Arizona people - support a good cause.....

For anyone interested, some friends and I will be supporting the Pat Tillman Foundation this weekend by doing "Pat's Run".

You can read more about it at http://www.patsrun.com

It's more of a run/walk thing and I will definately be in the "/walk" catagory.

It's all for a great cause and if you want to join us, I'm buying lunch at Buca Di Beppo afterwards.

You can check out what the Pat Tillman foundation is all about at... http://www.pattillmanfoundation.org/

Jim

James,

Thanks for mentioning what you're doing this weekend.

I'd like to raise a couple of Issues about your post.

Issue # 1: Never disclose your weekend or other travel plans to strangers on the internet.

Girl in chat room tells regular friends she has to go to the airport now with her mom and pick up her father. When they get home they discover the place has been broken into. It is discovered an Internet Lurker saw the message and went to their house knowing it would be empty.

Issue # 2: Whether this Tillman thing is a Great Cause or not is a matter of opinion - and my opinion is different to yours. But regardless of that, what your post is, is an Advertising Post, as it says at the top of the forum - NO BLATANT ADS PLEASE. And this is a Blatant Ad for the foundation - whether you get a cent of the money or not. And is no different than if you had said Walmart is a Great Store and you'll be helping at Walmart this weekend and had links to Walmart.

Issue # 3: No "Good Guy Badges" here thanks. And posting here telling us all the wonderful Charity Stuff you are doing is Good Guy Badge stuff - just like others who tell us they are wonderful Christians who teach Sunday school and the like. No thanks to any of that Stuff trying to convince us of the wonderfulness of the person.

Michael Ross

Michael,

I think your post is a little over the top.

I could care less about "Good Guy Badges" and I think it's obvious from my previous posts here that I'm way past caring about what other people think of me personally.

As far as the Tillman foundation, it's hard to argue about what they are doing and if it's right or wrong. But if you've got an argument (as I'm sure you do), I'd love to hear it.

Jim

I've got a very busy weekend planned, but I appreciate the post - AND the offer of a free lunch! Have a good time James.

I thought "Blatant Ads" referred to trying to market a particular MLM or product (or flat out spamming the boards). Inviting locals to a charity event doesn't sound like an ad or spam and I don't understand how it could offend anyone.

Anyway, have fun at the Pat Tillman run (I understand it starts 'or finishes' on the 40 yard line at Sun Devil Stadium), sounds like fun.

<>< Todd

http://www.walmart.com <--- (Really is a great store)

Guys -

I'll let all of you sort out whether it's a good cause or not (sounds like one to me ) ...

...but Michael does make a good point about disclosing what you're doing and such ...it might sound a bit paranoid (sorry Michael) ...but it sorta' struck home to me ...

...I used to work on a tall sailing ship a couple days a week (sailing's a hobby) ... and I used to have an "away notice" on my email or my instant messengers saying "I'm off sailing the seven seas!" ...I thought it was kinda' cute to say this ...

...but I realized I was literally advertising the fact that I wasn't home...

...anyhow - folks - here's a story that kinda' ties into all of this, but not exactly ...it just shows we live in different times and there's great power in the hands of single individuals to cause havoc, more so than ever before ...please take a moment to read this (most of you probably already know about it):

http://news.com.com/2061-11199_3-617...0-20&subj=news

KK