Its the last day of the month....

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"Moral judgements" was your statement, not mine.

Um, I realize that. And if you STILL don't think any moral judgements have been made or implied by the types of statements I gave the example of, then we'll just have to continue to agree to disagree on what we consider moral judgements.

Um, OK.

Ya know, you're nodding your head like you understand, but I have to admit, I still have my doubts.

This is an online forum. Nobody here is in position to judge anybody, other than as a peer would in any social situation.

Well I suppose that makes it all A-OK then.

You seem overly sensitive to simple salesmanship. You are being sold all the time. From TV ads implying you are smart for driving car X, to Girl Scout selling cookies, to public radio pledge drives, you are being sold. Requests for donations are the same thing. People are trying to convince you there is something of value in exchange for your money.

What you seem to feel is some sort of judgement is nothing more than salesmanship. The fact that the salesmen in question are "volunteers" doesn't give them any special status, unless you make it so.

Simple salesmanship? Apparently, even after it's explained ONCE AGAIN, you STILL either choose to only see things how you want to see them, or simply didn't understand again. My comments haven't been addressing "requests for donations", they've been addressing "HOW THOSE DONATIONS ARE REQUESTED".

If that's not simple enough, perhaps it'd be best to just stop and ponder it for awhile, then pick up where we left off when our usual suspects inevitably start this stuff up again next time. I know I'm not going anywhere anyway...so please...take your time.