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throwaway111023 | 3 years ago

how is freezing their donations not punishment?

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halfnormalform|3 years ago

Because once you donate money, you have given it away, and it's gone. If you're expecting something in return you are trying to make a purchase, not a donation.

Punishment would involve having something further taken away. If they jailed people for donating, that would be punishment.

hatefulmoron|3 years ago

> Because once you donate money, you have given it away, and it's gone.

Presumably to the entity you intended to donate to, no? I would argue that determining where your money goes is a right.. If I intercepted all of your future charitable donations for my own purposes you would be understandably upset.

luciusdomitius|3 years ago

Great. So, stealing from charity is now ethical. Good to know !!!

kurisufag|3 years ago

donation are purchases -- you are buying capital for the fund of your choice. if it turned out a charity you donated to was funneling money somewhere, they would be effectively stealing from you, as the thing you were purchasing was never given.

mrozbarry|3 years ago

This wasn't strictly freezing donations, it was completely freezing a person's bank account.