Casey Anthony Trial

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Originally Posted by Optimus Prime

The point is clicking on a facebook page (in this certain situation and case) is downright lazy. You can't really use yourself as an example because you are obviously trying to make a difference.

You are right. But in *their* minds they are doing sooooooo much!!!!!!

These are people who are probably so self obsessed that for them to give the smallest amount of their attention to any cause, they'll see as a "real commitment".

Online petitions, cutting porch lights on, and changing profile pictures to Caylee is not going to do a damn thing to change or help anyone's community.

It may help only in the sense that it will bring attention to the issue. It may cause people to stop for a moment and think about what happened. And maybe in time, it will cause a few to become active.

No matter the situation, most people can donate an hour of their time a week to volunteer somewhere in someway. I doubt many of these people that are so angered by all of this will step away from their computer screens to actually get out in their communities and put forth a real effort.

They probably could, but they don't. See, where I think the problem is is that having to do community service is used as punishment when someone has done something bad. If community service was used in a more positive way, then the idea of volunteering time for any cause would seem reasonable.

Maybe we as GLO members understand the need and power behind donating our time because we do it as part of our membership in our orgs. For people who have never been exposed to the idea of volunteering, they don't really understand what it means and what is involved. So for them, just to click a link is like "WOW!! I did some good". They just don't know any better.