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Some time ago I saw someone post this on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6816649 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6816649 It left me questioning t
by wismer 13y ago
Some time ago I saw someone post this on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6816649 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6816649
It left me questioning the authors motives. On one hand, if the author intended the event to be about business networking (as he, being a ceo of a startup, are wont to do) then the choice of having it done on thanksgiving to be an odd one, but ultimately harmless.
If the offer was more of making meaningful social connections then I would have found that to be troubling. I was particularly convinced of this when I saw in a bold faced declaration, the author stated that "No one should be alone for thanksgiving". No one should be alone for thanksgiving but it seemed targeted at the members of the tech community and not the community at large. You know, the people without a home, people with fractured families.
I could be wrong. Perhaps he advertised on the street. But if he pointed people to upvote it on HN, then it just reinforces my opinion.
- protomyth 13y agoIn college there were groups that would throw a thanksgiving dinner for students that couldn't make it home to be with family. Were they wrong or elitist or uncaring? It is a common group tradition in the US to throw thanksgiving for some group you belong to. Besides the fact even a CEO of a startup cannot afford meals for every homeless person or just everyone off the street, it makes it no less nice if it happens to be for a social group and maybe some business is done. If the Churches[1] in SF weren't serving a thanksgiving dinner for the homeless then I am surprised. 1) Churches generally do this regardless of belief of the homeless. It is about the beliefs of the church not the served.