I said anyone who BELIEVES charity is a cold grey loveless thing is a cunt - though they may just be saying it as part of a dramatic statement.
Because in saying that they belittle the efforts of honest fundraisers, generous folk who give their time, and worthy organisations everywhere, including the people on here who have run marathons or coffee mornings, or supported charity through badge donations etc.
They do that from a desire to help - and that tends to come from a warm heart.
What about the work that the Saints Foundation does across the world, is that cold and loveless?
I believe it is done with genuine concern and in an effort to help people.
What about the efforts that Frannie Benali went to for Cancer Research, do you want to tell him that helping people is a bad thing?
So I disagree with you @pap , I believe that charity is worthy, noble and positive for a society where people help others worse off than themselves.
Even though Attlee did loads of good stuff, he made a right hamfisted job of getting across a message on this one and sounded like a cunt - which I suspect was not his intention.
If a rich man (or any man) wants to help the poor he needs to do more than pay his taxes. If it werent for charitable causes this country would be in a much worse state. For example, there would be no Air Ambulance, that saves countless lives in the SE every year. Research on cancer, heart disease etc would suffer. No point in going on but as we all know, it takes more than taxes to fund good deeds.