And yet, the destruction of lives and of the human spirit was caused in far larger part by Stalin. Russia had concentration camps by or before 1920, and was arresting and killing its citizens in breathtaking numbers. Soldier who fought bravely in WW2 were then arrested once they returned, accused of being spies; sent to Siberian prisons, and often worked to death. When their sentences were up, they were simply given new sentences.

Your comment has nothing to do with what DP von said. Sometimes you just have to be an a*****e in your posts and I don't get it.

Nobody doubts the sacrifice! Take a chill pill, the guy is trying to say that by this action of charity Anton is helping the elderly, or anyone else for that matter avoid any mental implications people might get for living in such an environment, depression for instance. That’s all the DP v ICream was trying to say... jeez...

"grumble not sure if you were commenting on me, or the ones commenting on my original text. @cappy: and so did Mao in China, and so did the Dutch in Indonesia, and so did the Belgians in Congo, and so did the Aussies with aboriginals, and so did the Spanish in Latin america, and so did the Nazi's in WW2 , and so did the USA with the native American Indian tribes, and so did ISIS recently... this list goes on & on & on & o, an endless cycle of hate & ignorance. The only thing people can do, is strive for better, for themselves, for entire nations, for entire continents & maybe for the entire globe.... Some of my friends were on that MH17 flight...... so basically I hate everything Putin stands for. BUT this still doesn't mean every Russian is rotten to their core, on the contrary!

How is that relevant?

Nor would the Trump dittos across the waters. More than 14 million children living below the poverty line in the US, homeless veterans, etc, etc. Growing inequality is an international scourge, as is the equally growing sense of entitlement of the increasingly wealthy few. I am afraid that Global Warming is not the only scary thing on the horizon. I hope that I am wrong.

Stop that. The poster is just naive. Most people don't understand the situation in the FSB. TV in the USA doesn't show anything like that.

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@Cappy - Since when are you board Mommy? Come to think of it....I didn’t even listen to my own mother, why would I bother with you?

I don't get rocked that easily, I am too bloody old for that. That might be so, but that is still no reason to use foul language ;-)

I really do think Messy is bipolar which is why I slowed down responding to her intermittent angry idiocy. I just feel bad for her now, mostly.

Probably more BP visitors feel the same. That is the reason why I normally don't even bother about any of Messy's angry-frustrated-ways of communicating but when her vicious anger is pointed directly at my person, I will do it the favor to still respond like a gentleman. Disappointing to see she does not return the favor...... I initially also felt bad for her, but seeing her viciousness is increasing lately......

Hmmmm..... you got a point there. (I also read about the recent: "The Correspondent" crowdfunding scandal happening in the USofA, those fellow Dutchmen have some explaining to do!). Best to use your own critical thinking skills and/or try to enhance these while practicing cases like these ;-) Or simply try to keep the "damage as low as possible". Keeping in mind the average monthly wage in Russia was 670 USA dollars in 2018, so a couple of dollars is worth the risk? Otherwise just try to contact this Russian gentleman? People have been scammed as long as people have been alive, the urge to help other people just makes us being human then, again I think it is worth the risk :-) PS: also don't forget that you can't help the entire world, you also can help with local charities or volunteer locally as this is the most safe way to actually help. Lots of large "help" organisations seem only donate a fraction of that pile of cash they receive, the rest are "marketing costs" and what is left is for those big piles of salaries they pay towards their "management".

Sometimes we don't even know whether it is real. Do you remember the case of one lady who claimed she was running out of gas and a homeless guy paid for the gas? She run the gofundme and it was a scam. Two of them and another guy cheated people money by funding them.

Do you think its safe to donate?