Originally Posted By: Trav
Those who feel guilty for the sins of the forefathers will pay and they know it.
I wouldn't give her a nickel.
Can you explain to me how you make the leap from a request for a donation to digitize an extensive news video library, to somehow feeling guilty about the sins of forefathers? I'd be interested to know the thought process that gets you there.
And by the way, the donation goes to the archive and is being requested by her son. Since she passed away in 2012, you most certainly never have to fret over giving "her" a nickel.
Originally Posted By: Kruse
Instead of plunking down the money for the 40,000 tapes and the many recorders that she had to buy to record all these tapes, she should have saved her money and just given it to her son who is now panhandling for money.
The actual monetary donation goes to the Internet Archive where her collection was donated by her family. Her son simply penned the letter requesting donations for the archive-exactly the sort of thing that most non-profit organizations do.
I'm curious how you consider that "panhandling"?