Yes. It is foolishness. Think about this; the fund raising for these organizations is being conducted by people who take P.T. Barnum adages to heart:
“Nobody ever lost money underestimating the tastes of the American public.”
“There’s a sucker born every minute.”
They believe that by entertaining us with such foolishness that we may be parted from our money. Am I to entrust my money to people who engage in such chicanery? Perhaps another Barnum quote; “Clowns are the peg upon which the circus is hung.” I do not entrust my money to clowns. I am not wrong to at least suspect that they might be running a circus.
Please note the other post here about how these organizations function http://www.freerepublic.com/~pietercasparzen/
>>Yes. It is foolishness. <<
That was not the question I asked.
Once again, reading is FUNdamental.