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Donating - when to feel the cause
Tuesday, February 09, 2010 | 11:37 PM | 0 hearts♥
It was probably 1 or 2 days ago that one of my peeps in the club room asked around if anyone wanted to join in the donation drive that was happening in NUS. I said I didn't want to because I felt it was like getting ripped off.

People donate their blood for free, they store it in the blood bank. When patients need blood transfusion, they will use the blood and the hospital charges for it. Which is why I find it a piece of bullshit that if these institutions dare to ask for blood donations, they can still find it reasonable to charge for it. And it's not like their system is really transparent either. Who knows if the blood fees are already included in the medical bill long ago? It's like those departmental stores or restaurants that have discounts but actually included the base price long ago.

Then another friend stared at me, and started going :" But next time if you get into an accident, you will also need the blood what..." Seriously, WTF? Sorry to you cowards out there, please don't fucking donate your blood just because you're scared that you won't get blood next time. It reflects nothing good about your character, you are NOT kind-hearted as claimed in advertisements, you are nothing but a HYPOCRITE.

And I have to add, that particular person went on saying that they will give a special card that gives you priority in your queues in the polyclinic so that you can save time. Bloody hell. This only shows how materialistic and shallow one can be. Volunteering under the name of charity like this is a farce.

You donate to save these people man. Not because you want to save your sorry ass in the future, not because you want to get these cheapskate benefits. I have a strong personal belief that to do volunteering work, one must have the sincerity. Even if I don't want to donate, at least I know my conscience is clear. Till the day I find out that my mentality was a misconception, I probably won't donate blood. But I will still donate for other causes that I think are worthy.

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