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Forced philanthropy is immoral



My Word
Posted January 6, 2005


As an American, I have been discomforted by the seemingly endless stream of disdain the world seems to have for us. I have also been pained by the sight of people far poorer than we can ever comprehend rendered homeless and utterly destitute by the recent tsunamis. It doesn't seem quite fair that in the entire scope of things so many people around the world have such miserable lives when there aren't any natural disasters, and now they have to have even more suffering piling on. "