http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/politicshiv/2007/03/05/red-campaign-earns-just-18mn/ Just what it says Sat, 28 Nov 2009 13:28:55 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/politicshiv/2007/03/05/red-campaign-earns-just-18mn/comment-page-1/#comment-117 shrinkingisaac.com » Blog Archive » All Falls Down (Kanye West) Tue, 06 Mar 2007 23:25:47 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/politicshiv/2007/03/05/red-campaign-earns-just-18mn/#comment-117 [...] A few weeks ago, jt asked “and you want me to wear a bracelet?“, which i couldn’t help but think was the propoer response to the Red campaign. Now, if there is something you are going to purchase anyway, i guess throwing your money in the direction of soemthing like one of these products isn’t a bad choice, but if you are really interested in making a contribution to combatting HIV (or whatever other cause is currently linked to your consumption), then why not, as asked in this post about the questionable (at best) success of the Red campaigin, “Why not just cut out all the shirts and sunglasses that you might not need and donate directly to the Global Fund?” $18m? That’s it? (Especially problematic when >$100m was spent advertising the campaign.) What were the receipt totals that those donations were attached to? More than $1b? That’s my guess. [...] [...] A few weeks ago, jt asked “and you want me to wear a bracelet?“, which i couldn’t help but think was the propoer response to the Red campaign. Now, if there is something you are going to purchase anyway, i guess throwing your money in the direction of soemthing like one of these products isn’t a bad choice, but if you are really interested in making a contribution to combatting HIV (or whatever other cause is currently linked to your consumption), then why not, as asked in this post about the questionable (at best) success of the Red campaigin, “Why not just cut out all the shirts and sunglasses that you might not need and donate directly to the Global Fund?” $18m? That’s it? (Especially problematic when >$100m was spent advertising the campaign.) What were the receipt totals that those donations were attached to? More than $1b? That’s my guess. [...]

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