Firstly ebay dont allow illegal transactions and the transactions werent illegal..
Secondly, Geldof wanted people to shut down ebay...
..how much money is generated on ebay for charity??? who knows? Geldof?...nah lets just shut it down
Thirdly...how do we know where the money was going from...
which is fine, the whole miracle thing is just my opinion... But anyways, i dont know, its like myths, logically, most stories or exaggerated over time you know? And you say that a few parts are obviously metaphorical... so why cant moses be metaphorical? Why cant the whole book be that way...
I'd to thank the following:
The Incredible Hulk; for making me want to pick up heavy things and throw them!
The Six-million Dollar Man; for making me want to run really slow!
Kung Fu; for helping me to destroy countless sheets of rice paper!
Dukes of Hazzard; for making me turn to joyriding...
Such things do exist (in various forms of course), but all you're really doing is treating a symptom. If you aren't working to fix the underlying problems, then things wont improve.
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