I would suggest making 9/11 "Donate to the Desperate People of Pakistan Day"

[oxymoron]

http://www.state.gov/pakistanrelief/index.htm

[NC_Nurse]

1. That is the best idea i've heard all day. K&R!

[OhioChick]

6. Same here.

K&R

[Rhiannon12866]

2. K&R. Excellent suggestion!

Reaching out and helping those in trouble is a much more worthy effort and has to be more rewarding than sowing hate and making more enemies... :(

[Bluenorthwest]

3. That is a beautiful idea

[mike r]

4. Some pics:

From http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/09/pakistan_in_need.html

[oxymoron]

5. Thanks for those, as difficult as they are to look at.

Meanwhile, the US media is 24/7 on the nutbag in Florida.

[Uncle Joe]

7. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, oxymoron.:thumbsup:

[Turborama]

8. K&R Fantastic idea!

Thanks for coming up with it!

[GSLevel9]

9. or maybe donate to your local food bank

instead of prompting your friends, neighbors and government to send our $$ out of the country?

[oxymoron]

10. The idea was to address an urgent need in this mostly Muslim country

And hopefully counteract some of the ill will generated by all this Islamophobia.

[Turborama]

11. And it's an excellent idea!

Such a shame it has to spelled out to people, though.