Destructive charities (was: STAPLES STORES...)

On Thu, 14 Feb 2002, Sellam Ismail wrote: [...] ^^^^^^^^ "Recycled" is a politically correct term for the brutal destruction of useful, interesting and historically meaningful, equipment. Typical of those short-sighted charitable organizations that rely on the destruction of history and useful, well-made, equipment for their own survival. Doesn't this organization also collect cars from people under false pretenses and then have perfectly useable older cars scrapped? I've seen some extremely nice looking, rust-free, apparently well-maintained, older cars (e.g., late 1960's to late 1970's), with good interiors, new tires, etc. sitting in a junkyard with stickers driveable, that donors thought were going to be put to good use, which are being destroyed by the lame-brained cretins (and that's an extremly kind description of them) at those charities. Alas, such cars are often scrapped, at least in Maryland, within a week's time, so there's not even much time to obtain parts from them. It's my understanding that the titles to such cars are kept by the lame-brained cretins at those charities so that the classic cars can't be put back on the road. Now, these charities are seeking to destroy another rare commodity: older computers for which parts are becoming difficult to find. An idea: perhaps we should begin finding ways to recycle those charities and put an end to the damage they're doing. -- Copyright (C) 2001 R. D. Davis The difference between humans & other animals: All Rights Reserved an unnatural belief that we're above Nature & rdd(a)rddavis.org 410-744-4900 her other creatures, using dogma to justify such http://www.rddavis.org beliefs and to justify much human cruelty.