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"Be careful not to do your ..acts of righteousness’ before men, to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.

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"So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by men. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full.

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But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,

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so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

Matthew 6:1-4

There’s a plague.

This plague is characterised by so-called celebrities and public figures being seen to do good in order to raise money for charity whilst smiling or putting on strained and desperately genuine pained faces on swannies to Africa and often (co-incidentlly of course) improving both their own public figure and their earning potential...

Uncle Sir Bob Hero Geldof started it with LIVE AID, since when (unless I’m very much mistaken) the world has remained more or less the same old bitch, yet everyone who likes to be SEEN to be doing good gets involved in

HIGHLY VISIBLE

charity, because they don’t have any other more creative idea what else to do with their often voluminous spare time...


This last weekend has seen just such a ding dong: Sport Relief weekend.

Sport Relief is basically a big TV HOOPLA ’in aid of’ charity.

The idea is that everyone takes a collective breath of do gooding air, convinces themselves they are ’making a difference’ to the world by dressing up as a chicken to raise money for a host of worthy causes (both here and abroad (so as to include even the folk (and there are many) who HATE the idea of giving THEIR HARD EARNED money to the third world or foreigners of any kind)).

Yes boss, throughout this week - particularly concentrated on the weekend, TV viewers have been bombarded with this self righteous drones taking part in mild physical exercise or spoof versions of famours TV shows, or celebrity boxing matches, (NEXT YEAR: PAUL GIOVANNI £RD VS JONATHON ROSS - I’M GONNA FUCKING KILL HIM!!!!)) or hilarious routines where one TV professional sits and congratulates another on how good they are at their jobs to widespread applause...

Everyone whoops and cheers, 40 or 50 million gets raised (just under a £ per head of population) and on Monday everyone goes back to their jobs of trading in unfair products (I’m presuming all those not marked as being ’fair’ in supermarkets ar in fact unfairly traded?!?), dealing arms, managing and investing the vast profits of this notoriously cheap and mean spirited country, quite sure they have made a very big effort to SAVE THE WORLD AND BRING ABOUT EQUALITY AND EXCITING NEW HOLIDAY DESTINATIONS!!!


Well I don’t buy it...

I mean followers of Christ claim he died on the cross for our sins - to make the world a better place, and if the death of gods one and only son didn’t change a damn thing about human nature, I very much doubt third rate TV celebrities running a couple of miles dressed as a carrot is gonna cut any fundamental major change other than to their ugly little faces...


Yes boss, frankly I find the whole shebang very ugly.

It’s a collective guilt pressure relief valve blasting off that allows folk to ignore the real disparity of wealth, and this valve makes a shrill and wholly unpleasant and rather piercing

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So, Sport Relief can lick my balls and semi-professional do gooders can do likewise.

I’m professionally mean and very proud that neither of my hands know what the other is doing, because I simply couldn’t give a monkeys ass as to what anyone else thinks about how I spend my days or what good or bad results might come from my mostly completely selfish actions...

Yes boss, I spend so much time looking at myself in shop windows, to even notice the homeless people anymore and I’m proud of that fact....


THERE ENDETH TODAYS LESSON!!!

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Currently listening : Do They Know It's Christmas? By Band Aid 20 Release date: By 25 January, 2005

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	Renski von Wankstein	LIGHTEN UP, GRANDAD. Posted by Renski von Wankstein on Sunday, March 16, 2008 at 16:07 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	: THE FUTUREPROOF MUSIC BLOG BY PIOUS GIOVANNI :	Offensive noises hurt my ears... Posted by : THE FUTUREPROOF MUSIC BLOG BY PIOUS GIOVANNI : on Sunday, March 16, 2008 at 16:17 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	: THE FUTUREPROOF MUSIC BLOG BY PIOUS GIOVANNI :	Oh and I find it hard to not preach a sermon on a Sunday morning... Posted by : THE FUTUREPROOF MUSIC BLOG BY PIOUS GIOVANNI : on Sunday, March 16, 2008 at 16:26 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	Renski von Wankstein	I'LL SHUT UP THEN...))))))))))))) Posted by Renski von Wankstein on Sunday, March 16, 2008 at 16:25 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	: THE FUTUREPROOF MUSIC BLOG BY PIOUS GIOVANNI :	If you do, I might well set up a charity to restore your voice to it's former glory... Posted by : THE FUTUREPROOF MUSIC BLOG BY PIOUS GIOVANNI : on Sunday, March 16, 2008 at 16:26 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	Renski von Wankstein	MAKE MEANINGFUL SILENCE HISTORY.ORG Posted by Renski von Wankstein on Sunday, March 16, 2008 at 16:30 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	: THE FUTUREPROOF MUSIC BLOG BY PIOUS GIOVANNI :	I've got plans to set up several new charities this year: Immigrants Against immigration INTELLECTUALS SHUT UP!!! & it's sister charity POP STARS SHUT UP!!! Posted by : THE FUTUREPROOF MUSIC BLOG BY PIOUS GIOVANNI : on Sunday, March 16, 2008 at 16:38 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	La Paloma, the Queen of Infinity	and christ is the biggest pop star of them all. what a media even that execution was. Posted by La Paloma, the Queen of Infinity on Sunday, March 16, 2008 at 17:16 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	Colossus	! I so wanna point out that money is being made to help people regardless of the motive behind the patrons of the events u speak of. Something tells me that I have just walked into a honey trap of sorts though... Seriously though...if what they do encourages others to do shit on a regular basis that can't be bad? We NEED to try to do more in our lives for others...the pro's outweigh the cons. Spider xx Posted by Colossus on Sunday, March 16, 2008 at 17:58 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	: THE FUTUREPROOF MUSIC BLOG BY PIOUS GIOVANNI :	I simply don't see the world to be any better as a result of this boomtime in charities - meanwhile I see a lot of administrators in charities getting moderately wealthy and endless guilt being heaped on people regardless of their actual guilt level... I think it's a complete waste of time trying to please other people with our lives. I also think it's inherently dishonest. If all these Sport Relief runners really gave a fuck about other people they'd do a whole lot more than run a mile in the rain... Charity strikes me as paying lipservice - saving face.. Posted by : THE FUTUREPROOF MUSIC BLOG BY PIOUS GIOVANNI : on Sunday, March 16, 2008 at 18:10 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	: THE FUTUREPROOF MUSIC BLOG BY PIOUS GIOVANNI :	Jesus does my head in... Posted by : THE FUTUREPROOF MUSIC BLOG BY PIOUS GIOVANNI : on Sunday, March 16, 2008 at 17:52 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	Colossus	He's had too many people talk on his behalf...it's not Christ...it's his followers who have fucked it all up. Spider xx Posted by Colossus on Sunday, March 16, 2008 at 17:59 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	: THE FUTUREPROOF MUSIC BLOG BY PIOUS GIOVANNI :	The problem is no-one even knows what he did actually say or even if he actually existed... Posted by : THE FUTUREPROOF MUSIC BLOG BY PIOUS GIOVANNI : on Sunday, March 16, 2008 at 18:14 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	Emily	Agreed totally. My attitude is that celebs should just be up front with their shallowness. Why not admit that you're doing it for the publicity. I'd have more respect for their honesty than some stupidly well-meaning "faces of concern" and endlessly idiotic press conferences. Posted by Emily on Sunday, March 16, 2008 at 18:10 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	Colossus	I don't think they can allow themselves to be that forward/honest Emily. They are afraid of the comprimise they would have in the integrity game...a commodity that most of them seemingly don't really understand Posted by Colossus on Sunday, March 16, 2008 at 18:13 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	: THE FUTUREPROOF MUSIC BLOG BY PIOUS GIOVANNI :	I think some of them are doing it to try and find or save their souls after having lived a life of selfishness. I'd rather they didn't bother. Just go and live in your palaces and LOVE IT!!! Posted by : THE FUTUREPROOF MUSIC BLOG BY PIOUS GIOVANNI : on Sunday, March 16, 2008 at 18:13 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	Emily	In the US, we have a vapid show called "Entertainment Tonight" which basically functions to kiss celebrity asses. Everytime a celeb does a "good deed" it is broadcasted all over this show, as if to say "We really do care!" Invariably the celeb is dressed in a "mature" outfit: a business suit and some tortoiseshell glasses (BECAUSE GLASSES = INTELLIGENCE!). I mean, practically every famous person in the US has done this on this TV show. I'd rather celebrities just "own" their selfishness on Entertainment Tonight: "Tonight the Olsen Twins have decided to shun charity work, and they will be at the Ritz snorting anthills of cocaine off the floor" Posted by Emily on Sunday, March 16, 2008 at 18:53 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	: THE FUTUREPROOF MUSIC BLOG BY PIOUS GIOVANNI :	That would be much better to watch than these fuckers cycling from John O'Groats to Lands End... Check Pt 2 for details of the Uk equivalent of that show... Posted by : THE FUTUREPROOF MUSIC BLOG BY PIOUS GIOVANNI : on Sunday, March 16, 2008 at 18:58 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	Colossus	! Posted by Colossus on Sunday, March 16, 2008 at 18:14 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	Clinker	Sir Bobs efforts for Africa in the 80s did more harm than good anyway. The people who needed the help didn't get it and the money just went into the wrong hands. Posted by Clinker on Sunday, March 16, 2008 at 23:10 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	: THE FUTUREPROOF MUSIC BLOG BY PIOUS GIOVANNI :	I often wonder what might happen if everyone gave up charity over night??? Posted by : THE FUTUREPROOF MUSIC BLOG BY PIOUS GIOVANNI : on Sunday, March 16, 2008 at 23:13 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	Colossus	Not that it would but... What do you think would happen? Spider xx Posted by Colossus on Monday, March 17, 2008 at 01:04 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	: THE FUTUREPROOF MUSIC BLOG BY PIOUS GIOVANNI :	I think the world would be much the same or maybe even slightly better... I'm not talking charity as in people helping on another out in times of trouble, so much as organised charity. The whole idea of organised charity seems to be getting out of hand... Posted by : THE FUTUREPROOF MUSIC BLOG BY PIOUS GIOVANNI : on Monday, March 17, 2008 at 01:13 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	Colossus	I really don't know man... I currently fundraise for SCOPE who provide services and campaign to ensure that parents are given the right support and information when their child is diagnosed cerebral palsy. They have been making countless achievements over the past 54 years...without the VALUABLE support from the public they would'nt make an impact on the lives of others who NEED them. Spider xx Posted by Colossus on Monday, March 17, 2008 at 15:44 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	: THE FUTUREPROOF MUSIC BLOG BY PIOUS GIOVANNI :	Most of the work that is done by charities should be looked after by the government, the rest should be looked after by the community and neighbours... Of course this government is too busy pissing money up the wall on wars to secure resources and future economic markets to bother with this kind of work so it's left to the voluntary sector... Like I said in the other comment, I dislike the structure and organisation of charities at the moment. Too many people are making lots of money out of so called charitable work.. I'm not unaware of the issues. I have a handicapped brother and I know how hard it is for people in that position.. But it's my belief that if people spent a little less time making money and a little more taking active responsibility for the weaker people in their community charities wouldn't need to exist... Posted by : THE FUTUREPROOF MUSIC BLOG BY PIOUS GIOVANNI : on Monday, March 17, 2008 at 18:59 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	The Cupid Kinkyboots Fan Club	Um. I just forgot what I was going to say. Posted by The Cupid Kinkyboots Fan Club on Tuesday, March 18, 2008 at 08:30 [Remove] [Reply to this]

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THINK WOMAN THINK!!! Posted by : THE FUTUREPROOF MUSIC BLOG BY PIOUS GIOVANNI : on Tuesday, March 18, 2008 at 19:26 [Remove] [Reply to this]