ACE endorses LIC as a top charity. Currently, I don’t think this endorsement is justified given LIC’s track record, and I don’t think ACE provided a very strong justification for it.
I agree with this, and particularly agree that the quote you highlighted below does not seem like good justification. I also think your comment (elsewhere in this thread) that their track record is a “bad one” might be going a little too far.[1] As I say, I was surprised to find that LIC had not yet had any legal success, given that I’d heard about them mostly through hearing positive commentary on their cost effectiveness
Could you elaborate on what you mean by this?
I meant that there were criticisms you raised about the overall methodology that had wider implications than just LIC. Possibly I could have worded that better.
I wasn’t aware of that week. Maybe we’ll be able to prepare something for it next year!
There was an animal welfare vs GHD debate week on this forum. Honestly, I hope they don’t repeat it![2]
I think a charity aiming to encourage compliance that never filed any lawsuits unless they were almost certain to succeed would probably underperform too, and $200k is not an especially expensive legal case, though there are certainly more proven cost effective ways to save lives for that sort of money. That said, I haven’t read the lawsuit and wouldn’t know enough about relevant law to know whether the basis for dismissal was blindingly obvious or not...
I think there are probably more specific and less polarizing topics for debate. And polarizing topics more likely to yield concrete results, which probably includes this one.
I agree with this, and particularly agree that the quote you highlighted below does not seem like good justification. I also think your comment (elsewhere in this thread) that their track record is a “bad one” might be going a little too far.[1] As I say, I was surprised to find that LIC had not yet had any legal success, given that I’d heard about them mostly through hearing positive commentary on their cost effectiveness
I meant that there were criticisms you raised about the overall methodology that had wider implications than just LIC. Possibly I could have worded that better.
There was an animal welfare vs GHD debate week on this forum. Honestly, I hope they don’t repeat it![2]
I think a charity aiming to encourage compliance that never filed any lawsuits unless they were almost certain to succeed would probably underperform too, and $200k is not an especially expensive legal case, though there are certainly more proven cost effective ways to save lives for that sort of money. That said, I haven’t read the lawsuit and wouldn’t know enough about relevant law to know whether the basis for dismissal was blindingly obvious or not...
I think there are probably more specific and less polarizing topics for debate. And polarizing topics more likely to yield concrete results, which probably includes this one.