You found a cure for psoriasis

[D Foster]

Good rant both you and Fred have a very good point they may be non profit but the executives pay themselves extremely well, I didn't realise how little got to where it was needed

I know we have charities leaving bags for our unwanted clothes... I won't put anything in them as most of them are collected by limited companies and the small print always says they donate up to £10 a ton to the charity .... Peanuts

Oh Jim you must not get me on these charity things. I will close in saying that I know by my own experience that a lot of genuine honest peoples money has been spent in places it shouldn't have been spent. Those people that donated a few quid to help would be guted to know that their £5 is propping up a bar or even a house. Yes a house, I know of a well known charity that paid new oak beams in a certain persons house. I know of scams involving selling on old office chairs cheap and getting new ones paid for by donations.

I was in haulage a long time and I've seen a lot I didn't like from charities, hence I no longer donate to any charity and will never promote them on Psoriasis Club.

This is why it would be very good to be able to give money, not to the big ones, but to the small ones usually set up by people who are involved or their relations/friends are victims of something and are genuine in what they do.I am extremely selective in the charities I support and none of them are the well known ones.

[jiml]

Absolutely one answer.

Take the money and run.  This is money that would never normally find its way to the area mentioned below.  The greedy corprorate monsters would end up funding my wishes

The wish ?

My reason for this is the same as it would be if winning that sort of amount on the lottery.  And that is, i dont need that much money, and my own dream of getting the BBC ( David Attenborough or Chris Packham will be requested to make the program ) to scour the UK for unsung angels who help wild animals out of the goodness of their hearts and nurse them back to health where possible

It would be a great series, and those unfunded saviours ( without fat cats at the top, naturally ) would benefit from the tax free charity i'd be setting up.

I would have course have to be disguised. I don't crave the limelight or crave a public pat on the back

Not a bad idea ....A bit like the secret millionaire tv program, that would be a good idea,

 But what  of the cure which will now be patented and will never see the light of day again, so think of all the sufferers you could have helped. Who will now have to continue suffering  

[bassman]

You cannot save the world.

People suffer every day everywhere around the planet. It'll never stop. P is just one area and there are of course many medical conditions that cause suffering.

So, you could argue that giving away the cure will help P sufferers, but it will only help those with P. But with all that money you'd be taking off the giant corporates, you could give it away to other medical sufferers.

Where does it end ? Can you save everyone ? No, is the answer

[jiml]

You cannot save the world.

People suffer every day everywhere around the planet. It'll never stop. P is just one area and there are of course many medical conditions that cause suffering.

So, you could argue that giving away the cure will help P sufferers, but it will only help those with P.  But with all that money you'd be taking off the giant corporates, you could give it away to other medical sufferers.

Where does it end ?  Can you save everyone ? No, is the answer

Indeed that is right, but how much are the giant corporations making every year, on " control drugs" and as soon as a cure is found that revenue will stop and it makes £100 million look like chicken feed .

but since joining here I have one cause that I can help, and if I had that cure, it would greatly help a large portion of humanity, who knows my cure may well work on other autoimmune diseases, in which case it's even more important than money

Helping animals is a good cause and as you say you can't help every cause, but there's animal and human suffering going on everywhere and even £100 million would not go far.... Look at the dog eating festival in China ....
So I still maintain patent it and give it out free.
To my mind money brings greed and more suffering

[bassman]

You cannot save the world.

People suffer every day everywhere around the planet. It'll never stop. P is just one area and there are of course many medical conditions that cause suffering.

So, you could argue that giving away the cure will help P sufferers, but it will only help those with P.  But with all that money you'd be taking off the giant corporates, you could give it away to other medical sufferers.

Where does it end ?  Can you save everyone ? No, is the answer

To my mind money brings greed and more suffering

Not if you intend to give most of it away.

Anyway, we live in a less than perfect world, ... capitalism. Its ugly yes, but then the human race is an ugly ( generically speaking ) species. Greedy, back stabbing, warmongering, selfish, i want i want i want. This is why socialism never works, because we're dealing with the human animal, and in the cold light of day, is the worst virus to ever inhabit the planet.

I'll leave it there, as i hate politics

[D Foster]

You cannot save the world.

People suffer every day everywhere around the planet. It'll never stop. P is just one area and there are of course many medical conditions that cause suffering.

So, you could argue that giving away the cure will help P sufferers, but it will only help those with P.  But with all that money you'd be taking off the giant corporates, you could give it away to other medical sufferers.

Where does it end ?  Can you save everyone ? No, is the answer

To my mind money brings greed and more suffering

Not if you intend to give most of it away.

Anyway, we live in a less than perfect world, ... capitalism. Its ugly yes, but then the human race is an ugly ( generically speaking ) species. Greedy, back stabbing, warmongering, selfish, i want i want i want.  This is why socialism never works, because we're dealing with the human animal, and in the cold light of day, is the worst virus to ever inhabit the planet.

I'll leave it there, as i hate politics  

Here bloody here !!!
By the way Bassman thought of you the other night as I had a really good night with Charlie Waite.

[bassman]

Oh, Charlie Waite - this is what you can achieve with a wide angle lens and some real talent

I wish i were in his league, D

[jiml]

You cannot save the world.

People suffer every day everywhere around the planet. It'll never stop. P is just one area and there are of course many medical conditions that cause suffering.

So, you could argue that giving away the cure will help P sufferers, but it will only help those with P.  But with all that money you'd be taking off the giant corporates, you could give it away to other medical sufferers.

Where does it end ?  Can you save everyone ? No, is the answer

To my mind money brings greed and more suffering

Not if you intend to give most of it away.

Anyway, we live in a less than perfect world, ... capitalism. Its ugly yes, but then the human race is an ugly ( generically speaking ) species. Greedy, back stabbing, warmongering, selfish, i want i want i want.  This is why socialism never works, because we're dealing with the human animal, and in the cold light of day, is the worst virus to ever inhabit the planet.

I'll leave it there, as i hate politics  

Me to I hate politics and greed and warmongering and i and agree that the human race is the worst thing to happen to the planet but I will also zip it and leave it there

[Fred]

God idea, lets try and keep the thread on track.

[Trampledrosie]

Screw big pharma. I’m sending cases to everyone in this club for free with instructions on how to make your own.