April 23, 2002
From the desk of Mindles H. Dreck:Culture of Victimology Goes Too Far, part 342
Investment News headlines a story on lottery winners as follows:
Lotteries cast winners adrift without tools to cope with life-altering check
I'm glad to see we are finally turning attention to the great harm done by thrusting millions of dollars on the unenlightened.
In related news, legislators are putting the final touches on an aid package for the unfairly disadvantaged people who are born "too good looking". "After all", says one sympathetic congressman, we can't just push these stunning individuals out into society without giving them the tools and counseling necessary to cope with the constant attention forced on them by their good looks."
As "Investment News" is geared towards money managers, you can imagine why they might spin this as a travesty, but aren't we looking a bit too hard for a victim?
Posted by Mindles H. Dreck at April 23, 2002 4:00 PM | Technorati inbound links"); ?>Notice the mag - it's for investment professionals. Naturally they don't want the lottery winners to run around loose without giving them some.
Posted by: Lauren Coats on April 23, 2002 4:53 PMPlease Lord, let me prove that I can cope with winning the lottery without it destroying my life.
Posted by: Greg Hlatky on April 23, 2002 9:54 PMComments are Closed.