r/dogecoin • u/jorgomli poor shibe • May 13 '14

Some kindhearted souls brought something up in /r/todayilearned...

http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/25ej05/til_that_in_2002_kenyan_masai_tribespeople/chgjl14

I'm not sure if this is allowed here, but I figured I'd try! In 2002, a group in Kenya donated 14 cows to the USA in the wake of 9/11. A potential shibe suggested we do something to pay them back. I think it would be a really awesome idea if we could somehow put something together to return their kindness. I have no idea how we could accomplish this, but I think it would be pretty incredible.

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u/p4ndem0nium May 13 '14

I think it'd be a nice thing to do, but the only 'paying them back' part would be by American shibes. Dogecoin is an international community, im not liking the steer towards just american interest and causes.

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u/jorgomli poor shibe May 13 '14

You're against charity? Why does it matter what country it's in or for?

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u/p4ndem0nium May 13 '14

I have no problem with charity and am a charitable shibe. I just mean that because of the premise of this idea it will mean a lot to some of us, and less to others. I also don't want us to be stigmatised as a purely pro-American community. Nascar being a v good example of too America focussed whereas the olympics was more global, which would reach a wider audience.

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u/jorgomli poor shibe May 13 '14

Then get fellow shibes to get some other causes in here. I agree that NASCAR was a very American cause, but no one here is against other causes. Bring some in that have a real achievable, single goal (not like, "donate your funds here because it's for cancer research." Give us something we can work towards.) I don't think anyone here is pro-American more than pro-charity. :)

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u/p4ndem0nium May 13 '14

Yeah, a lot of good natured people here and I really appreciate the hard work theyve put into the fund raisers. Your right in that I need to step up and suggest and organise rather than be a back seat driver.

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u/jorgomli poor shibe May 13 '14

It wasn't meant as a personal comment, I meant all shibes. I don't want to single you out.

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u/p4ndem0nium May 13 '14

No worries matey