Comments on: Making a (living)? Thoughts on giving on World AIDS Day http://pberryweb.com/2009/12/making-a-living-or-something-else/ I did try to found a heresy of my own; and when I had put the last touches to it, I discovered that it was orthodoxy. Tue, 08 Jun 2010 01:56:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: pberry http://pberryweb.com/2009/12/making-a-living-or-something-else/comment-page-1/#comment-21 pberry Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:41:06 +0000 http://pberryweb.com/?p=157#comment-21 Your opinion is always welcome, Carl. That's all I'm giving either. This is an opinion friendly zone. It probably is harsh. But it's a harsh topic, one that ends lives all too quickly. Your opinion is always welcome, Carl. That’s all I’m giving either. This is an opinion friendly zone.

It probably is harsh. But it’s a harsh topic, one that ends lives all too quickly.

]]> By: Carl Holmes http://pberryweb.com/2009/12/making-a-living-or-something-else/comment-page-1/#comment-20 Carl Holmes Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:22:30 +0000 http://pberryweb.com/?p=157#comment-20 I think you are being just a tad harsh on Starbucks, but that is just an opinion. Yes it is sales, yes it would be more noble if we knew they did this every day. But, in the end, 180,000 more is going to the good of those affected most. Social Philanthropy is something Starbucks, as well as many others are trying to grasp. Yes, they need to make profit in so doing, but they also know that the people they are serving now are more globally aware, motivated and concerned then any generation that came before. Sell a few drinks while doing a little good... is that so bad? I share your disdain for the "home made cheesecake" statements of the world. One does not have to sit through more then one commercial break to find at least one misnomer. I think you are being just a tad harsh on Starbucks, but that is just an opinion. Yes it is sales, yes it would be more noble if we knew they did this every day. But, in the end, 180,000 more is going to the good of those affected most.

Social Philanthropy is something Starbucks, as well as many others are trying to grasp. Yes, they need to make profit in so doing, but they also know that the people they are serving now are more globally aware, motivated and concerned then any generation that came before. Sell a few drinks while doing a little good… is that so bad?

I share your disdain for the “home made cheesecake” statements of the world. One does not have to sit through more then one commercial break to find at least one misnomer.

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