Because you understand that giving is a personal issue and that the resources for giving are limited, this somehow makes you selfish?
Then there is the issue of how it is possible to be charitable with someone elses' money?

Quote Originally Posted by Thorne View Post
I'm tired of going round and round about this. We're getting nowhere, fast. You're not going to convince me that impoverishing the world to try to save the poor is the right thing to do, and I'm not going to convince you that it's not.

Maybe you're right about me. Maybe I am a selfish bastard who doesn't care what happens to the poor. It certainly doesn't concern me all that much. I'm too busy worrying about keeping myself from becoming poor. When it comes to charity I'm more concerned with myself than others.

Maybe it's because, over the years, I've come to the realization that people in general are just plain bad. There are individuals who are good and decent, sure, and I treasure these when I find them. But as a group there's just nothing to like.

So I'm going to bow out of this argument. I've pretty much said all I want to about it anyway.