Seriously?

Would you like to know how much this "Six-panel Mahogany Pet Gate" costs?
$399.
Sick.

To guilt children into eating their vegetables, Moms often pull the "maybe-we-should-send-it-to-the-starving-kids-in-China" card. This is the ultimate (OK, maybe not ultimate, but a pretty decent) example of this concept. Four hundred dollars for a pet gate!?!? I wonder how many meals $400 would be for an Ugandan family or how many immunizations it would provide for a village in Ethiopia. We live in such disgusting excess in this country. But I don't know how to change anything or make a difference really. It's not like I can change our culture.

Then I wonder: If I were rich, would I buy a pet gate like that? Well, no because I don't like dogs. But I would probably buy a stellar recording studio which would be a LOT more than $400. So who am I kidding? I guess the best thing I can do is try to change my own selfishness, keep paying my tithing and try to help people in whatever way I can.....(and discourage them from buying $400 pet gates.)