A most difficult thread- helping a friend, Bill Hedin

[ctownboy]

Tim Kindler,

Nice thought but, in my opinion, you would be an enabler. In your hypothetic situation, you gave money to a begger and don't seem to have a problem with that begger buying meth with it. A better solution for the begger and the world would be if you gave that money instead to a clinic which helps meth addicts get clean.

I haven't read every post in this thread but as far as Mr. Hedlin goes, maybe a better solution would be to find out where some of his bills are or who he or his wife owes and donate money to that. Then, people who donated money wont feel so bad because the money they gave actually went to pay for what it was thought to be going for. After that, if Mr. Hedlin wants to spend some of his other money on cards then so be it.

David