{"id":4435,"date":"2012-07-17T19:41:31","date_gmt":"2012-07-17T11:41:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/?p=4435"},"modified":"2012-07-17T19:41:31","modified_gmt":"2012-07-17T11:41:31","slug":"whither-conscience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/?p=4435","title":{"rendered":"Whither Conscience?"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>How does one make sense of charities that enrich the top dogs running the organizations? (How rich? (i) from HDB flat dwelling to Sentosa Cove penthouse and a mansion in Hollywood (ii) horse-buying (iii) $25K\/mth &#8216;peanuts&#8217; salary, 1st class travels and gold plated tap). Can there be real charity when wolves in sheep&#8217;s clothing are running the show?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Just when the depressing thought that Conscience had gone to the dogs(!), up popped an *article in the S.T &#8211; about a wealthy entrepreneur setting up&nbsp; orphanages in&nbsp; countries where the poor\/needy are left to fence for themselves &#8211;&nbsp; to revive the drooping spirit. :) His mission is to empower the poor with the skills to lift themselves (and their families) out of abject poverty. <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>With his revelation in the press, especially the one on how the charity dollar is spent, Conscience has a chance to return as the main ingredient in the making of a moral compass. <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>(a personal opinion)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>*S.T. Friday 13\/7\/2012, page A32 <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How does one make sense of charities that enrich the top dogs running the organizations? (How rich? (i) from HDB flat dwelling to Sentosa Cove penthouse and a mansion in Hollywood (ii) horse-buying (iii) $25K\/mth &#8216;peanuts&#8217; salary, 1st class travels and gold plated tap). Can there be real charity when wolves in sheep&#8217;s clothing are &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/?p=4435\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Whither Conscience?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":760,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reflections"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/760"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4435"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4435\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}