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so if I donated to Mind or elsewhere they'd give Scott the money required for the equipment and space he needs to build up a business?
It's up to us as individuals to decide what we're happy supporting and on what terms. People who support BRP and want to give with no strings attached can do so and people who just want to buy goods can do so and people who don't want to give, buy or other don't have to, but neither do they have to piss all over him for putting it out there on the dubious premise that there's charities needing funded that won't be otherwise? Really unnecessary imhop; if you won't apologise then at least desist/take it elsewhere.
Seems like exactly the right place to be having this discussion. I am willing to concede that I could have approached this topic with greater empathy and may be entirely wrong, but nonetheless there's an important conversation to be had. Personally I believe these type of requests should be limited to registered charities that benefit the many and not the few. I can't help but think that a number of people have donated after reading about Scott's struggles with mental health and that Mind would have been a more appropriate beneficiary. Lastly maybe BRP would benefit from having a fully-costed business plan appraised by a bank, having conceded that business acumen lets him down.
In these dark, dark times of under-resourced services and finite availability of charitable donations there are surely more deserving recipients of your money, than a mans business.