8.01.2011
three cups of deceit
Jon Krakauer's expose of Greg Mortenson's Three Cups of Tea made me sick. I felt conned by Mortenson's embellishments and lies. Krakauer paints Mortenson as a greedy man who uses the charity's funds for private jets and other obscenely unnecessary travel expenses. He sheds light on the falsified stories at the heart of the book. And he exposes schools left empty with no children using them due to lack of support beyond a physical structure. I was so angered during the couple hours it took to read the book. Then, when I really thought about it, I realized that Krakauer, while he may be right, is now hurting the thousands of girls in Pakistan and Afghanistan who do benefit from the good that Mortenson does do in spite of the lies. While I do appreciate the truth, there had to be a better way to deal with deceit.
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