Wellwishers Have Already Raised More Than £50,000 For Pc Palmer's Wife And Two Children

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4341456/Tributes-hero-policeman-Keith-Palmer-48.html

If any money is collected it should also be shared out to the other victims families, not only the deceased families but also those who may have suffered life long disabilities and can no longer work?

While one can sympathise with the family of PC Palmer, surely when he chose to become a policeman he knew the risks involved, just as those who choose a career in the armed forces or other such occupations as fire fighters etc.

[anotheoldgit]

I know it's been a busy afternoon here on AB, but I would have thought by now someone would have had an opinion on this?

[emmie]

that people are kind hearted, the money how ever much they collect could go to the families of those killed, including PC Palmer.

[hereIam]

But when PC Palmer became a policeman, he maybe didn't think that one day a terrorist would kill him, to be fair ...

[jno]

if I give money for someone's family, that's who I want it to go to. Not someone else's.

[Barmaid]

JNO has a point. And that may well be a problem. If a public appeal is stated to be for x but the money is in fact shared between x, y and z the people holding the money (who are effectively trustees) could be personally liable.

[anotheoldgit]

jno

That goes without saying, but in this case do you think it is morally wrong?

[anotheoldgit]

That should read 'don't you think it is morally wrong'

[anotheoldgit]

hereIam

Perhaps not just a terrorist perhaps? Not all policemen are killed by terrorists.

But even so I don't suppose anyone thinks that they may be killed, no matter what their job.

[-Talbot-]

If I were one for starting these 'just giving' pages I would have started one for all the families that suffered yesterday not just the officer.

[RandyMarsh]

how can lots of little people helping someone be morally wrong?

[Zacs-Master]

Will money ease their grief? I think not.

[anotheoldgit]

Another strange thing to come out of this is the fact that MPs weep in the chamber over the policeman's death, what about the other deaths, don't they have feeling for them also?

[anotheoldgit]

RandyMarsh

/// how can lots of little people helping someone be morally
wrong? ///

No one suggested that, only questioned if it was morally wrong to treat one particular death from one in the same circumstances.

Those innocent victims also have families.

[MargoTester]

Of course they do, but many of the MPs may have known PC Palmer personally.

[Zacs-Master]

Many of the MP's will still be in shock so an emotional response when a policeman, presumably doing his duty in protecting them, is mentioned.

[anotheoldgit]

Zacs-Master

/// Will money ease their grief? I think not. ///

And no one has said it would, but money can help in a number of other ways, in such circumstances.

[RandyMarsh]

Just giving pages have been set up for all the victims.

[Zacs-Master]

If you're agreed that money won't help then what's the point of discussing the distribution of it?

[-Talbot-]

Have you got a link, Randy?

[Mamyalynne]

You can look through some of the pages here.


http://about.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/categories/emergencies/westminster-attack