War criminal and author donates proceeds to Survivor’s Association.

Imagine for a moment if you will, Adolf Hitler, not having topped himself, but deciding to donate the proceeds from his best-seller, “Mein Kampf”, to the Holocaust Survivors’ Association, in admiration and respect for all he had put them through. ( No, Mr Dinner-Jacket, you may not make a comment on the Holocaust)

Would they ponder for a moment or so, before eagerly accepting his generosity…or would they be saying to themselves, “Hang on a minute, this is the bastard who got us into this mess in the first place?”

What does our panel think – an act of supreme generosity, or a calculated ploy?

Perhaps the end justifies the means after all – the imponderable of Camus’ Les Justes.

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Author: coldwaterjohn

CWJ travelled extensively with his family, having worked in eleven countries over thirty years. A keen photographer, holding a Private Pilot's Licence, he focuses mainly on landscape and aerial imagery. Having worked in the Middle East extensively he follows developments in that region with particular interest, and views with growing concern, the radicalisation flowing from Islamic fundamentalism, and the intolerance for opposing views, stemming from it.

8 thoughts on “War criminal and author donates proceeds to Survivor’s Association.”

  2. CWJ – Personally, I think it is primarily a tax deductible dodge. Furthermore, it is said “all profits” will be donated rather than “all proceeds”, which should be viewed in much the same way as Slick Willie’s “I did not have sex with that woman, Miss Lewinsky”. Technically, Clinton may not have “had sex”, but……so presumably the £4.5 million lump-sum advance to another smooth-talking lawyer-politician is not yet secure either.

    Having said that, even if the RBL receives the advance AND the profits, it will not alter my opinion of Tony B. Liar one iota.

    OZ

  3. RC Bliar has a bad conscience and believes like the rest of his metaphysical persuasion that he can buy salvation. Same dept. as non-celibate priests.

  6. OZ, in amplification of your comments, my, perhaps imperfect, understanding of the world of publishing is that a Publisher’s Advance is just that, to be repaid, or set against any profits from the sale of the book, which would accrue to the author from its sales.

  7. This action may salve Blair’s conscience (if he has one) – but it is a cynical ploy to enhance his reputation… and I doubt that it will.

  8. OZ a partial correction to my earlier assumption – apparently a Publisher’s advance is the publisher taking a punt on the likely sales of a book. If it doesn’t sell enough to have generated that level of profit for the author, the author keeps the difference, and the publisher loses. If it generates more, the author takes whatever his agreed split is on the additional sales.

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