[ SECRET POST #2218 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2218 ⌋

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Comments

[truxillogical]

Read up on "monkeyspace."

Yes, there are lots of people who are in dire straits in the world.

But fandom tends to be an insular community. We look after our own. Because, well, that's how human beings work. It's good to try to address the needs of the faceless many, sure, volunteering and donating and the like. But there's nothing wrong with suddenly being aware that someone you know something about, someone who exists in your friendly social sphere, is also in trouble and wanting to help them.

If a writer whose work I enjoyed has a stroke, I'd be more likely to make a donation to his medical bills than I would if some random person I'd never met or encountered in the any way had a stroke. That doesn't make me a bad person--it makes me a person. The writer is someone I have a social connection with, even if it only goes one way. They are someone I "know."

Then again, I guess I'm not really seeing this "outpouring of concern" on this thread. I'm seeing a lot of "Oh, yeah, that's a shame." "Yeah, I worry too." That's a casual sort of concern, not really the hand-writing that must mean that the people feeling concerned are only focusing on this one problem and obviously don't think of the Starving Children In Africa.