Giving to charity should be a personal decision, not something used to raise one's own profile or to prove a point. His email to Jonathan, and his subsequently

Giving to charity should be a personal decision, not something used to raise one's own profile or to prove a point. His email to Jonathan, and his subsequently passive aggressive "olive branch" reply also demonstrate how he's totally failed to get that this is a community reaction, he's abused a commons, for which he is rightly getting castigated. With any luck, he'll grow up, realise that his narrow world-view isn't inherently superior other people's. If he really wants to show he cares, he should donate his own time, and his own money to worthwhile causes. Sam - go spend a month somewhere like Uganda, there is a huge amount to do - I can even hook you up with a couple of charity contacts if you want.