| Originally Posted by 563 /img/forum/go_quote.gif I realized I would have been doing this out of guilt and not out of any genuine or spontaneous empathy. |
| Originally Posted by stang /img/forum/go_quote.gif the car is better to has coz id rather be able to get to places than get stuck in the middle of the freeway and get killed. |
| Originally Posted by wavoman /img/forum/go_quote.gif The practical and moral implications of giving or not giving to someone begging for money on the streets are subtle and complex. This is fascinating stuff. Why doesn't Bill Gates give money to people on the street (he has said he plans on giving away 90% of his wealth at minimum)? Does it do more harm than good? Does it lead to more misery and human suffering? The answers are not simple. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation take a very interesting approach -- check it out. . |
| Originally Posted by charliex /img/forum/go_quote.gif ???
Duh - What would you be doing in the middle of a freeway without a car??? |
| Originally Posted by ford2 /img/forum/go_quote.gif So he is going to give away 90%,big deal,should still leave him with 10 billion to play with. If he had wanted to help a lot of people in the world he could have kept the price of his software at a reasonable level,then he would have no need to act like a messiah curing the worlds woes. |
