It's not the idea that's horrible. It's the disrespect you show to the site by disregarding its rules.
Spam = spam. Doesn't matter whether it is excipient for charity or for self-interest.
Spam = spam. Doesn't matter whether it is excipient for charity or for self-interest.
You're mistaken by thinking I'm disrespecting the site. This is not spam. If I wanted to spam, I'd build a bot and go to digg with this. But I don't.
And lastly, this topic also provides for people to give me the opportunity to discuss who I could best give this gift to. Hacker News is about hackers and tech, mostly, yes. But hackers are people with hearts, too. They can help a guy get money to give to charity.