Re: Whacko Russian Declines Field Medal


HeyBub wrote:
Absence of greed may not, in Dr Perelman's case, be a defect, but it
certainly is not a blessing. I trust you'd agree, for example, that the
practice of charity is meritorious? Basic rule: one can't practice charity
if one has no resources.

Time. One always has times. There is always, therefore, something that
one can give.

To the degree one has ample funds, beyond basic
needs, one can improve the lot of the less fortunate. In this regard, greed
helps and helps tremendously. There is a French word for one who has the
ability to help his fellow man and refuses... but I don't know what it is.

Parisienne?

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