I recognize that this comes off glaringly self-righteous on my part but – how do I say this – I don’t give a shit. There seems to be a recent spate of burglaries of celebrity homes, etc. and while I would never condone theft, there is a part of me deeply saddened not by those robbed of their fulsome treasures but rather by the knowledge that so many would much rather possess such abundant displays of wealth to begin with. While no saint, if I had millions I would find infinitely more pleasure in, say, putting a brilliant kid through college who could otherwise not afford it, for example. Some wunderkind with that storied potential to perhaps come up with the cure to cancer, Alzheimer’s, what have you. Alas, that student might never be given that chance, because someone like – oh, I don’t know – Kim Kardashian, say, who was robbed of ten million dollars’ worth of jewelry recently, finds soooooooo much more pleasure in flaunting her valuable rocks than helping others.
OK, I’m done.
BILL
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