BTW, another example of do-goodism with unintended consequences: raising cigarette taxes. ❋ Unknown (2009)
So I was ready to be irritated by "Start Something That Matters," and the book does include a fair amount of gushy do-goodism. ❋ Philip Delves Broughton (2011)
We couldn't wage our current wars without the all-volunteer military whose recruitment goals get fed every year by idealistic young people, who continue, despite all counter-evidence bursting off the front pages, to buy into the romance and excitement of war and armed do-goodism that the recruiters, with the help of a vast "militainment" industry, peddle like so many Joe Camels. ❋ Robert Koehler (2010)
These, in turn, generate more havoc and poverty, which inspires the politicians to create more programs ... and the downward spiral repeats itself until the productive sectors of the economy collapse under the collective weight of taxes and other burdens imposed in the name of fairness, equality and do-goodism. ❋ Unknown (2009)
And, as we have seen already, some of the unintended consequences of their do-goodism are horrific: ❋ Dr. Sanity (2009)
Responsibility is part of Christianity, not touchy-feely, unrealistic do-goodism. ❋ Unknown (2009)
When historians look back at this debacle, few if any will finger "the weight of taxes and other burdens imposed in the name of fairness, equality and do-goodism" as the culprits. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Injecting his commentary with a healthy hint of sass (the guy's a transplanted New Yorker), Gilbert occasionally points visitors to a variety of uplifting links, among them NetworkForGood. org, a web directory of worthy charities; Gratefulness. org (check out the semi-spiritual candle-lighting page -- it's a beaut); and MakeaDifferenceday. com, which serves up a virtual banquet of do-goodism ideas. ❋ Unknown (2008)
Next to the polite do-goodism of most social-issue filmmakers, Stone's nearly messianic passion is singularly compelling. ❋ Unknown (2008)
But it's hard to avoid getting a little excited about where do-goodism is headed. ❋ Unknown (2008)
But Obama mixes Johnson/Clinton with Carter, in what is a deadly mixture of narcissicist do-goodism. ❋ Ann Althouse (2008)
"Instead, gilded in money and dripping with sanctimony, confused and mindlessly contradictory, the film is a textbook example of how easily commercialism can trump do-goodism, particularly in Hollywood." ❋ Unknown (2006)
Unless the Tories drop Mr Cameron with all his misguided baggage a badly rationalised environmentalism, Third World do-goodism, holier-than-thou "social inclusiveness" and the rest, I cannot vote for it. ❋ Richard (2007)
David Cameron and the party under him has a set of woolly-minded ideas that can carry disastrous consequences just think what that Third World do-goodism has done in the last four decades in Africa. ❋ Richard (2007)
I think what we need to do is to harness some of that do-goodism and divert it into useful political activities. ❋ Unknown (2005)
Heath: Also, there's a lot of do-goodism that informs countercultural activities. ❋ Unknown (2005)
But the experts tell us that violence-prone cults often go through a kind of metamorphosis, where once righteous do-goodism and positive thoughts are transformed into a world-weary disgust and, often enough, a collective death wish. ❋ Unknown (2007)
On the surface, this seems to make sense, if you view it according to a sort of rote do-goodism: Health care is good, cancer is bad, cancer has to do with health, so more health care would mean less cancer. ❋ James Taranto (2007)
