charitable thoughts...

[jay]

It's time for me to set up my payroll-deduction charitable contributions for 2006... while patgreene and I ultimately decide, I'd like to solicit inputs and suggestions. Last year's poll led me to de-select the Human Rights Campaign, for example.

One of last year's incumbents (Amnesty International) is not available in this year's list, nor is Greenpeace anymore. SFSI fell off two years ago. Instead of paper forms, we now submit our choices online... which removes the previous restriction of no more than 5 charities total. OTOH, the first 60 listings shown to employees in the new online database, two pages-worth, are all from charities with conservative or evangelical-Christian ties or advocacy. Not surprising, from this administration.

Anyway, with a planned $1K to invest, I'm now open to niche suggestions with smaller amounts. Deadline for filing is next Tuesday.

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Comments

[mactavish.livejournal.com]

They're a traditional food source in Ecuador, have been for at least a couple of thousand years. :/

[patgreene.livejournal.com]

I know. I know horsemeat is eaten places too, and I am not really too happy about that -- I admit that I'm inconsistent, as I do eat beef, pork, and chicken (not to mention venison and rabbit).

[mactavish.livejournal.com]

I've quit the rabbit, am backing off on mammals in general, but I'm no more morally opposed to venison (even wild) than to cows. I figure at least the venison had a happy wild life first, and they're often overpopulated because we've eliminated predators in so many places.

(Also: Though I don't eat rabbit just because I've known so many nice rabbit pets, in Australia, it's a real pest, causing enormous environmental damage.)