People are stupid, self-absorbed and narrow minded. God made a mistake letting a few o' them get away with that ol' flood thing a few years back.

However, personally, I still haven't found a legal loophole that allows me to get rid of a whole bunch of them with heavy artillery in a supermarket, so there's really nothing we can do about it right now.

This is a society that rewards mob values such as the search for money, power and the sickening ability to use the possession of a 'family' as some sort of holy grail entitling the bearer to some sorta moral ascendency. Truth, as always, is written by he or she with the most friends, and drafted so that the dumb folks that we fail inexplicably to ignore can understand.

And, yeah, it's always been this way.

As I said, people are stupid. And they're 'the most advanced creatures on the planet' too. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA (splutter)...

Just a thought:
I often find that the most interesting blogs are written by people with little money and too much time on their hands.
Wouldn't paying them for blogging about financial troubles most likely end their troubles and lead to boring blogs?

I guess broke people have more woes and therefore have more to write about. But in the case of Karyn my bet is that she'll keep having money problems as long as people keep sending her money. I might sound all parental here, but how is she ever going to learn to budget and save money, when people are rewarding her for her frivolous spending?

Can't really blame her for chancing her arm. You'd have to think the people who actually donated money to her were the really stupid ones.

True, but there's just something about begging when you don't have to which offends me. She isn't unemployed and she isn't homeless, so she should be able to figure out things for herself.
But I guess people will stoop to anything to get their hands on some free money.

It's also sad, because she'd probably end up being a more accesible beggar for some too. People get a little scared when someone who's really in need approaches them, because they're scared to empathise with the kind of pain they're in and what they're forced to do to get themselves through the day.

But, hey, we've all leant a friend a few bucks for a shirt or something, haven't we? It sounds to me, that, just like in life, even in begging, you've got a better chance of success if you're pretty and perky, (and not actually in need cos that would make folks uncomfortable)

I agree with you John. She needs to learn how to resolve her money issues by herself, instead of hoping for a bail-out, otherwise she'll always have this problem.

It helps that she's young and blonde.

How is Karyn going to learn from her mistakes if other people are paying them off for her? I found myself in credit card debt after college and I'm still paying it off - and am going through a credit counseling program. I have found a much better "cyber begging" website to support

ok i guess i don't know how to use that html tag :p

Something that's always bothered me...

Domain names cost money. As does web space. And yet many of these cyber beggars purchase domain names and web space to beg! If they are truly in need, wouldn't this money be better spent elsewhere?

I run such a site, but I haven't payed for anything in order to build it. The domain name is free (Dot.tk), as is the web space (Geocities.com). My internet access is even free, though my college!

Anyone who is truly in need shouldn't be able to afford such luxuries. I can't.

But since I need the money, and the website is free and easy, I figured - why not? It can't hurt anything. And if I'm lucky, it just might help a bit.