Clayton Vila also has a gofundme

somebody donated 2500$$. Looks like Bmack needs to rethink his strategy and maybe go find a dying dog

Imagine how many people you could help with $22k

SkibumsmithImagine how many people you could help with $22k

Hahahahahahahahaahahhaah none

SkibumsmithImagine how many people you could help with $22k

Personal struggles are personal. Imagine how many people you could have fed with the 50$ you donated to a ski forum

LonelyPersonal struggles are personal. Imagine how many people you could have fed with the 50$ you donated to a ski forum

Newschoolers feeds my hunger for skiing, drama, and the general debauchery of life.

For some reason, I was under the impression that Clayton Vila was from a wealthy family. I specifically remember someone telling me the Vilas basically run block island. Guess that someone was full of shit!

LonelyPersonal struggles are personal. Imagine how many people you could have fed with the 50$ you donated to a ski forum

Got me

SkibumsmithImagine how many people you could help with $22k

Instead it goes to a dog

LonelyPersonal struggles are personal. Imagine how many people you could have fed with the 50$ you donated to a ski forum

This is a very interesting topic to debate, I think.

One perspective is to say that people are free to give to the causes that matter to them, it's their money, and like you said what gets you is personal and you should be free to give to what matters to you. People are free to not give a fuck about world hunger but care about Clayton Vila's dog.

Another perspective is to "rank" the causes and determine that it seems unjust from a morality standpoint to have Clayton Vila's get $25k while kids are still dying because they can't eat or whatever. So in this more logical scenario, all the donations would go to problem #1 first, then once that's fixed, go to #2, etc. Needless to say, in this scenario, Clayton's dog will for sure get the needle. But can you even rank causes from a morality standpoint? Not sure, you'd have to make assumptions such as that human life is paramount, it could be a slippery road.

The issue I see with people giving to Clayton's dog is that they do it to feel better, not simply by a sense of duty. They're like "Awww, poor dog" then give him $10 bucks to make themselves feel better that they're helping the poor dog, the most likely scenario being that they have a dog of their own and thought about it as they were clicking the donate button.

So I'm still noodling with this one, but I'm leaning towards it being morally wrong from a Kantian perspective to give to Clayton's dog. But definitely an interesting topic, I find morality questions fascinating.

It’s easy to say “imagine how many people you could help with 22k” when it’s not your dog.

If you had a 3 year old dog and all of sudden started having health problems you’d probably do the same to try and save it.

Chubz.It’s easy to say “imagine how many people you could help with 22k” when it’s not your dog.

If you had a 3 year old dog and all of sudden started having health problems you’d probably do the same to try and save it.

Unless you were rational and realized that $22k for a dog is insane and as sad as it is it’s time for that pooch to go.

People can go ahead and do whatever they want with their money but the fact that we can raise $22k to save a dog we don’t know is just a slap in the face to the dying kids of the world.

I’m not much of a save the third world kids type but when you look at this situation from a humanitarian standpoint it’s a total joke.

B.GillisUnless you were rational and realized that $22k for a dog is insane and as sad as it is it’s time for that pooch to go.

People can go ahead and do whatever they want with their money but the fact that we can raise $22k to save a dog we don’t know is just a slap in the face to the dying kids of the world.

I’m not much of a save the third world kids type but when you look at this situation from a humanitarian standpoint it’s a total joke.

I dunno some people treat dogs as family..my parents would probably seek funding if my one my dogs fell ill at a young age. If they didn’t receive it they would probably make the decision to put them down but for a lot of people dogs are like children. I totally get what you’re saying agree it could be put to a different cause..but I totally see where the vila’s are coming from and support it.

Totally shit situation, but those Wolfhounds have like the shortest life expectancy of any dog. Not saying this should have been expected (3 years is still really short) but I honestly wasn't that surprised when I saw him post this.

Fucking cool ass dog tho and Clayton is my favorite skier of all time.

Also, people who complain about how other people spend their own money need to get a life.

Holy shit they got enough money. Im very surprised. I hope the vets were telling the truth and they can save him. This might be one of the more incredible things ive seen.