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Online fund raises $120k reward for homeless guy's honesty

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There have been a few crowd-sourcing fundraisers - like the old guy who lost his business in the London riots. This is along the same lines - a homeless guy in Boston called Glenn James handed in a lost backpack containing nearly $3k in cash and $40k in travellers cheques. One person was inspired by his actions and the fund-raising page he set up got up a head of steam and is now over $120k!

BBC article - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-24170670

Fund-raising page - http://www.gofundme.com/4by2as

I like things like this - gives people chance to do something nice for a stranger. Humans can be quite nice creatures from time to time :)

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  • mourinhosmissusmourinhosmissus Posts: 5,593
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    Yes, I read this on the BBC News website this morning.

    Heartwarming stuff.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 4,129
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    Great story...a shame so many people in the comments are saying: "This is God's erward for being honest.', 'God bless you.', and sticking in Bible verses...it was a person doing somehting for a person and now people doing something for that person...get's my goat when certain people remove the good-will and thoughtfulness of human beings and say 'it was God's doing.' They immediatly reduce human goodwill to a preordained thing by someone else...
  • Pull2OpenPull2Open Posts: 15,138
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    alfster wrote: »
    Great story...a shame so many people in the comments are saying: "This is God's erward for being honest.', 'God bless you.', and sticking in Bible verses...it was a person doing somehting for a person and now people doing something for that person...get's my goat when certain people remove the good-will and thoughtfulness of human beings and say 'it was God's doing.' They immediatly reduce human goodwill to a preordained thing by someone else...

    That's America for you!
  • epicurianepicurian Posts: 19,291
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    alfster wrote: »
    Great story...a shame so many people in the comments are saying: "This is God's erward for being honest.', 'God bless you.', and sticking in Bible verses...it was a person doing somehting for a person and now people doing something for that person...get's my goat when certain people remove the good-will and thoughtfulness of human beings and say 'it was God's doing.' They immediatly reduce human goodwill to a preordained thing by someone else...

    Eh? If someone believes in god what's wrong with saying god bless you?
  • grantus_maxgrantus_max Posts: 2,744
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    epicurian wrote: »
    Eh? If someone believes in god what's wrong with saying god bless you?

    It's a bit more than that. If you read the comments section on the fund-raising page they really go to town on the bible verses etc.
  • epicurianepicurian Posts: 19,291
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    grantus_max wrote: »
    It's a bit more than that. If you read the comments section on the fund-raising page they really go to town on the bible verses etc.

    I've read the comments. I'm all in favour of giving credit to the people and I'm sure the religious posters mean no offence. However I'm asking what is wrong with saying god bless, specifically.
  • stud u likestud u like Posts: 42,100
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    Who carries that much money about? Something odd there.
  • epicurianepicurian Posts: 19,291
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    stud u like wrote: »
    Who carries that much money about? Something odd there.

    A clandestine CIA op gone awry, innit?
  • OhWhenTheSaintsOhWhenTheSaints Posts: 12,531
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    I handed in a purse a few weeks ago with about 200 quid in it and didn't even get a thank you phone call! :mad:
  • OhWhenTheSaintsOhWhenTheSaints Posts: 12,531
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    alfster wrote: »
    Great story...a shame so many people in the comments are saying: "This is God's erward for being honest.', 'God bless you.', and sticking in Bible verses...it was a person doing somehting for a person and now people doing something for that person...get's my goat when certain people remove the good-will and thoughtfulness of human beings and say 'it was God's doing.' They immediatly reduce human goodwill to a preordained thing by someone else...

    How exactly does saying God Bless You do that? :confused:
  • Jane Doh!Jane Doh! Posts: 43,307
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    OhWhenTheSaints wrote: »
    How exactly does saying God Bless You do that? :confused:

    I'm guessing it wasn't that particular phrase, but some of the others, "God's will" and that kind of thing.
  • RhumbatuggerRhumbatugger Posts: 85,713
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    OhWhenTheSaints wrote: »
    I handed in a purse a few weeks ago with about 200 quid in it and didn't even get a thank you phone call! :mad:

    Virtue is it's own reward;)

    Or, good on you.:)
  • grantus_maxgrantus_max Posts: 2,744
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    epicurian wrote: »
    I've read the comments. I'm all in favour of giving credit to the people and I'm sure the religious posters mean no offence. However I'm asking what is wrong with saying god bless, specifically.

    That particular phrase is pretty inoffensive on its own, I agree. I also agree with the criticism that the Christians who posted are giving credit to their own religious world view, regardless of its relevance to the case in point.
  • dee123dee123 Posts: 46,265
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    stud u like wrote: »
    Who carries that much money about? Something odd there.

    Drugs?
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    The homeless man sounds like a standup guy for doing that! :)

    I would have taken the money tbh.
  • tellywatcher73tellywatcher73 Posts: 4,181
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    Nice to see such honesty and I'm glad he's being rewarded.
  • TheTruth1983TheTruth1983 Posts: 13,462
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    Homeless people, more honest than everyone else.
  • goldframedoorgoldframedoor Posts: 1,649
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    TheTruth1983 wrote: »
    Homeless people, more honest than everyone else.
    In what other ways would you say?
  • SambdaSambda Posts: 6,210
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    He'll have spent it all on 3-litre bottles of White Ace by now.
  • franciefrancie Posts: 31,089
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    Good for him, I hope he enjoys spending every last penny. So nice to read stories like this :)
  • franciefrancie Posts: 31,089
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    Sambda wrote: »
    He'll have spent it all on 3-litre bottles of White Ace by now.

    I hope he has.
  • franciefrancie Posts: 31,089
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    deleted duplicate post.
  • skp20040skp20040 Posts: 66,874
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    alfster wrote: »
    Great story...a shame so many people in the comments are saying: "This is God's erward for being honest.', 'God bless you.', and sticking in Bible verses...it was a person doing somehting for a person and now people doing something for that person...get's my goat when certain people remove the good-will and thoughtfulness of human beings and say 'it was God's doing.' They immediatly reduce human goodwill to a preordained thing by someone else...

    What's wrong, they are being nice, if someone says to me God bless you or similar from another religion I take that as the person being nice in their way.
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