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Old 13-04-2008, 21:54   #3150
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Re: Virgin Media Phorm Webwise Adverts [Updated: See Post No. 1, 77, 102 & 797]
Another point I have Simon, is regarding your apparent bitterness over the lack of donations by the British public to PI. I should remind you that the vast majority of the UK have very little disposable income and in fact most of us are in debt. Just because I can't afford to donate money to Privacy International (I am a student with a mortgage, a 2 yr old child and a partner on long term disability) it doesn't mean I don't support them.

The problem you have in acquiring donations is twofold. Firstly Privacy International is unknown to the "general public" the vast majority of the population are unlikely to recognise the name or what they do. Secondly, the people who do have disposable income to the point where they could make a substantial donation, are more often than not the same people who head up or work in senior management/executive roles for companies who want to profit from abuses of privacy (or are shareholders of such companies); so they are unlikely to fund an organisation which campaigns to protect rights and thus close potential avenues for profit.

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