Is it just me?

That, I must tell you, is a question which arises constantly in my life as I watch other people hopping up and down over this or that issue about which I either know nothing or care even less.  Sky News has gone completely overboard on this 'blood diamonds'/Naomi Campbell affair with its non-stop coverage.  I know it's August and real news is hard to come by but still, there are zillions dying in distress in Pakistan, India and China, to say nothing of the fact that poor old Putin is stumbling about in the Kremlin barking his shins on the furniture because of all the smoke and smog over Moscow.  On top of all that is the real 'Shlock-Horror' news, well, it's got poor old Councillor Piper in a proper tizz, that the Aston Villa manager has walked off the job - if you are one of my foreign readers don't ask me who or what 'Aston Villa' are, just ask Councillor Piper - if you have several hours to spare or you are not sleeping too well.  Where was I?  Oh yes, this 'blood diamonds' fuss about nothing.

Several bloggers, mostly socialist ones, have taken the opportunity to vent their (envious?) detestation of Naomi Campbell and hint darkly at her venality but I can't see it.  A particularly stupid and brutal mass-murderer of the sort for whom socialists used to agitate on their behalf, gave a bag of uncut diamonds to Ms. Campbell no doubt hoping? expecting? something in return which apparently he did not get which is yet another proof of his crass stupidity because even dumb clucks like me know that you only pay a whore - afterwards!  And so far as I know, Ms. Campbell who, whilst she might be the sort of woman about whom my old mother would have hinted, darkly, probably does not wear knickers, is not a whore.  In this case, just the opposite, she is on the side of the angels because she solicited, if you'll excuse the word, the diamonds in order to give them to a charity, which she did.  The former boss of the charity apparently, and so far inexplicably, failed to pass them on, but that has nothing to do with Ms. Campbell.

In fact, her predicament, if such it be, raises an interesting but theoretical moral dilemma.  If you are a beautiful woman who is anxious to raise as much money as possible for a worthwhile charity for homeless, hungry children and a lustful but rich old monster lavishes you with riches in the hopes of sexual favours which is the moral course of action?  To take the money for the charity and 'do the business', or take the money but not follow through, or refuse the money and let the starving children starve a bit more?

If I'm missing something in this story, no doubt someone will tell me!

 

Comments

[JuliaM]

No, it's certainly not just you!

[David Duff]

Thank God for that!

[ortega]

Maybe you'll like this Max Hasting's podcast,

http://www.pritzkermilitarylibrary.org/podcasts/

[dearieme]

Proposed:

(i) Ms. Campbell is famously dim and unpleasant. Normally lefties ask us to cherish the dim amd unpleasant but she's rich and beautiful. So lefties can pour scorn on her after all.

(ii) Ms. Campbell is black. In the leftie religion black people have to be above criticism, except perhaps military men such as Mr Taylor (for military men can always be criticised). So this is one of the few opportunities for a leftie to hurl abuse at a person of negritude without worrying about being charged with the thought-crime of racism, than which.....

(iii) The flying spittle also conveniently draws the spotlight from the apparently less than saintly behaviour of the charity chap. For lefties want us to believe that charity chaps are above suspicion.

Have I missed anything?

[David Duff]

Thanks, Ortega, and happily 'SoD' is visiting tomorrow so he can show me how to open it all up. As you know, I am a great admirer of Hastings.

Not a thing, 'DM', and the motion carried without a dissenting voice - yet!

[ortega]

Do not click on the line with the name Hastings on it (top of the page, labelled podcasts) but on the small 'play' sign on the right. Otherwise you'll only hear the conference.
It took me some time too. Something to do with military codes, I guess.

[hank]

David

Miss Campbell's profession is to be eye candy. Intelligence and common sense are not required.

But thank you for the explanation of the issue since it did not seem to be improtant enough to follow.

But if you are going to discuss eye candy can't we have a picture.

[David Duff]

THanks, Ortega, I'll let you know how I get on.

Hank, I have responded in a post above.

[Sister Wolf]

[...] She only "dates" billionaires.

(Sis, Sis, Sis, do you want me sued up hill and down dale? I love to hear from you but libel laws 'over here' are positively medieval. Give a guy a break!)