Hello everyone.
I work for FreedomSmokeUSA, but this is on behalf of me. This is on behalf of the ECF member who has been here for nearly 9 months, and who cares deeply for many of you, and who has always been as straightforward and helpful as I can be.
Can we please save the forum drama and personal politics for later. Please. Or better yet, just stop it all together, as I don't see who it helps.
We are trying to do something important right now, and it means a lot to me that so many people have participated already and continue to. Thank you to those who have, and to those who have helped and donated in other ways.
It is also very hurtful to me that people want to focus on internet quipping while this is going on.
You can choose to believe me or not; doesn't matter to me. I know that this is the truth:
We are doing this fundraiser to help people. It is very personally important to me. No, I don't know anyone in Japan. It's important to me because I'm a human being.
This is also important to David. David didn't ask me how this was going to make money, or if it would at all. David didn't ask me if I thought this would be a nice thing for our PR. David took my suggestion, and did me one better by deciding to match the funds we raise. That was his idea.
David has been trying to get my YouTube video about donating or participating in our fundraiser on the flat screens in the lounge, and blasted through the speakers that go out onto the street, so everyone knows.
People here are really excited about what we're doing. And a lot of our customers are really excited about what we're doing. It's not much, but it's what we can do.
It offends me that this is what people want to talk about right now. And it offends me even more that people are putting this kind of tripe on the threads where we're trying to help people.
If you don't like something about what's going on, then you're entitled and free to leave. I'm not even sure what relevance this particular discussion has to anything at all, or why it really matters. I don't know what went on, and I frankly don't care.
If you wish to put your nose into a company and instigate people in a way you wouldn't in any other industry, then I will tell you what I think about that in a way I wouldn't in any other industry: I think it's disgusting. Please stop.
No, I'm not going to lock this tread. You are adults. Work it out.