tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10694316.post7583474772291615992..comments2024-03-27T20:10:46.984-07:00Comments on The Rambling Taoist: The Illusion of Humane PhilanthropyThe Rambling Taoisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04730292897416827840noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10694316.post-3158188246612962212007-01-10T14:02:00.000-08:002007-01-10T14:02:00.000-08:00Unfortunately, the minuses will always be greater ...Unfortunately, the minuses will always be greater than the pluses, so let's just take the pluses where we can find them and don't go peering into the mouth of that gift horse.<br />Having said that, I want to point out that the charitable sector of the Gates foundation is seperated from the investment sector by a so-called firewall. Presumably Bill Gates isn't aware of the investments made in his name in some very unsavory areas. Now that it has been made public,it will probably be rectified. <br />Public opinion can be a very strong deterrant to such questionable practices and I doubt that Bill Gates and Warren Buffet want to be remembered as the super-rich moguls who backed slavery and other crimes against humanity all in the name of Doing Good Deeds.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com