My rant for the day.

[promethius]

Alright. Here's my little soapbox moment for the day.

The Salvation Army can go fuck itself.I was just reading in the paper how the Salvation Army and it's dirty little redneck Christian undermonkeys are now going haywire at Target. Why? Well, Target's now told them that they aren't allowed to have bell-ringers outside of their stores. Immediately

Comments

[amy_adele]

this is my favorite part of the article:

"Target is like the priest who came on the man lying in the ditch and walked on by, where the Salvation Army is the Good Samaritan," AFA spokesman Randy Sharp said.

[promethius]

At first when I read that in the paper I was like, "What the fuck?" And now when I re-read it I laughted like crazy because it sounds like they said Target is like a priest who came on a guy in a ditch.

Now what are they trying to insinuate??

[gwen_macbride]

This is from the "urban legends" site that I go to while bored at work. It is about Target and their "No Solicitation" policy, and the Salvation Army (SA)

http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/charity/sallyann.asp

Truth be told Target is not the first place to tell the SA bell ringers to get lost. There are other stores, and malls that have done the same thing.

err, get my e-mail from alphafemale, My parents are Officers (read as ministers) in the SA. I had an inside dealing, although not by my own will, with them for 26ish years. I almost posted a huge thing about homosexual and the SA, but thought better of myself, but I would love to discuss this with you.

[promethius]

I'm not sure which side of the road this means you stand on, but I definitely love to discuss such things. My opinions on the matter are clear, but I'm always open to hearing perspectives I don't know about. Maybe I'll catch up with you one of these days and you can give me your spiel. :)

[gwen_macbride]

Due to my personal dealings with the SA, I am on your side mostly, well pretty much all the way. I have mostly stuff that will back up your views, and the occasions where the SA has done the "right" thing which are truly few and far between. But if you dig to the underbelly of most churches/charities you most likely will fine issues like this one where a group is calling the person(s)/group that stands up to them "uncaring" or "biased". It is actually quite sad.

[promethius]

Alright. Yeah, I agree with you. I think it's also a shame, because like I said... They are a charitable organization. They do end up helping people in need, and I respect that totally. I just wish they could do their good work without having all the other stuff plaguing my image of them and making me not want to support them.