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De85 on 16 January 2010
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Avarice28 said:
kiefer23 said:
Avarice28 said:

You know what I think Bungie should do?  Take their own money and send that to the aid of the people of Haiti.  I really tire of all the "rich" corporations asking the common man to go without while they sit on piles of cash.  Most people do not know this but 85 percent of all the worlds wealth is controlled by 5% of the worlds population.  If even 1% of them would give 1% of their wealth it would be enough to help rebuild that country and keep it running in the black for 10 years.  It has always been this way, the  "have's" asking the "have not's" for handouts; I guess this is how the rich stay rich.


Try reading the original post this time. Mainly the

PLAY HALO & WE'LL DONATE $77,000! part.
Where do you think that $77,000 comes from? Bungie's pocket. And while I'm at it the profits they make from you purchasing their merchandise is their money and guess what? They're giving 100% of it.
Oh and by the way it will take more than a couple of million to rebuild the country and it's infrastructure. Possibly billions.

I guess you failed to see the point of my conversation and that was that 5% of the population I.E. the super rich could could give 1% of their income and this problem would go away in one night.  Bungie is just one of many companies that profit from video games, movies, music, etc that could give 1% of their bottomline and could rebuild Haiti in  no time flat.  I know that you are very accustom to disagreeing with people that have different points of view so I know that most this is going over your head.  1 billion dollars is small potatoes to the top 5% of our population, that is not even 1 percent of their combined wealth.  77,000 is a great number but really how much over the years have big companies like bungie made on gamers like us?  Exactly.....my original post still stands.

Just because someone doesn't agree with you doesn't mean they don't understand what you're saying.  I think Bungie's effort is admirable, and it is more than most other companies/people in the world are doing.  I'm not sure what you think Bungie's bottom line is, but I'd bet you on any terms you're willing to name that 1% of it could not rebuild all of Haiti.