When the service challenge was announced, many people were skeptical about how GW would be keeping track of community service hours. I, for one, was confidant that GW would basically start counting anything and everything as community service.
For example: Voices Against Violence.
Now, this event is an entirely worthy one. It raises money for RAINN, an anti-rape awareness which provides support for victims of all sorts of crimes. Indeed, it makes sense for the performers for the evening to receive service hours, as they are singing for a worthy cause.
But GW is now saying that attendees will get service hours for this event. That is to say, anyone who goes to the event. And they don't even have to donate! There is no cover charge to the event, all donations are voluntary.
This means, in practice, that I could walk into this event, give no money to the charity, sit my ass down and listen to some fantastic acapella, and GW would consider me having done "community service".
Really?
GW, I know that you're really desperate to get Michelle Obama to speak here. But by counting bullshit like this as "service hours", you are doing serious disrespect to the people who are actually out doing real community service.
3 comments:
fatty
Tee hee.
I don't like you. And I'm a Democrat. But I kind of agree.
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