Oxfam and their dark secret

Subject: Oxfam and their dark secret.

How puritan we have become or is it the herd mentality ignited by the media and the luvies who set its agenda, which draws us in and we become so sensorial.

Oxfam one of the oldest of the many charity organisations which have grown their business to represent the aid benefit of millions of pounds donated by both the general public and government grants, (which we must remind ourselves is again our money), money distributed in times of disaster to the impoverished and stricken of this world. Perhaps it's the only case of "trickle down" actually working.

I and many others like me have become sceptical of the business model on which these business's are built with too much being skimmed  off on management overheads. 

Fat cats sitting in large offices in this country controlling the organisation for very substantial salaries. 

The men and women on the ground in the crisis zone, much like foreign correspondents are a breed of very individualistic  people, people who give up the 'nine till five' and settle amongst the turmoil of an earthquake region or a famine disaster seeing things we on the 'nine till five' would rather not see close up and smelly.

Like the travelling salesman or the seaman away from home the trespass of 'home comforts' is all around with the exploitative function of sex and prostitution never far away. It's always a two way street the woman who sells sex does so because there is, relatively speaking much more money to be made than in the local economy and of course in some countries the attitude to sex in general is far more healthy than in our own Presbyterian souls.

Men have fallen foul to the wiles of women since time began and in some South American countries or in parts of Asia the "oldest trade in the world" flourishes without censorship.

So we have a story of men who have fallen into the trap of needing solace through purchasing sex and suddenly, they are the devil incarnate. The press and our politicians mainly women are in a frenzy of indignation threatening to cut off (the surgical option is still denied them but watch this space) all funds which Oxfam distribute. 

Never mind the good they did, never mind the the misery they alleviate now being amplified by one of the largest players being ruled offside.  Only the scorn of the 'female sisterhood', which knows no bounds, is now on display and we all had better listen - otherwise.

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