{"id":14856,"date":"2012-06-06T19:25:04","date_gmt":"2012-06-06T18:25:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agert.homelinux.org\/WorldPress\/?p=14856"},"modified":"2012-06-06T19:25:04","modified_gmt":"2012-06-06T18:25:04","slug":"begging-in-the-streets-of-rome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fatherben.se\/wordpress\/begging-in-the-streets-of-rome\/","title":{"rendered":"Begging in the streets of Rome \u00a4\u00a4\u00a4"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two beggars are sitting side by side on a street in Rome, Italy. One has a\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>Cross<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em>\u00a0in front of him; the other one is holding the\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>Star of David.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n

Many people go by, look at both beggars, but only put money into the hat of the beggar sitting behind the Cross.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The Pope comes by. He stops to watch the throngs of people giving money to the beggar who holds the Cross while none give to the beggar holding the Star of David.<\/p>\n

Finally, the Pope approaches the beggar with the Star of David and says, ”My poor fellow, don’t you understand? This is a Catholic country; this city is the seat of Catholicism. People aren’t going to give you money if you sit there with a Star of David in front of you, especially when you’re sitting beside a beggar who is holding a Cross.
\nIn fact, they would probably give more money to him just out of spite.”<\/p>\n

The beggar with the Star of David listened to the Pope, smiled, and turned to the beggar with the Cross and said,<\/p>\n

”Moshe<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em>, would you look who’s trying to teach the\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>Goldstein brothers<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em>\u00a0about marketing!”<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

A contribution from my friend Bent in Roskilde Denmark<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Two beggars are sitting side by side on a street in Rome, Italy. One has a\u00a0Cross\u00a0in front of him; the other one is holding the\u00a0Star of David. Many people go by, look at both beggars, but only put money into the hat of the beggar sitting behind the Cross. The Pope comes by. 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