On Thursday 06 April 2006 00:38, Chris Metzler wrote: > On Thu, 6 Apr 2006 00:29:14 -0400 > > Hal Vaughan wrote: > >On Thursday 06 April 2006 00:26, Chris Metzler wrote: > >>On Wed, 5 Apr 2006 14:19:12 -0400 > >> > >>Hal Vaughan wrote: > >>> And that proves even more that you are not volunteering your time > >>> unless you get something for it. That's not volunteering. > >>> Volunteering is giving without expecting a ROI. > >> > >> This is fiction. Everyone who volunteers gets a return on their > >> investment; without it, they wouldn't volunteer. That "return" > >> may not be in some sort of traditional form like cash, goods, or > >> services; but if the volunteer absolutely truly got nothing out > >> of it -- no sense of satisfaction, no gladness at having been > >> able to help another, absolutely nothing -- then there is nothing > >> to drive the volunteer towards that activity as opposed to > >> another. > > > > Ironic that you would say this, especially considering your sig. > > How so?
Thank you for proving the point (about you not seeing the connection between volunteering, giving, and altruism in general). Hal