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August 30, 2005
Where's Amazon?
After the tsunami devastated countries in south Asia, Amazon.com put a donation button on its front page, with all funds earmarked for the American Red Cross.
The damage from Hurricane Katrina is worse than anyone could have imagined, and the Red Cross has its work cut out for it. I don't think this disaster, in terms of human loss, is anywhere near what happened after the tsunami. It would be nice, though, to see companies like Amazon give the same attention to victims of a natural disaster in the United States as it did to those in foreign countries.
We're a rich, and generous, country. Amazon should once again be a conduit for that generosity. (h/t: Indeed)
UPDATE - Don't get me wrong. I love Amazon as a company. The ability to buy books and movies cheap without having to come in contact with other human beings is my perfect shopping experience. I just think what they did during the tsunami was fantastic, and it would be great to have a central spot for donations like that again.
Posted by slublog at August 30, 2005 05:32 PM
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Well, to be fair, Slubs, it's not like we don't have better support structures here. I doubt a random American on 08/31/05 would find himself in circumstances as desperate as a random Indonesian on 12/27/04.
Posted by: Megan at August 30, 2005 08:34 PM
True. My point is that it would just be cool to have a place everyone could go to give - a central location of sorts.
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