Modern Day Robin Hood

Some of you have probably seen this, but if not check it out

http//www.moderndayrobinhood.com/index.asp

A dream of mine is to become a philanthropist, so I think this is great.

Does that mean you like my sig? D

That's pretty awesome though.

You're not a philanthropist though are you? wink

I'm gonna get them to come here so I can get some money for greens. D

I missed them! So is their goal just to make some people happy by giving them cash?

I wonder how much they gave out. It seemed to be mostly singles, although one guy mentioned a fiver.

They gave out $4,000 today. They had $2,000 in $1's and the rest in $5's, $10's and $20's.

Yeah they just want to make people happy as well as trying to spread some common courtesy and friendliness. )

[quoted27806ef48="theysayjump"]You're not a philanthropist though are you? wink

I'm gonna get them to come here so I can get some money for greens. D[/quoted27806ef48]

Sure I am! My presence alone is a gift to the people.

Personally, I feel true philanthropy is offering grants to individuals for larger sums of money, and/or to organizations who can help many better their lives. That doesn't mean you shouldn't give, though. Altruism feels great. It's one of those selfish selfless acts. Yet, you aren't really making a difference in people's lives, except by example, when you give so little.

Additionally, while the Post is right-wing as hell, and I take everything I see in it with a grain of salt (even the TV listings), throwing money into a crowd is a dangerous act. I'm glad they chose Washington Sq Pk (Looks like it) and not Union Sq, or else not only could some people have been harmed, it may well have been them.

Yeah I agree, I also consider Philanthropy giving away larger sums of money, but they gave away $4,000 in that stunt, which to me, and lots of others, is a lot of money.

Granted, they didn't give it to just one person or organisation, but they certainly made people happy, which is just as good. I also hope that they don't give away their exact locations of where they're going to be, because the wrong types of people.

I forget how the old question was phrased, but I remember hearing it sound like "Is it better to give a poor man a fortune, or many a penny". (or suchlike) ;)

To me, I'd feel better improving one person's life, perhaps permanently, than spreading out the wealth to so many, that the good it does is secondary to the good feeling I'd get out of it.

I'd rather they continue doing this than not, though.

Also, am I seeing things, or did the tall Jamaican looking guy follow them from the park to the pharmacy? ) (West 8th st, I think)

Not sure about the Rasta. lol

I looked at it as they're giving many people pennies, in the hopes that they may do the same for others, give, be kind, friendly etc.

Giving to one person is obviously a good thing to do, but in my eyes, showing many people one small amount of kindness, would probably have more of an effect than showing one person a huge amount of kindness.

That's what I'd do as a Philanthropist. shrug

Damn, I'm right on Union Sq. It's too bad I wasn't in the City when this happened... god dammit.

That just goes to show how much people value money better than their pride and dignity. It's stupid imo, I bet it's only like $300 cashed into $1 or $5 dollar bills. I wouldn't degrade myslef but running around for money ESPECIALLY ON TAPE!!!! Tcha...Pathetic! People's Morals have gone out the window!


Btw that guy's a jackass imo, he's just doing it for popularity...if he was a real or wanted to be a real modern day robin hood he'd give that money to charity or church funds, or even better to poor homeless people. With the right guidense(sp?) you could help change one person's life for the better instead of flicking around and giving it to people who don't need it to survive. Imagine what $6,000 could do for some homeless kids, pay for their education and maybe get them to foster care or something or at least feed them and give them clothing/neccessities.

[quotef6f6e35924="Nimh"]Damn, I'm right on Union Sq. It's too bad I wasn't in the City when this happened... god dammit.[/quotef6f6e35924]

Were they there too? That's video I'd like to see.

[quote2bcdd486fd="TigerShark"]That just goes to show how much people value money better than their pride and dignity. It's stupid imo, I bet it's only like $300 cashed into $1 or $5 dollar bills. I wouldn't degrade myslef but running around for money ESPECIALLY ON TAPE!!!! Tcha...Pathetic! People's Morals have gone out the window!


Btw that guy's a jackass imo, he's just doing it for popularity...if he was a real or wanted to be a real modern day robin hood he'd give that money to charity or church funds, or even better to poor homeless people. With the right guidense(sp?) you could help change one person's life for the better instead of flicking around and giving it to people who don't need it to survive. Imagine what $6,000 could do for some homeless kids, pay for their education and maybe get them to foster care or something or at least feed them and give them clothing/neccessities.[/quote2bcdd486fd]

Uhhh.....before commenting on something, try to read what's already been said. roll

They are doing it to try to spread some courtesy, friendliness and to make some people happy or laugh. They aren't doing it for popularity, but with their popularity they're bound to gain, they're looking for sponsorship so they can travel the world and give money away. In the one video you saw, they gave away $4,000, not quite the $300 you think.

It's sad that someone giving money away for no reason other than to make people happy is a jackass.

Why don't you raise thousands of dollars and give it away to some needy people instead of criticising someone else for giving their money away. roll

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[quote95a96a0120="theysayjump"][quote95a96a0120="TigerShark"]That just goes to show how much people value money better than their pride and dignity. It's stupid imo, I bet it's only like $300 cashed into $1 or $5 dollar bills. I wouldn't degrade myslef but running around for money ESPECIALLY ON TAPE!!!! Tcha...Pathetic! People's Morals have gone out the window!


Btw that guy's a jackass imo, he's just doing it for popularity...if he was a real or wanted to be a real modern day robin hood he'd give that money to charity or church funds, or even better to poor homeless people. With the right guidense(sp?) you could help change one person's life for the better instead of flicking around and giving it to people who don't need it to survive. Imagine what $6,000 could do for some homeless kids, pay for their education and maybe get them to foster care or something or at least feed them and give them clothing/neccessities.[/quote95a96a0120]

Uhhh.....before commenting on something, try to read what's already been said. roll

They are doing it to try to spread some courtesy, friendliness and to make some people happy or laugh. They aren't doing it for popularity, but with their popularity they're bound to gain, they're looking for sponsorship so they can travel the world and give money away. In the one video you saw, they gave away $4,000, not quite the $300 you think.

It's sad that someone giving money away for no reason other than to make people happy is a jackass.

Why don't you raise thousands of dollars and give it away to some needy people instead of criticising someone else for giving their money away. roll

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Why don't you? Personally I can't, I'm in college and im studying + working part time. And I don't try to advertise myself when I do give money and raise money for my church fund/charity.

First, I doubt that they would give away $4,000. They probably even wrote that themselves, there's no way in telling how credible that was.

Second, it looks like they're trying to make themselves look exactly how you described them as, so people with cheap morals would praise them. Why the flick get something like that on video and post it up all over the net? If someone was really trying to give away money for the good, and they chose that method...there's like a 90% chance they wouldn't put it on tape.

Third, if your at all religious, it's blasphemy to do this. Giving away money just so people with cheap morals will be under the impression that your "cool" or " helpful" or whatever the heck else you people call them.

It's opinionized, so calm your hormones ;) ...I'm not saying im right, no one is really, but it's what I think of them, same as y'all have different thoughts about em'.

Regardless, if he had any morals he wouldn't have dressed up as robin hood to advertise himself giving money away. That's cheap, stupid and disgraceful...imo.

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lol

[quote5237f7f293="TigerShark"][quote5237f7f293="theysayjump"][quote5237f7f293="TigerShark"]That just goes to show how much people value money better than their pride and dignity. It's stupid imo, I bet it's only like $300 cashed into $1 or $5 dollar bills. I wouldn't degrade myslef but running around for money ESPECIALLY ON TAPE!!!! Tcha...Pathetic! People's Morals have gone out the window!


Btw that guy's a jackass imo, he's just doing it for popularity...if he was a real or wanted to be a real modern day robin hood he'd give that money to charity or church funds, or even better to poor homeless people. With the right guidense(sp?) you could help change one person's life for the better instead of flicking around and giving it to people who don't need it to survive. Imagine what $6,000 could do for some homeless kids, pay for their education and maybe get them to foster care or something or at least feed them and give them clothing/neccessities.[/quote5237f7f293]

Uhhh.....before commenting on something, try to read what's already been said. roll

They are doing it to try to spread some courtesy, friendliness and to make some people happy or laugh. They aren't doing it for popularity, but with their popularity they're bound to gain, they're looking for sponsorship so they can travel the world and give money away. In the one video you saw, they gave away $4,000, not quite the $300 you think.

It's sad that someone giving money away for no reason other than to make people happy is a jackass.

Why don't you raise thousands of dollars and give it away to some needy people instead of criticising someone else for giving their money away. roll

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Why don't you? Personally I can't, I'm in college and im studying + working part time. And I don't try to advertise myself when I do give money and raise money for my church fund/charity.

First, I doubt that they would give away $4,000. They probably even wrote that themselves, there's no way in telling how credible that was.

Second, it looks like they're trying to make themselves look exactly how you described them as, so people with cheap morals would praise them. Why the flick get something like that on video and post it up all over the net? If someone was really trying to give away money for the good, and they chose that method...there's like a 90% chance they wouldn't put it on tape.

Third, if your at all religious, it's blasphemy to do this. Giving away money just so people with cheap morals will be under the impression that your "cool" or " helpful" or whatever the heck else you people call them.

It's opinionized, so calm your hormones ;) ...I'm not saying im right, no one is really, but it's what I think of them, same as y'all have different thoughts about em'.

Regardless, if he had any morals he wouldn't have dressed up as robin hood to advertise himself giving money away. That's cheap, stupid and disgraceful...imo.

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Ummm......yeah. roll

Your comedic genius astounds my pants off. They just fell right off, like the picture you posted. Unbelievable. I guess I should pull them up.

To be honest, I can't even be bothered arguing with you, and usually, I love to argue. However, arguing with a cynic is like arguing with a brick.

So to keep it somewhat short, if I was a millionaire, or a billionaire or had more money than I needed, I would give it away to anyone that I wanted to, charities, organisations, environmental agencies, the homeless or random people in the street. Yes, I would tape it and show as many people as possible because pictures speak a thousand words. I already give back to people. I've been almost destitute and without food from Churches or The Salvation Army, clothes from relatives or money so that we could have heat in the winter, I'd probably be dead.

Sadly, people like you need proof that someone is doing something good or for the right reasons and the main way to do that in this day and age is to tape it.

I always wondered something, and maybe you can help me in this; Does the word "Hope" exist the cynic's dictionary? If so, does it just say "Idealistic concept, pay no mind."?

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^ Wow I love that emoticon. That's what I'll be using next time I need to use the roll icon. D

/back on topic

As for the argument with you and Tigershark, I think I'd feel better giving a large sum of money to a charity rather than throwing it around on the streets for people to run after, but that's just me. I'm not saying they're doing anything wrong though. What they are doing is great, and they should keep doing it. I think it's really cool. However, I personally would feel better with myself if I gave it to some kind of charity.

It's obviously a publicity stunt, and there's nothing wrong with that. When those guys go to the rich and famous and want to convince them to let someone else give away their money, the smiling faces in the video will tide them over.

Even if I think that money could be better donated.