what about the 38,000 children who die each night due to a problem no more incurable than clean drinking water and a cup or rice? When there is too much money on hand, a person spends, and spends it well, on 'foods' that serve no real purpose other than to be written up as an expendature and therefore a reason to communicate to the world the essential idea, "I have my needs funded, plus I am spending the money you need for your needs, too." What do you think, then, about white truffles? Are they helping the world's needs get met, or are they a way of spending the world's share of resources for one's own self and family? At that, are white (or black) truffles a way to share resources, other than by the taxes paid on them and, as such, are those taxes going primarely to water and rice projects or the military, the roads and the tax collectors who systematically try to enforce the rules and codes to attempt to help the middle and upper clasess to get better returns on their real estate investments? So, I implore you, why not boycott all truffles this year, instead giving to the impoverished of the world, so you may have some hope of being truly human beyond all those material possessions and other showy glossy things.

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