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I can only hope this madness will stop.
I don't see an end to it, unfortunately.
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The charity who'd raised the money for the dead police officer, are now wanting over half the proceeds, scum-bags, disgusting, you'd think the government would see all is well to that family.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/03/24/justgiving-pockets-30000-fund-raise-money-family-pc-keith-palmer/amp/
Not quite.
They take 5% routinely, which is the disputed sum. And they made an initial donation themselves of £10,000. They've raised over 1/2 million £.
I'm sort of wondering how much the other three innocent civilians got? A separate Muslim fund for ALL the victims got a lot less.
It's great to see public generosity like this, but I feel embarrassed when some Londoners start going on about 'The Blitz' in WWII, and how 'we' stood up to oppression and terror without panic etc.. There are actual 'blitzes' going on literally in Syria and Iraq at this very moment, with indiscriminate civilian bombing of children etc., that we are not disconnected to. The innocent civilians involved show unbelievable resilience and courage that we know nothing about. So to start myth-making about how Londoners never panic when bombs reign down on them, at THIS time is in very bad taste. This was the act of one nutcase, unhinged, only marginally connected to the radical terrorists who knew nothing about him, and judging from the footage, people well out of harm's way DID panic.
One feels particularly sad about the US guy who was on his first overseas holiday, a wedding anniversary, and ended up thrown from a bridge. And the pensioner too,. and the teacher with a family. And the poor Romanian woman who was due a wedding proposal that day and ended up in the Thames.
One poignant set of pictures involved showed an injured lady who couldn't get up, and who'd clearly been selling (or maybe buying) tourist postcards that were strewn all over the pavement. '£8 each or 2 for £15' said her toppled sign. Little details like that show the pathos of the human condition.
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Mar 31, 2017 - 9:59 AM
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edwzoomom
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The charity who'd raised the money for the dead police officer, are now wanting over half the proceeds, scum-bags, disgusting, you'd think the government would see all is well to that family.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/03/24/justgiving-pockets-30000-fund-raise-money-family-pc-keith-palmer/amp/
Not quite.
They take 5% routinely, which is the disputed sum. And they made an initial donation themselves of £10,000. They've raised over 1/2 million £.
I'm sort of wondering how much the other three innocent civilians got? A separate Muslim fund for ALL the victims got a lot less.
It's great to see public generosity like this, but I feel embarrassed when some Londoners start going on about 'The Blitz' in WWII, and how 'we' stood up to oppression and terror without panic etc.. There are actual 'blitzes' going on literally in Syria and Iraq at this very moment, with indiscriminate civilian bombing of children etc., that we are not disconnected to. The innocent civilians involved show unbelievable resilience and courage that we know nothing about. So to start myth-making about how Londoners never panic when bombs reign down on them, at THIS time is in very bad taste. This was the act of one nutcase, unhinged, only marginally connected to the radical terrorists who knew nothing about him, and judging from the footage, people well out of harm's way DID panic.
One feels particularly sad about the US guy who was on his first overseas holiday, a wedding anniversary, and ended up thrown from a bridge. And the pensioner too,. and the teacher with a family. And the poor Romanian woman who was due a wedding proposal that day and ended up in the Thames.
One poignant set of pictures involved showed an injured lady who couldn't get up, and who'd clearly been selling (or maybe buying) tourist postcards that were strewn all over the pavement. '£8 each or 2 for £15' said her toppled sign. Little details like that show the pathos of the human condition.
Thank you for the update and also for the link in your second post. I find the majority of the funds set up to be honorable. I hope all victims and their families are feeling better at this time.
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