I bet this thread get closed down right soon.
It is kinda sad to me that the general opinion here is that if you don't fold, you're some kind of baby killer.
It kinda makes the folding people look a bit radical to outsiders. But that's just me.
I mean, i'm sure everyone here does something good for their society and their community, and everyone has some altruistic outlets.
That said, you can't do everything all the time, and i'm SURE there are people who, despite the relative ease of folding, just do "enough" with their busy lives that they can't justify something else.
Plus, for me, it seems like 99% of the talk about folding is how "we're yellow again!" and "the new g5s must really help out a lot" and all sorts of bragging rights statistics.
I've talked to a few people (mr. macman) who really seems to be folding in rememberance of someone who's suffering a terminal disease, and helping find a cure.
Personally, I tend to gravitate towards causes that have affected me personally, either through experience, or internally, with something happening to me.
Therefore, I tend to get involved with different causes. That said, i'm doing my part, the folding kiddies are doing their's, and we're all diong something positive for society as a whole.
That said, one must be cautious of the time they give for causes, for burnout leads to bitterness.
As it stands, some of the things I volunteer for don't neccessarily leave me the desire to fold. Not that I think it's a bad thing, but just as a folder might not want to go and teach art to deaf kids.
I wouldn't wanna do something just to do it, I wanna do something to learn. And the amount of time that I would spend learning about the causes, what makes it tick, etc etc etc etc would make me take away from causes i'm previously comitted to.
And to me, that's not very productive. So i choose not to fold. Does that make me bad? In the eyes of some, sure.
But not in mine.
I'm very confortable and confident that my more hands on volunteering approach is more suited to my personality. It's all relative.
I just wish some of the folding people could understand that and not prejudge those who, in all honesty, aren't interested in participating in their cause. Not because they don't agree with it, but because they have other things which they feel more drawn to.
It's personal opinion. And that's ok. It's what makes the world go round.
