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The commodification of kindness. (First Person).(Column)
A COUPLE of elegant envelopes arrived by post. One held an invitation to a charity luncheon under a marquee, the other an offer to attend a candlelight supper in aid of another charity. A good time would be had by all. How pleasant to meet like-minded people, to sip chenin blanc and engage in pleasant conversation. We would feel good about ourselves, as we would be seen to care.
My mind went back to the 1930s, to a little shop in Prague and a girl who watched her mother put aside notes and coins for distribution to the needy. The little gift was fascinated by nuns in black garb and monks in white cassocks, who called regularly for their donations. An eccentric ...
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