Re: Bill Gates and Tsunamis

From: Randall D. Kelton (rkelton_at_earthlink.net)
Date: 12/29/04 

Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 04:07:38 GMT

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"John Westerlage" <john_westerlage@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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> 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
> >