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Re:Tell HN: Jonathan Dale's Cancer Fundraiser isn't Doing We... by gress on Sunday June 29, 2014 @12:53PM (#7961636)
I think criticizing the US Healthcare system is perfectly reasonable.

But it sounds as though you think that not donating to this individual will have some indirect effect on improving things for other people in the future.

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Re:Tell HN: Jonathan Dale's Cancer Fundraiser isn't Doing We... by NotOscarWilde on Sunday June 29, 2014 @01:08PM (#7961692)
> But it sounds as though you think that not donating to this individual will have some indirect effect on improving things for other people in the future.

No, if you have the funds to both campaign for a systemic solution and help the individuals that are currently in trouble because of the systemic problem, then you are of course free to do so.

Suggesting that one is more important of our time, energy and money than the other is, however, a valid opinion [1].

[1]: It is valid if my assumptions about the insurance not covering Jonathan and other such cases were true; that may not be so.

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Re:Tell HN: Jonathan Dale's Cancer Fundraiser isn't Doing We... by gress on Sunday June 29, 2014 @02:57PM (#7962004)
I agree that this alternative might be valid. I was merely responding to what you actually said - which was not that you were putting your resources elsewhere, but that you simply didn't want to donate to the individual.
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