In article .com,
"bpnjensen" wrote:

Hey! I am slightly on the liberal side, and I don't feel this way at
all.

Robert Green is wrong - My wife and I sent some $$ because we felt
bad (I won't differentiate between pity and sympathy here) for the
folks in SE Asia that got smacked by the wave. It wasn't guilt, and
it surely isn't guilt that makes us happy our government is chipping
in either.

And apart from that, it's just what we do...and that makes me proud.

And I think, if another disaster befalls someone, we'll do it
again...because it's just what we do. Green is wrong.

But Telamon, you don't quite have it right, either. Not all liberals
think like Green.

Thank god that all liberals don't think like Green but I do think I have
it right. If you were a far to left liberal instead of "slightly on the
liberal side" you would be thinking same as Mr. Green.

Criticism works for the good when it is constructive. There was nothing
constructive in Mr. Greens monolog. You can't go around publicly bad
mouthing peoples intent to provide charity to others facing disaster.

Our intent is an expression of our will. Charity is giving, which by
definition requires one to relinquish control over goods. I don't know
what one can do other than give what they perceive as needed and to
require them to be responsible for what other people do with those goods
is nonsensical. It's just like anything else in life. You do what you
think is best, take your best shot and let things fall where they may.

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Telamon
Ventura, California