Originally Posted by nate_man
FP, I think that you know me a little during the time that I have been on this forum and I wanted to ask you as a senior member and moderator for your thoughts on this.
I don’t know Stan (who is likely a great guy) and not many on this forum personally but is this the place (forum) for this? I submitted the third post and there could be several other ways that we can help Stan in addition to $. If you give a man a fish he eats for a day but if you teach him to fish he eats for a lifetime. Could we not offer other things to help Stan? Did anyone read my first post (#3)? Why are we only hung up on donating money only? The other is an issue of a possible double standard would I as a newbie be able to ask people for donations to help me keep my house because I lost my job be accepted here? I strongly doubt it…
There seems to be a double standard which I feel caused unfair responses to blackcrossfire07. As you all moderate this forum I am sure that any newbie asking for donations would get put on hold relatively quickly and if Stan has some money issues, then I suggest there be a forum section that is led by an administrator to take up donations.
I think that helping out a fellow forum member and for that matter a fellow human being is great, I am however surprised by the position that many have taken against someone that disagreed; not to helping Stan out but the way in which this thread was started. He does have a point and I think that this type of issue I think is better led by a moderator who has the credibility and knows the recipient. This validates the effort and would also promote more giving because those donating would be more convinced that this was not some type of scam. Stan I am sure is not scamming so that is not my point here but I do think that helping him out could be done in a manner that would not promote any ***** nilly that wanted money from using this as a way to make a quick buck. Today our world is filled with scammers and allowing this to go on in this manner may just set a precedent.
Let’s help Stan out, but I think that you moderators should take the lead by setting up a thread for him and doing this the right way. And while I could get on my soap box and state many reasons why I agree or disagree I do think that the moderators and admins should look at this more broadly and not just because Stan is a longer term member that several know. This must be fair for all, and remember there are a lot of talented people on this forum some with means and some with less, but I am sure there is also a lot of talent. Let’s make this even more beneficial for Stan than just giving him a fish or two!!
I may get flamed for my comments, but I can't let the comments directed at another forum member unjustly go on when I think he really does have some valid concerns. We are all a family, new and old; because even the longer term members were newbies at one time!
Respectfully,
Nate
Not sure how the above post was twisted into something nasty, but this whole thread is getting more than a little ridiculous. Give if you'd like, don't if you choose not to. Very simple. Stan is obviously a well like guy that people trust and respect. I just simply dont think this is the place for a thread like this.