don't get me started ... uh oh, too late

[wasabi_poptart]

Toys for Tots's heart is in the right place, but I realized today that according to its policy it does not accept any gifts that are handmade or handcrafted.

I think this is bad policy for a number of reasons:

1. It promotes commercialism by privileging disposable, manufactured crap over quality, handmade items.

2. It inculcates commercial values onto children by refusing to distribute anything other than factory sealed, brand-new merchandise.

3. It discourages creativity, both for the sender and for the child.

4. It reinforces the conviction that the holidays are about shopping, not about giving.

Shall I go on?

Comments

[wasabi-poptart.livejournal.com]

There has never been a single documented case of razor blade in an apple.

I think the whole hoax was perpetrated by the National Sugar Council.

[brcmapgirl.livejournal.com]

Speak for yourself! We never got annoying trick-or-treaters after that! (j/k)