Renee wrote:
Michael Josephson, of the Josephson Institute of Ethics, tells a story that goes something like this:
A man gave a hundred dollars to a woman who told a long, sad story about her baby having cancer and how she had no money for treatments.
When he got home, his son said what a sucker he was, and how he didn't know if this was really true. That night on the news, there was a story about a con woman who used her baby to bilk money out of strangers, and it was the same woman. The son called his father and said "Didn't we tell you, Dad? The woman stole your money. Sorry about the bad news." The father answered "This is great news! It means that the baby doesn't have cancer."
Viewed this way, this is good news. There are no dead babies.
Very profound. Thank you for putting it in that perspective.
Michael Josephson, of the Josephson Institute of Ethics, tells a story that goes something like this:
A man gave a hundred dollars to a woman who told a long, sad story about her baby having cancer and how she had no money for treatments.
When he got home, his son said what a sucker he was, and how he didn't know if this was really true. That night on the news, there was a story about a con woman who used her baby to bilk money out of strangers, and it was the same woman. The son called his father and said "Didn't we tell you, Dad? The woman stole your money. Sorry about the bad news." The father answered "This is great news! It means that the baby doesn't have cancer."
Viewed this way, this is good news. There are no dead babies.
Very profound. Thank you for putting it in that perspective.
