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A Worthy Cause
A long time ago, when I was young and impressionable (I think I was 20 at the time), I read a newspaper headline and then the article below. I don’t remember the article, because I was so disappointed in it. You see, I was very tired, and misread the headline. What it was, was two headlines, separated by a thin vertical line, the first headline reading, “Refugees sail on a leaking boat,” and the second, next to it, “Learning to scuba dive off of the coast of Bora Bora.”
So, imagine my genuine puzzlement and dissatisfaction when I did not read about refugees learning to scuba dive. I thought, here was a charity worthy of the attention and support of the very, very rich (the 1 percent of the 1 percent) — a charity that has no actual point to it.
That was a very uncharitable thought of me. Plenty of super rich folks not only give to great charities, they create their own fantastic charities. I was actually thinking this scuba diving class for refugees was something out of a dark comedy — where the rich could be scammed by some clever, lovable con artist, and they’re so stupid they’ll think it’s a real and worthy cause. You know, because we all know the rich got rich because they’re always so stupid … and they always part with their money so easily. Sometimes, I think that Hollywood writers are all 17-year-olds who get high and toss around…
