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Firstly you can't throw claims like that around without a source, secondly I don't think now is the time to make FUD about which charity to donate to, thirdly t

by user24 13y ago

Firstly you can't throw claims like that around without a source, secondly I don't think now is the time to make FUD about which charity to donate to, thirdly that's tangential to what I was quoting (that cash is better than goods), and fourthly http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/10/typhoon-haiyan-kills-10000-in-philippines-live-updates#block-527f6de7e4b055987af6768e http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/10/typhoon-haiyan-... edit: fifthly: http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=3277#.Un99so05h0Q http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary...

ck2 13y ago
Maybe they behave better in other parts of the world, but the Red Cross in the USA is everyone's knee-jerk reaction to throw money at, and they have many many issues: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Red_Cross#Controversies http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Red_Cross#Controversie... http://articles.latimes.com/2006/feb/04/local/me-redcross4 http://articles.latimes.com/2006/feb/04/local/me-redcross4 https://www.google.com/search?q=Red+Cross+resigns https://www.google.com/search?q=Red+Cross+resigns (note all the resignations are different people!) http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/07/18/red-cross-sandy-recovery/2508065/ http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/07/18/red-cro... http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2012/11/12/the-problem-with-the-red-cross/ http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2012/11/12/the-problem... and there was a huge scandal where they used emergency fund donations to buy furniture for their offices - having trouble finding it right now
- ceejayoz 13y ago
  The controversies linked in the Wikipedia article seem pretty ho-hum for an organization the size of the Red Cross. Stuff like credit checks of volunteers, following the FDA's (stupid) rule on blood from homosexual males, a dispute with Johnson + Johnson, etc. hardly support the allegation of mass corruption in the group.

by user24 13y ago

ck2 13y ago

Maybe they behave better in other parts of the world, but the Red Cross in the USA is everyone's knee-jerk reaction to throw money at, and they have many many issues: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Red_Cross#Controversies http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Red_Cross#Controversie... http://articles.latimes.com/2006/feb/04/local/me-redcross4 http://articles.latimes.com/2006/feb/04/local/me-redcross4 https://www.google.com/search?q=Red+Cross+resigns https://www.google.com/search?q=Red+Cross+resigns (note all the resignations are different people!) http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/07/18/red-cross-sandy-recovery/2508065/ http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/07/18/red-cro... http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2012/11/12/the-problem-with-the-red-cross/ http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2012/11/12/the-problem... and there was a huge scandal where they used emergency fund donations to buy furniture for their offices - having trouble finding it right now

ceejayoz 13y ago
The controversies linked in the Wikipedia article seem pretty ho-hum for an organization the size of the Red Cross. Stuff like credit checks of volunteers, following the FDA's (stupid) rule on blood from homosexual males, a dispute with Johnson + Johnson, etc. hardly support the allegation of mass corruption in the group.