waiting room.

Thanks for comin' out champ!

[Acer12]

holy **** your canadian and you watch southpark thats awsome. we have one cool canadian here guys. Thats funny as **** that you watch southpark because they make so much fun of you guys. especially cartman