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by kevinelliott 5309 days ago
I think you misinterpreted what I was saying.

I do not know the names, locations, or other pieces of information about the thousands of other people who are also in need. We know Amit. Without knowing their names and locations, there is absolutely no way to bring the same class of attention to them. There is no way to build a website highlighting one of the thousands of other people, nor is there a way to make it personable and striking to others to get involved.

Amit is lucky because he has a community of people who are making excellent efforts to find him a match. That's fantastic!

The guilt comes in when I know that it's just not possible (or sustainable) to do the same thing for all of the other people in his shoes.

I am a little sad that my message was misinterpreted and it sounded like I was full of "selfulness" --- but I'm hoping it was just a miscommunication.