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Scooter McCabe
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Posted - 2012.09.12 13:22:00 -
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I believe the press release stated he had children, you want to do something, do a college fund for the kids. |
Scooter McCabe
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Posted - 2012.09.12 15:49:00 -
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FloppieTheBanjoClown wrote:To be honest, I suspect whatever life insurance he had would far surpass anything we might give.
I think a better application of money from the community would be to donate to a scholarship fund or some charity that meant something to the man. Honor his memory by making a difference in his name, rather than simply handing his family a check that they (hopefully) don't need.
edit: Perhaps someone who knows the family could determine whether they were in need of the small bit of financial assistance we could provide.
Not knowing his personal finances I can tell you that while life insurance can met some immediate burdens it does not necessarily cover them all. When I worked as a financial adviser before the market crash insurance planning is an incredibly complex financial issue. Also a lot of private insurance companies will not cover acts of war, an attack on a U.S. consulate would be considered an act of war, so there is the possibility only his insurance through the State Department would be honored.
So what does this have to do with a college fund? Well establishing a college fund for his kids alleviates the financial burden on the family. From a financial planning stand point at answers the question of where the money needs to go to keep the family going. His family will be going through a lot for a long time and answering the question of "paying off the mortgage or sending the kids to college" is a question his family doesn't deserve to face.
Doing a college fund will remind the family they are not alone, the children will know their father was loved and respected, it won't return a father and husband to his family but it will help leaved his loved ones with a cherished memory. Hopefully that may be of some small comfort. |
Scooter McCabe
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Posted - 2012.09.12 16:11:00 -
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Qorvis Communications wrote:Scooter McCabe wrote:snip for brevity US Foreign Service diplomats and their families are covered in a variety of ways beyond traditional insurance. Perhaps Goonswarm and/or Something Awful (of which VR was a moderator) can organize something on their side of the fence, rather than the EVE community at large. While we can all agree to step back and recognize this RL event for what it was and respect and honor a man who gave more than his full share of devotion to his country, this doesn't fit the intent or purpose of previous PLEX drives. It should be noted that he was working directly for the U.S. gov't, and it would be an imposition on non-US players to participate in something so fraught with policital and religious overtones.
There is something being organized but he wasn't an SA or Goonswarm community member alone. I don't see how its an imposition to give people the opportunity to act with compassion to a tragic event, as the last time I checked compassion knows no nationally, creed or ideology. |
Scooter McCabe
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Posted - 2012.09.17 11:00:00 -
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I know a lot of you expressed interest in doing something for Vile Rat, and I know CCP has been informed a college fund has been started for his children. In case you were unaware on how to help out here are the details:
http://www.youcaring.com/fundraiser_details?fundraiser_id=9332&url=benefitforseansmithsfamily
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Scooter McCabe
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Posted - 2012.09.17 12:19:00 -
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Veshta Yoshida wrote:Much, much better, college fund for kids living/growing up in the US (we Euros get uni/college for free by way of taxes) is more than worthy. Already raised the equivalent of 2000 PLEX .. Now if OP would add the link to the fundraiser in the original post to maximize exposure.
I agree that exposure is important here and I am sure the OP will edit their post to include this. I just went up late last night, depending on your time zone, also if you are involved or connected to philanthropic organizations or know people who have a large platform to speak from, just getting them to put the word out would be of great help. After all words are free. |
Scooter McCabe
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Posted - 2012.09.17 18:42:00 -
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If it were you, I'd think your corp mates would post something on EVE. I think the players of EVE would see it and step forward with the same care and concern. People outside of EVE hear of things all the time where someone is in need and caring people do step forward. Now you don't have to get involved, but don't impede other people from being generous with uncalled for negativity. I wouldn't try to dissuade someone from helping your family or raising awareness. |
Scooter McCabe
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Posted - 2012.09.17 19:24:00 -
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Hauling Hal wrote:Scooter McCabe wrote:If it were you, I'd think your corp mates would post something on EVE. I think the players of EVE would see it and step forward with the same care and concern. People outside of EVE hear of things all the time where someone is in need and caring people do step forward. Now you don't have to get involved, but don't impede other people from being generous with uncalled for negativity. I wouldn't try to dissuade someone from helping your family or raising awareness. There have been some really nasty replies to people dying in RL from some corners of the Eve player base in the past. I seem to recall that they originated from the same community that is now trying to raise funds for one of their own that died recently.
Well I wasn't around for that, I don't know if you were either. What I do know is that the first step in a fallacious argument is the use of generalizations to characterize an entire community. Like the counter protests to the violence in Libya we are presented daily with the fact that generalizations never fit a people. If an outside observer of EVE came to look around at the day to day gaming, one might be inclined we are a bunch of nerds taking a game way to seriously and have lost sight of what is really important. But then you see the charity events done at Fanfest, the PLEX drives for the tragedy in Japan, and now our response to this. They would be left with the incongruity of these two observations, they'd have to set aside their generalization of EVE and accept the reality that the community is more than just the sum of its parts.
So in short your generalization just doesn't fit, but thanks for posting so this stays up on the front page so people can be aware and help. |
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