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Asking for donations does no harm. Without a doubt, there will be many request for donations for the children of servicemen in the next few months. Bloom seemed like a nice man, and he (like Michael Kelly)left young children. You don't have to contribute to any of these request.

It's not about whether or not anyone _has_ to make a contribution.

The servicemen/women won't get the benefit of two days of "in tribute" television coverage of their service with heart tugging family pictures as well as other benefits of NBC. I agree with Hildy. It was one more of a long string of overdone and redirected attention towards someone that was there who could have opted to stay at home _with_ his kids. An option not open to the service men and women there fighting for our security. It's tacky.

My problem is that the networks see no problem in it. What if it were a guy who fixes the wiring on telephone poles. It's a dangerous job. He knows this going in. If he dies, he does not have the full backing of the media to have STRANGERS send money to him. To me, it's arrogance. They think THEY are the story. They think they are more important than the unknown soldier who gives his life.