Also is there criteria difference between Indiegogo and Kickstarter? Other than the fact that Indigogo allow you to have the money even if you don't reach the target.
What I find is that context is decisive. I am only as passionate about the technology as what the technology is helping to accomplish and quality of relationship I have with developed and maintained with the user community.
Government department may be incompetent, private defense contractors are some of most capable organizations in the world. Different US government operations are being increasingly privatized. One difference between private contractors and government organizations, is contractors are not held accountable to oversight (to congress for example) as the government entities are.
Some girls may enjoy fetching a coup of soup and some girls don't.
What is wrong with requesting girls to do that? Maybe he just find them charming, cute, enjoy the interaction with them. It is always the person who is being asked's responsibility to accept, deny or counter offer the request.
Asking a girl to get soup for you does not make one a sexist pig!
I do find these political correctness is being taking way out of hand for political reasons to dived up groups.