NationStates Jolt Archive

Just out of curiosity, what impels a person to fund someone else's disease?

Just out of curiosity <_<

Compassion, perhaps, would be a nobler one.

Some are motivated by a need for self-affirmation, ie "If I do good things, that makes me a good person, right?"

Note that I oppose the resolution at hand, but for reasons that I discussed on the other message boards. I give the benefit of the doubt to the proposer and supporters of this proposal, that is, I'll credit them with the nobler motivations absent evidence to the contrary, but I feel their energies are misguided.

But you aren't doing good things. You're making someone else pay for the luxury of your pity. In the words of Davy Crockett, it isn't yours to give.

I don't get it.

But you aren't doing good things. You're making someone else pay for the luxury of your pity. In the words of Davy Crockett, it isn't yours to give.

I don't get it.

I realize that this is not clear in the wording of the proposal, but it is not intended to require contributions from anyone- all would be completely voluntary. The writer of the proposal made this clarification in another thread on this topic. Not that I want you to support this initiative (as I said, I don't), but does this answer at least this particular concern about it. I agree that the UN should not, as you put it, make someone else pay for the luxury of another's pity, but this proposal would not do that. At least if it is implemented according to the intent of its writer.

Then, it would just be a strong suggestion.

In that case, I'm indifferent; but fail to see a point. Thanks for that clarification.