Let's donate everything we own to charity!

This morning, I was procrastinating and avoiding the imperative items on my to-do list, and read this article. For any of my paltry readership that cannot be bothering reading the article, it is about Paris Hilton. In my opinion at least, she is the cutest and prettiest heiress ever; despite the disdain that is afforded to her by most (although those who adjudge and reprobate her are probably the very same people who fap over pictures of her when nobody is looking).

One of the many accusations that Paris is subjected to is the view that she should donate all of her money to charities rather than engage in unrestrained shopping. This asseveration was expressed in a comment on that article, as reproduced below, complete with bad grammar and inarticulate ratiocination:

"children are dying in third world countries and she's wasting her money on that many shoes and converting what would have been a very nice (and expensive) house to her liking? it makes me feel sick. for every designer shoe that she brought i bet she could have saved a starving children. this *** is going to hell!"

Of course, I left a scathing comment in reply, however it is currently pending approval, meaning it will probably never grace the computer screens of those reading Paris Hilton articles. If people who are actually interested will never hear what I have to say on the matter, then the apathetic readers of my blog will.

It is ridiculous to suggest that those with money should donate it all to charity. That's like communism, but backwards- the result of such philosophies being implemented on a macro scale would be that there would be no incentive to work hard for anyone in society's upper crust. The whole point of earning money is to enjoy it- and in saying this I am not defending my own personal interests, because as you may well know, I am from quite a penurious household.

Most celebrities, Paris included, champion a few charities, however boring ventures like that do not make headlines, so not knowing this is perfectly excusable- even the fountain of knowledge that is Wikipedia doesn't give her charity work a mention. However to then state opinions like the one extracted from that site on a platform of ignorance is unethical and slanderous.

Paris Hilton supports a multitude of charities for a diverse range of causes, including ones for the poor "children in third world countries". This is a little-reported technicality and one of the many ventures her career has explored. Perhaps she is best known for her sex tapes- the court case that followed is also etched in the public mind. However one small detail seems to always be omitted from this well worn tale: she bequeathed the money that she was awarded in the lawsuit to a charity! But it is important to remember that charity donations are voluntary- despite the sizeable amounts she has contributed to various causes, she is in no way required to donate any of her fortune. She is absolutely entitled to enjoy her money however she would like, be that on her impressive refurbished house or endless rows of designer shoes. She shouldn't have to live a destitute life just because she was born into privilege.

Any declarations that Paris should give away all of her money engender the pertinent question of what they themselves have done to support charity. I suggest that the person who left the comment as cited above, sells the computer they used to browse and leave their uninformed thoughts all over the Internet; sells anything else of value that they happen to own, withdraw all of their savings from the bank; and donates all of the money to starving children in third world countries before passing judgments on others.