# Vs. Newton Charity Issues (2019)

**URL:** <https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/vs-newton-charity-issues-2019/300093>\
**Category:** General Yo-Yo\
**Created:** [March 14, 2019, 12:46am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/vs-newton-charity-issues-2019/300093 "2019-03-14T00:46:09Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 14, 2019, 2:19am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/vs-newton-charity-issues-2019/300093/10 "2019-03-14T02:19:02Z")

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> [@The Ti-Vayder Experience](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-ti-vayder-experience/299824/270):
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> Heath said sorry and I can FORGIVE the cascade of nefarious acts - the theft and the lies surrounding it. I know a lot of the players around here were not around when the issue went down, and I appreciate that Jeff is trying to recreate what he feels is a great yo-yo AND try to support charity. I don’t care how good the yo-yo is - to me, it’s fruit of the poison tree.

To me, if he had actually taken the money and bought a bunch of paintball guns or guitars with it, then this would be much more of a heinous, unforgivable actual crime.

It seems to me Heath got caught between a rock (promising to send yo-yo profits to charity) and a hard place (promising to use yo-yo profits to send his yo-yo team to Worlds) and … well, if there’s not enough money to do both of those things, _what the heck do you do_ in that scenario?

So, being human and in a tough position… he made a bad call.

And eventually, fixed it, with an honest apology I’d grade as 9/10 on the apology-o-meter. I have seen SO MANY (oh my god _soooo many_) people that never apologize or, even worse, apologize in that crappy, insincere “I’m sorry you thought this was wrong” way. Heck I can count on one dang hand the number of times I’ve seen anyone _honestly apologize_ for the bullcrap they’ve pulled online. And I have seen some 💩 my friends. I really have.

If you’ve never made a bad call in your life, you’re a luckier man than me. The true measure of a person is not avoiding mistakes, because mistakes are inevitable – it’s how you handle them.

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