tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7397350.post6106947416798115791..comments2023-10-06T12:08:56.879-04:00Comments on 3W: Principled DisinterestZevhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02174266905866513724noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7397350.post-34439608421485546052010-01-26T04:12:10.643-05:002010-01-26T04:12:10.643-05:00Zev, is your cynical "yeah" supposed to ...Zev, is your cynical "yeah" supposed to be a substitute for argument? Are you claiming that all microloans are "like" $20 for basket weaving materials? Do you really think donations to such things can never be misused?Yehudahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04472453413892018818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7397350.post-66902438366811792122010-01-21T19:49:38.551-05:002010-01-21T19:49:38.551-05:00Yeah, microloans are like $20 to poor women to aff...Yeah, microloans are like $20 to poor women to afford basket weaving materials. It takes more than $20 to finance a guerrilla operation.Zevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02174266905866513724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7397350.post-6388187796789006822010-01-21T03:34:25.820-05:002010-01-21T03:34:25.820-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Yehudahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04472453413892018818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7397350.post-90717997405205952492010-01-21T03:34:24.234-05:002010-01-21T03:34:24.234-05:00Zev, you are the political scientist so you would ...Zev, you are the political scientist so you would know better. But it does seem possible to me that both microfinancing and breast cancer awareness could be used for violent ends. Just think of Hezballah in Lebanon not allowing people medical care who are have not accepted Hezballah's brand of Shiism.Yehudahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04472453413892018818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7397350.post-50785832759458169802010-01-20T20:35:27.158-05:002010-01-20T20:35:27.158-05:00Wait, do you think that microfinance increases the...Wait, do you think that microfinance increases the likelihood of war? I am confused. Certainly breast cancer awareness has no effect on such things. Right?Zevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02174266905866513724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7397350.post-7051612644493622252010-01-20T07:28:44.427-05:002010-01-20T07:28:44.427-05:00I think you undervalue the importance of having go...I think you undervalue the importance of having good people run charities. If your shulmate's son will do a good job and not run off with the money or use it in a way that will increase the chances of foreign wars, it may be worthwhile giving it to him than to someone worse.Yehudahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04472453413892018818noreply@blogger.com