A picture that will shock you to your core

I'm not sure why people are complaining that the OP is resorting to guilt-tripping people into donating money - even if it wasn't intentional. I'm sure we've all seen advertisements on TV where charities do exactly that all the time.

Prefer helping those closer to home....... as they say charity begins at home

I think the people are surprised at a more blatant form of guilt-tripping. It was intentional. Debate over charity tactics is fine by me, if it keeps this thread at the top of the 'recent discussions' page.

I find it bizarre and perverse that most people seem to be okay with people being forced into foreign aid by way of taxation, but not with people being persuaded by guilt to give by choice.

And yes, the implication of the title is 'you shouldn't moan about any of your problems because these kids have worse problems'. Someone always has a worse problem. That doesn't mean no-one is ever entitled to a moan.

EDIT TO ADD: I feel no guilt, I have not played a part in this suffering and have no reason to feel guilty, If you care so much why not sign up to an NGO or aid organization and go over and physically help ... oh wait you usually have to pay to do that right?

I've explained some of the aggressive tactics above. I do not and would not show this kind of behaviour in public.

You say you have played no part in this suffering - and yet you're implicit in it by your bystanding. If I wanted to, I could concoct an analogy just as compelling as yours, concerning someone who viewed a murder, but I'll spare your time

I'm definitely not a chugger in public, for one I've never been paid, and also it's against my own values to disrupt someone's day by aggressively hounding them.

Well, if you don't feel the guilt, that's fine. I always feel guilty when I think about situations like this and how lucky I am in life. I don't spend my life feeling guilty, but when I think about things like this, I do. I don't want to sound like some kind of holier-than-thou dick, that's just the way I feel.

Why have I personally not signed up to an NGO? Because I'm in the middle of my studies, with a responsibility owed to too many people in this country. I could not just drop everything and jump on a plane to Damascus. Have I considered it? Many times. I have, just so you know, flown to Pakistan with the intention of helping in flood relief efforts. I do what I can to help and when I saw this image, I had a TSR tab open and decided to share it on here.

If I upset you with this post, then I regret that, but questioning my credentials and comparing me to a chugger isn't helpful to anyone.

I could beat the crap out of someone in on private property, then explain it and say I would never do it in public. I'd probably still be held culpable for my actions.


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I am implicit in nothing and your accusation highlights the despicable and immoral depths of those willing to play on human emotion to achieve their ends, it is manipulative and borderline psychopathic.



Never said you was, but you seem adept in the application of such methods online.



Have no problems with you feeling guilt or appreciate your fortune in life, It is good to appreciate how good one has it. I do however have a problem with you actively using guilt as a tool, it is manipulation, using an emotion to effect a response, just as some use fear, you use guilt, the end goal DOES NOT justify the means.



Why don't you help with the flood relief here in the UK too? Just so you know i have built Mosques and community centres in Afghanistan, also right now sat on notice to help with the flood relief efforts here in the UK. Why don't you go and help these people too?



I highly doubt you regret it, I never questioned your credentials I condemned your tactics, I'm sure you genuinely feel for these peoples plight and that is respectable, but as I said, you are harming your own cause by risking public apathy, not one likes to feel manipulated.

Have no problems with you feeling guilt or appreciate your fortune in life, It is good to appreciate how good one has it. I do however have a problem with you actively using guilt as a tool, it is manipulation, using an emotion to effect a response, just as some use fear, you use guilt, the end goal DOES NOT justify the means.

I am implicit in nothing and your accusation highlights the despicable and immoral depths of those willing to play on human emotion to achieve their ends, it is manipulative and borderline psychopathic.

Hadn't thought of that anyway, thanks for bringing attention to the cause.

Do you have a problem with government spending tax money on foreign aid?

Please, you're embarrassing yourself.

Saving a child's life does not justify persuading someone to save a child's life by making them consider how guilty they'd feel if they didn't, and if you try to persuade someone in that way you're a 'borderline psychopath'?

Don't be absurd.

lol somehow I don't think the new title does justice to the cause.

I'm not going to deny guilt-tripping - it's a tactic which I never have and probably never will use in public, but it's the internet and I've got practically free reign. I don't see how it was patronising and quite disappointed (in myself) that you found that to be the case tbh

LOL who changed it?

Me, after taking on board the criticism lol. Thinking of a better one. Any ideas?

You wouldn't use this tactic in public but will when you are anonymous? Says something about you doesn't it?

It is patronizing when you criticize someone for buying something in their personal life. They could be doing good stuff as well you know? You also assume that we don't care about this kind of thing and it is up to you to make us see the way.

Also, no I don't feel guilty. I feel incredibly sorry for them, and am furious that they have to been in the situation they are in but I don't feel GUILTY necessarily. I'm not even from the countries involved in this war nor did I have ANY part in creating/maintaining it. Why feel GUILTY?

Lastly, I strongly suggest you stop with your guilt-tripping tactics and patronizing people if you really want them to help this situation somewhat. No one likes being talked down to and your tone only distracts people from your message. It makes one wonder whether you are truly doing this to help those people or just to make yourself feel better by putting others down.

Actually emotional manipulation to achieve a goal is a common indication of psychopathy.

You wouldn't use this tactic in public but will when you are anonymous? Says something about you doesn't it?

It is patronizing when you criticize someone for buying something in their personal life. They could be doing good stuff as well you know? You also assume that we don't care about this kind of thing and it is up to you to make us see the way.

Also, no I don't feel guilty. I feel incredibly sorry for them, and am furious that they have to been in the situation they are in but I don't feel GUILTY necessarily. I'm not even from the countries involved in this war nor did I have ANY part in creating/maintaining it. Why feel GUILTY?

Lastly, I strongly suggest you stop with your guilt-tripping tactics and patronizing people if you really want them to help this situation somewhat. No one likes being talked down to and your tone only distracts people from your message. It makes one wonder whether you are truly doing this to help those people or just to make yourself feel better by putting others down.

I rather liked the old title I thought it was perfect