Really good article, “Why I Don’t Give to Beggars”. It gave me pause. Thanks.
Sean Penn and model Petra Nemcova at a press conference in Cannes, France, on Friday before a gala fund-raiser for three charities doing relief work in Haiti. (Stephanie Reix / EPA / May 18, 20
In Cannes, Sean Penn accuses entire world of failing Haiti Dear Everybody-in-the-World: Sean Penn is very, very disappointed. You never call, you never write heck, when it comes to rebuilding Haiti, you probably never even cared in the first place.
Penn spoke plainly Friday at the Cannes Film Festival just hours before a gala fund-raiser to benefit three charities working in the earthquake-ravaged country.
Its not only celebrities who went for a day, he told a roomful of journalists at a news conference, choosing language that prevents us from conveying the full texture of his opinion.
Its the whole world. Its all of you.
Even you, President Obama -- though POTUS was at least labeled formidable and elegant as the actor declared it time that he stand side-by-side with just-inaugurated Haitian President Michel Martelly.".....