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It doesn't matter if Sam is donating the money to charity. Fact is that he stole money from kind-hearted people who thought they were buying coffee for others.
by ltamake 15y ago
It doesn't matter if Sam is donating the money to charity. Fact is that he stole money from kind-hearted people who thought they were buying coffee for others. Like I said in the other comments, you wouldn't rob a bank and then try to make up for it by donating all that money to charity, right?
- smoyer 15y agoHmmm ... robin Hood was deemed a hero by the common folk and a villain in the eyes of the law. And perhaps Sam will be viewed the same way as he "pilfered" coffee from the rich and fed children with the proceeds. Certainly he'll be a hero to those kids. But the more interesting facet of this story (to me) is that everyone is so clearly on one side or the other. I'd love to run a sociology experiment that tried to determine how those lines were drawn.
- Hyena 15y agoRobin Hood was largely stealing from a landed Norman aristocracy which had conquered and subjugated the people he was giving to. That's the context for the legend. Try again.