Free Money Finance has a great guest post about giving generously during hard times. I encourage everyone to read it.

One particular section, however, has elicited a few negative responses.

Stories like this one are written in an attempt to make me feel some kind of empathy for the people described. But while I might be sobbing after reading this sob story, it's not because I feel sorry for the people involved – it's because I feel sorry that such people even exist in this world.

That might sound a little harsh, but let me do some proof-texting for you to make a point: