The Emirates Western Force has announced Ronald McDonald House (RMHC) as one of its two selected team charities for 2009 and 2010.
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The Emirates Western Force has announced Ronald McDonald House (RMHC) as one of its two selected team charities for 2009 and 2010.
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Translation: Force seeking sponsorship dollars from a company that represents much of what is wrong with the world today.
And what a cynical way to ingratiate ones self.
Bah Humbug.
hopefully the other one will be pocock/holmes charitabile organisation, why generation.....
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Originally Posted by fulvio sammut
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the new suplier of faux beef for the force.
all the local charities are obviously not high profile enough.
What do you mean faux beef?
Yeah!! It's real beef. A Bull doesn't get to 15 years of age without being real.
Camel, Donkey and Horse are similar to Beef as well :iconrofl::iconrofl:
There's a Ronald McDonald House in Perth - I think it's a great charity for them to support
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Hey FS - just reading your post again - are you saying they're doing this to get McDonalds sponsorship, because the two aren't related except that McDonalds also sponsors Ronald McDonald house.Quote:
Originally Posted by fulvio sammut
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Originally Posted by fulvio sammut
Ronald McDonald house is a fantastic charity, they help out not just sick children but help support there families in times of great need. Im guessing you have no sick children Fulvio?
Ron Mac House is a very worthy charity. I fully support the :force:'s support thereof. Coincidentally, Movies By Burswood also supports Ron Mac House by them being one of the benefiting children's charities.
I'm sure Ronald McDonald House is of itself a fine charity and does good work.
But you can't disassociate it from the evils of McDonalds* whilst it carries that ridiculous (trademark*) name.
McDonalds* support for the charity it set up is based, in part at least, on the number of toxic burgers it sells. McDonalds* has long been associated with widespread enviromental and economic horrors and exploitation of the young and the poor.
Perhaps in your view the end justifies the means. McDonalds* benefiting from its association with a charity also benefits the charity. That is indisputably the case.
I happen to object to what appears to me to be the cynical manipulation of people's charitable intent in order to maximise corporate profit and to sanitise a muddy reputation .
I also happen to think the Force is jumping on that bandwagon for the same purpose, or at least in the hope of doing so.
I'm entitled to my opinion, just as you are to yours. Don't try to put the guilts on me for having an opinion. That's the angle McDonalds* are using, after all. "Ignore everything else, we support a charity".
But haven't you seen the tv ads Fulv, you can drive out to the farms and see the wholesome goodness of their products...
I used to prepare beef that went to maccas, and it was the absolute crappiest beef they could pay F... all for...
As for the charitable side, maccas always has associated itself with children and use guilt to market themselves as well...So they can have thier cake and eat it by supporting thier own charity...Therefore if you don't support them you don't help thier charity, basically...
That being said, it is actually a great charity in what it does for families and children and as such is a worthy charity to support, although there are plenty more with lesser public profiles that would have benefitted from this promotion...
"Lips & c####" seems to come to mind FR? ;)
Ronald Mcdonald house is a house down near PMH that parents who live in the country stay at when their kids are in PMH. Mostly used by parents of kids on Ward 3B (Cancer ward).
Anyone who has spent time there will know it needs to be made alot bigger and the more money that is given to it the better.
Personally I give my charity money to Red Kite, an organisation that helps pay the bills of parents whose kids get cancer. We lost $30,000 over the time Connor was sick and the bills keep coming in regardless.
Money means shit when it comes to the health of your children and I'd live in a cardboard box to see him well. If we lived in the states we would be living in a cardboard box as without insurance it's about $500 000 plus to treat a cancer patient.
Good on the Force for backing a great charity, I don't think there's any hidden motives there from their point of view anyway. Anyone who wants their eyes opened should take a walk in ward 3B.
No thanks WRF.......can't bring myself to return to the place!
But amen to everything else you said brother.
And I echo the sentiment, I'f you've been lucky enough to never have had an excuse to step into a kid's cancer ward, do so, It'll give you a little perspective on live and how to live joyously amongst a whole pile of crap!
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