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Originally Posted by sob
Yeah, let's move on.
And the next time there's another UN vote to screw up our economy, let's just take it up the ass.
Everybody knows we've got unlimited money. By the way, how much aid has your country sent?
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You know, despite over two years on TFP, I can't actually fucking believe this post.
sob, do you think this is a competition or something? By asking me how much "my country" has donated, I presume you're trying to take some self-defined and delusional high ground (or something).
I live in Australia.
Donations to Australian Red Cross alone total more than $10 million. Australians have donated $4 million to World Vision, Oxfam has taken more than $2.5 million, while CARE Australia and UNICEF have raised more than $1 million each.
The Australian government has donated $35M. That's about US$20M. And the Australian economy is vastly smaller than yours.
I'm Irish.
With regards to Ireland alone the following is a summary of current donations as of midday yesterday.
Trócaire: Has raised €2.3 million at Mass collections in four dioceses. Has already donated €500,000 to its Caritas partners in India and Sri Lanka.
Concern: Has donated €250,000, while a three-person team visited Tamil Nadu, one of India's worst-hit states, on Monday and Tuesday to make an initial assessment.
A local partner has distributed 4,000 emergency kits in Chennai, capital of Tamil Nadu, with another 16,000 to be made available.
GOAL: Had received €200,000 in donations by yesterday. Has team working in Nagabattinum, capital of Tamil Nadu, where it hopes to be feeding 10,000 families by the weekend. A GOAL team left Dublin yesterday for Colombo in Sri Lanka.
Irish Red Cross: Received €50,000 on Tuesday alone. Immediate focus on Sri Lanka. The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies has begun a worldwide appeal for €32.3 million.
The Irish government has donated €2M (which I believe is far too little).
Are you happy now that I've given you figures?
Does it make you feel superior?
Just a quick question for you sob.
How much have
YOU,
personally donated?
Get off your high horse and try to help. The current death toll is around 120,000 people. Think about that figure.
120,000 dead men, women and children.
One hundred and twenty thousand...
Mr Mephisto