Originally posted by Digitalis I'll raise you an Arab oil sheikh looking for a wife, an Indian family trying to reclaim the Koh-I-noor which was allegedly stolen from them by the british, and some red mercury.
As usual you guys are way out of my league, I had to fold after the Nigerian prince who needed a few thousand to handle the legal costs of getting his hands on his inheritance. My mail filter must work better than yours.
I was tempted to help out that Nigerian prince, just cause I'm a nice guy.. I mean, really.. he needed help. I always give a couple bucks to those guys begging for coffee money outside the subway in TO. Over the years it's probably added up to the 2 grand this guy was asking for. (I never put more change in my pocket than I'm willing to hand out to beggars, because at the end of the day in TO (Toronto) it's going to all be gone.) Why not this Nigerian prince? Should I discriminate against him, just because he might be rich soon?
It's the principal of the the thing.
" If a man asks for your coat, give him your cloak as well." If he asked for $2000, I should have sent him $5000.
Most decent people are to ashamed to ask for as much as they actually need. He probably needed a lot more than he was asking for.