Precisely. She has a LOT of money and opportunity on her side. I don't want people scorning her for making her choice, but I want her to be clear that she was ABLE to AFFORD that genetic testing, the surgeries - she literally had all the ability to do whatever she wanted and needed. And many others just... don't. Can't. Not possible.
I would LOVE to see Angelina address the issue of her luxury versus other people's poverty in these cases. She seems to love being charitable and generous. Maybe she should sent up some kind of charity work to actually help lower income women get the kind of testing she got. She keeps saying that she "makes a stupid amount of money" and I know she gives a lot to charity. But she still has a LOT of money. And if she really does make a "stupid amount of money" and she has now made it public and clear that she got these expensive genetic testings and elective prophylactic surgeries, then can she actually DO anything with it? See, she and Brad like to travel all over the world with their family on high class luxury aircrafts, buy the kids extremely expensive clothing that they just keep growing out of. That's something that bothers me about her. The fact that she is so charitable, but she deliberately spends so, so, so much money on personal things for her children that don't need to cost so much, you know? She is still one of my favorite celebrities. But because she was born into wealth and is one of the wealthiest people in the country and happily tosses all that wealth at things that are not truly needed... I feel a little uncomfortable. Does that make sense?
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Date: 2013-05-17 06:35 pm (UTC)I would LOVE to see Angelina address the issue of her luxury versus other people's poverty in these cases. She seems to love being charitable and generous. Maybe she should sent up some kind of charity work to actually help lower income women get the kind of testing she got. She keeps saying that she "makes a stupid amount of money" and I know she gives a lot to charity. But she still has a LOT of money.
And if she really does make a "stupid amount of money" and she has now made it public and clear that she got these expensive genetic testings and elective prophylactic surgeries, then can she actually DO anything with it?
See, she and Brad like to travel all over the world with their family on high class luxury aircrafts, buy the kids extremely expensive clothing that they just keep growing out of. That's something that bothers me about her. The fact that she is so charitable, but she deliberately spends so, so, so much money on personal things for her children that don't need to cost so much, you know? She is still one of my favorite celebrities. But because she was born into wealth and is one of the wealthiest people in the country and happily tosses all that wealth at things that are not truly needed... I feel a little uncomfortable.
Does that make sense?