[Spiderman]

Originally Posted by philipMac

Ed my friend.
Maybe my approach could be better put.

But, simply put, I think these sorts of sites are worse than usless. I group them together with those emails you get saying "forward this on to all your mates and you will have a good day". Best case scenario is nothing happens.

This site is worse than that, (IMO), because the user is left thinking, there, ahh, made a difference there, I did my part.
When they didnt.
They did nothing of the sort. A server incremented an integer variable somewhere. Nothing else happened. No one stopped molesting a kid. No one became more aware about kids being molested.

The idea that now, people need to be reminded that child molestors exist is absurd. There has been a media frenzy and a hysteria so pronounced that BrassEye did a mock special on paedophilia.

There were child molestors under every bed and on every computer in the country. Every priest had to be watched. When I am out playing with kids on the road when i come back from work, I have to make sure everything I do cannot be construed as wierd.

So, yeah, "lighting candles", clicking on a candle gif on your Web browser, come on.

Maybe the post was intentioned well. Maybe those post this email on to all your friends for luck are well intentioned.

It still doesnt mean its not a load of rubbish.

Read all the comments on this thread so far but i have to say this sums it up best for me.
Its also the reason why i dont give money to big charities cos all i realy think it does is make me feel good that ive done something to help. But in reality i dont believe that money i give goes very far to helping those i give to, rather it helps the chrity pay for more printing/website costs to promote itself.
Now days i'd rather just give my cash to the homeless. A lot of people say to me "But he's only gonna waste it on drink or drugs" well good for him, cos after i'd paid my rent and bills that all i'd be wasting it on too

If people wanna make a real change they need to get off their sofas and go out and show themsleves i believe.
I marched against the Iraq war, knowing it wont really make a diffrence and the govt will never listen to the electorate over this type of issue but at least i was there to show suuport.
I marched against the Criminal Justice Bill and before that the Poll Tax, again knowing these things relly wont make a diffrence but at least we were all out there being seen to be trying to do something.
Sitting on your ****, clicking a mouse on a webiste IMHO amounts to F all as far as doing something goes. It makes you feel like youve done your bit, its soothing yourself. Nothing more.

Now look at Brian Haw. How many of you know who he even is i wonder 9without resorting to google or the like i mean) To me he's the living embodiment of doing something that you feel very strongly about. He's like me and you not just some nutter who has nothing better to do. he has a wife and kids who miss him dearly but support him totaly. He's rissens above govt attemts to shut him up and all because he wants others to have a better life then they have and for Govt around the world to do something to stop the sufferign that is happening on a daily basis.

thats doing something. Click a mose and add a digit?