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Are Charities Wasting Donors’ Money On Professional Fundraisers?

nuryn — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 08:06:38 +0000

Donations That Are A Drain On Charities

Many charities use professional fundraisers, also labelled “chuggers” (charity muggers), to approach the public to sign up to donate by direct debit. Donors would be horrified to learn, as revealed by a recent BBC investigation, that many charities pay fundraising companies more than £100 ($154) for each signature collected. Thus, [...]

War On Terror – Who Is A Terrorist?

yessir — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:38:52 +0000

We have heard so often the phrase “War on Terror”, but who exactly is a terrorist? How is terrorism defined?

The International Institute for Counter-Terrorism proposed a definition as follows: “Terrorism is the intentional use of, or threat to use violence against civilians or against civilian targets, in order to attain political aims.”

Sounds simple enough, and surely [...]