mr blur
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Tue Jan-25-05 04:45 AM
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Gates gives $750m to fight deadly childhood diseases |
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He might be a megalomaniac bent on world domination, but then so is Bush. Hard to criticise this: http://www.guardian.co.uk/microsoft/Story/0,2763,1398004,00.html
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LiberalVoice
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Tue Jan-25-05 05:25 AM
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Thats aot of money. Its funny he donated more then three times more of his own money to help that cause then Bush sent in aid to fight HIV/AIDS in Africa.
I don't know much about Bill Gates other then he has a tendency to vote Democrat if I recall correctly. But that sum of money was extremely generous and I'm proud of him for donating it.
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Tue Jan-25-05 09:01 AM
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5. Sorry to burst your bubble. Bill Gates donated to Dubya and Dubya only: |
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Tue Jan-25-05 09:16 AM
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6. Well good to know then. |
johnnie
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Tue Jan-25-05 09:21 AM
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7. He seems to have donated to both sides |
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Tue Jan-25-05 07:30 AM
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2. Gates gives away a shitload of money |
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He's given away billions of it just for helping with disease and vaccinations, etc.
And billions for other stuff.
Anyone who calls him stingy is an asshole.
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Tue Jan-25-05 08:52 AM
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3. Of course he has massive investments in pharmaceutical cos |
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so his contributions of vaccines and other drugs all work out nicely.
Not to mention the tax writeoffs he NEEDS!
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag
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Tue Jan-25-05 08:58 AM
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4. Of course I won't criticise this. But don't expect me to |
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Edited on Tue Jan-25-05 08:59 AM by Commie Pinko Dirtbag
assume Microsoft's shenanigans in the IT field are somehow less worthy of criticism because of this.
Edit: Department of redundancy department.
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Schema Thing
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Tue Jan-25-05 10:00 AM
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8. Bill Gates has been giving huge amounts to philanthropic |
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causes for a long time. He and his wife have set up foundations to see that the money is used well too.
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Tue Jan-25-05 10:07 AM
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9. I don't understand peoples hate of Bill Gates. |
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He's always giving his money to philantropist causes, yet he's the devil incarnate. He routinely rapes babies before plotting his takeover of everyone's computers. The anti-MS contigency are a bunch of freaks. Go use Linux and leave the rest of us the hell alone.
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Tue Jan-25-05 11:23 AM
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Edited on Tue Jan-25-05 11:23 AM by AchtungToddler
I'm moving away from his products, but that is only because I think he has made bad (from my pov anyway) business descisions (ie: not protecting me, the consumer), not because I think he is a bad person.
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