Re: Bill Gates and Tsunamis

From: John Westerlage (john_westerlage_at_sbcglobal.net)
Date: 12/29/04 

Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 03:59:30 GMT

And why would you want to know this?

After all, a donation is the business of no one but the donor and
the donee.

Although you may not personally be guilty of this, questions like
yours are usually from those who think they have the right to
tell others what to do with their money. The fact that those you
named have so much of it does not change the fact that it is
their money, and that they can dispose it exactly as they see fit.

Unless they acquired their money by fraud or some violence
against others, no one is entitled to know how, when or to whom
they dispose of it, nor to offer self-righteous moralizing advice
to them unless that advice is requested.

I am neither rich, nor an apologist for the rich, but fair is
fair. That others are rich does not change the fact that they
are entitled to the same privacy and respect as are you and I.

psychknight123@hotmail.com wrote:
> If I were Bill Gates (or George Soros, or Ted Turner,or Donald Trump,
> or Warren Buffett, etc.) I would be out there donating millions to the
> tsunami victims and their families. Does anyone know whether or not
> these and other billionaires are making donations to the tsunami
> victims?
>
> My Weblog: http://psychknight.blogspot.com
>

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