turn the fan on :)
Selfish is a base need. Once selfish is satisfied other folks needs can be seen and assisted. For some selfish rules all Stalin Hitler etc. Others selfish is easily satisfied, mother Teresa, thousands of unknown ordinary people. Charity does not have to be governmentally organised. It begins with individuals seeing a need and thinking of a way to fufil it. Example, today I was walking out of the local county govt offices thinking that the young women in front of me had a nice *** pushing a baby stroller. Being the dirty old man that I am I swung around to see the frontal aspect and noticed she was crying hard, her 2 yr old pretty little girl was smiling in innocence. Asked what was wrong, her husband beat her up, he's in jail. He sent a friend to take the car and she couldnt pay rent. Now WTF do I do? I ask her if she has family. She does about 700 miles away. Gave her my card and told her I could provide bus fare for her to go home. She would think about it she said. Now I could have directed her to a shelter, or a pimp for that matter but the little baby didnt have choices so I offered what I could. Many of us here are the same way but I dont think it could be legislated meaningfully without becoming another beaurocratic fiefdom where the client is the last need to be taken care of. Religious charity can also morph into a fiefdom because the caring people get burned out and the hustlers take over. Jesse the Jackson is a prime example. I think the Jesse Jackson who walked tall beside Dr King would recoil in horror at what he has become today.
thanx,
bill
