In my opinion, there is nothing "right-thinking" about selfish behavior. I sure hope your family is never devastated by a natural disaster and then you need charitable assistance. I have plenty of money--I can share it with organizations that have the ability to go over there and help. I cannot physically go over there so I will do the next best thing--send someone in my place with goods and services that I have paid for.
Your "thinking" is twisted, cwiz24.
It is not "selfish", it is the ability to see through the smokescreen.
I resent the annual $1 trillion dollars of forced "charitiable" giving (wealth transfer of taxpayers to nontaxpayers). THis money could be used to fund disaster relief--instead, it is wasted.
I am appalled we give money to the PLO terrorists and terrorists of many nations.
I know dman well that money for tsunami "victims" will not reach the "victims". Most will go to corrupt officials or be lost in "administrative expense".
I know clearly that much "charitable giving" gets into the hands of terrorists who build bombs that kill Americans.
I (we) am/are not "selfish". We are astute observers of reality. You are in lala land.