What can money buy?
Anything and everything, except for intrinsic values and probably real happiness.
Comfort- yes, respect -yes, position - yes, power – yes, very much so, admiration - yes, beauty -yes, freedom – of course, the list is long.
Health to a certain degree, everlasting life - no, happiness - depends on how you define it and what makes you happy.
It can keep you out of jail too!
A true story!
His father was a bootlegger and made an absolute fortune. Years later this fact was swept under the carpet and he then became known (remembered) as an industrialist. You can buy that too.
His mother was the most ambitious matriarch you can imagine...
And one evening after a party he (married at the time) drove a pretty little girl ‘home’ ( ? ) but ended up going over a bridge into the water and she drowned.
The very sad and most suspicious aspect of this event was that he did not immediately notify the police (or 911) but only after speaking to his lawyer the next morning - nine hours later and probably after he sobered up.
He was never arrested or charged with manslaughter or negligence or even failure to report an accident.
Was he guilty? How would we know for sure? With behaviour like this he probably was............yet he never got to go to a court of justice to decide his guilt or innocence.
Money made the difference, because where the ordinary man whose father is an ordinary wage earner would have been locked up and charged he was simply able to walk away. He certainly continued to live a life of luxury, privilege and affluence..............
She was dead and her family and friends probably never had closure.
Now he has died and become a national hero. Great things are now contributed to him. If you can afford to buy the media, they will report that you are able to walk on water.
Who said life is fair?
http://www.life.com/image/first/in-gallery/33002/the-kennedys-power-and-tragedy?xid=newsletter
The author of Power, Privilege and Justice –a program by DD on exactly the same subject – how money can make a difference to the life of a perpetrator.
Anything and everything, except for intrinsic values and probably real happiness.
Comfort- yes, respect -yes, position - yes, power – yes, very much so, admiration - yes, beauty -yes, freedom – of course, the list is long.
Health to a certain degree, everlasting life - no, happiness - depends on how you define it and what makes you happy.
It can keep you out of jail too!
A true story!
His father was a bootlegger and made an absolute fortune. Years later this fact was swept under the carpet and he then became known (remembered) as an industrialist. You can buy that too.
His mother was the most ambitious matriarch you can imagine...
And one evening after a party he (married at the time) drove a pretty little girl ‘home’ ( ? ) but ended up going over a bridge into the water and she drowned.
The very sad and most suspicious aspect of this event was that he did not immediately notify the police (or 911) but only after speaking to his lawyer the next morning - nine hours later and probably after he sobered up.
He was never arrested or charged with manslaughter or negligence or even failure to report an accident.
Was he guilty? How would we know for sure? With behaviour like this he probably was............yet he never got to go to a court of justice to decide his guilt or innocence.
Money made the difference, because where the ordinary man whose father is an ordinary wage earner would have been locked up and charged he was simply able to walk away. He certainly continued to live a life of luxury, privilege and affluence..............
She was dead and her family and friends probably never had closure.
Now he has died and become a national hero. Great things are now contributed to him. If you can afford to buy the media, they will report that you are able to walk on water.
Who said life is fair?
http://www.life.com/image/first/in-gallery/33002/the-kennedys-power-and-tragedy?xid=newsletter
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Sad to hear of Dominick Dunne’s death.
Sad to hear of Dominick Dunne’s death.
The author of Power, Privilege and Justice –a program by DD on exactly the same subject – how money can make a difference to the life of a perpetrator.
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