Dani, I was going to say the same thing about Mother Teresa and Oprah earlier, but I chickened out. Of those two women, which one wo you think has had the greater direct impact on the most lives? How many people did/do each employ? How many schools did each build and fund? To say that any one model of humanitarianism is 'better' than the other is misguided. Yes, it was, without question, a truly wonderful thing that Mother Teresa did. Somebody needed to get in there and give medicine to the lepers in Calcutta. But somebody had to PAY for the medicine, too. One without the other is of little value.
"Well, my way is more honorable because it requires more self-sacrifice." is honestly a silly thing to say. Sacrifice away. But first stop and ask yourself what the actual benefit is in real improvement of someone's life. Or if maybe it just makes you feel noble. |