[cbr]

I see it this way too. There's no way Child's Play is making people as happy, per dollar spent, as a good externally evaluated third world medical charity like the Against Malaria Foundation [1]. It's really good people are being so generous, but if their values are at all like mine they could be doing so much more with a charity taking a different approach.

[1] http://givewell.org/international/top-charities/AMF

[endersshadow]

That's an awfully high horse you're atop, there. Be careful you don't fall off. This is a cause that the Penny Arcade guys had an audience for and the means to pursue. Helping out sick kids and their families is a worthwhile charity--the Ronald McDonald House has been in that business for years. It's grown from a small effort to make a few kids' holidays better to a fairly sizable charity. Kudos to the PA guys for making it much larger.

Would you like to condemn charities such as Donors Choose, the Ronald McDonald House, or anything else that helps folks in the US while you're at it? Who else should be paying more attention to you and your values?