“….is nobody else nauseous from the cloying stench of bought sanctity and PR gimmickry which comes off the entire celebrity-charity industry?
The old Jack London line comes to mind about how throwing a bone to a dog is not charity. Sharing the bone with the dog when you are hungry is charity.”
From Tom Humphries in today’s Irish Time’s “Locker Room” column.
Had been thinking much the same in recent weeks and especially after watching yesterday’s London Marathon on TV. Do people really run marathons first and foremost for charity? I know I didn’t.
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