Lenny, he received a service from them first
It doesn't matter. If gift giving to an SP meets the definition of philanthropy, then that's what it is, period.
There are two separate episodes of totally different types of handing over the dough, one at the shop & the other after the deed was done. The first was obligated payment for services to be recieved. The second was a gift freely given, not required.
according to your thinking every person who goes to a restaurant or receives a service is doing philanthropic work by giving a tip
No, only those "tips" that meet a definition of philanthropy are philanthropic. Which one do you want to use:
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/philanthropy
This isn't about paying a mandatory "tip" at an American restaurant. It's about freewill voluntary tips which automaticly puts them in the same class as gifts such as presents (e.g. flowers, chocolates, lingerie) & charitable donations.
This regards Asia where tipping is not usually required or even the custom, let alone huge amounts up to at least 100% of the cost of service. In particular PI SP's to whom The Tantalizer knows so-called "tips" are completely optional.
BTW, how many guys in Canada gift a $300 an hour sex worker an additional $300? How often does Mr. T tip Canadian SP's at the rate that he tips PI SP's?
As he says:
"Cost of 40+ erotic encounters (incl. generous tips & 10 overnighters): about $2000 Note: Tips are optional. If you're super budget-conscious, you don't have to tip at all and can pick lovely P800 girls, in which case 40 poons would be about $760)."
So if it's $760 for 40 poons & the rest of the $2000 is in "tips", that's over 160% in "tips".
If the gift he gives the SP is money & called a tip, it may be philanthropy.
If the gift he gives the SP is clothing & called a present, it may be philanthropy.
If the gift he gives the SP is offering to donate to the charity of her choice & called a charitable donation, it may be philanthropy.
All of these things - tip, present, charity, donation - in the above context are synonymous with each other, can be used interchangably, & are equally a gift. If these gifts meet the definition of philanthropy, then it's philanthropic gift giving.
which is what he did, he gave tips to sex workers
In what definition of philanthropy are "tips" or "sex workers" excluded? They can be the recipients of gifts, presents, & charitable donations like tips just like a hungry homeless person.
It doesn't matter if she sucked his balls for bills before hand or spent the whole day painting his house.
hardly what the definition of "out of the goodness of his heart" is or even remotely what the spirit of the phrase intends
So according to you a guy can't gift a sex worker with something "out of the goodness of his heart"? in this case SP's in poverty striken PI, just ravaged by a natural disaster? No doubt a lot of customers and workers in the business would disagree.
It can be just as much a philanthropic gift if he gives it to her immediately after a session or a year later apart from any sex. Calling one a tip and the other a present or donation is just a play of words about two things that can be in essence exactly the same.
he went half way around the world to take advantage of the economic conditions there
1. So IOW unlike you he's a savy buyer. And you're envious.
2. Another comment that is not pertinent to the topic of particular acts of extremely generous giving (so-called tips) and whether they qualify as being charitable, free, without any obligations from the recipient & philanthropic.
3. on previous trips he engaged in philanthropic giving, so why couldn't that have still been in his heart & intentions prior to the most recent trip as well?
4. His tagline: "Leave them better than you find them."
which is fine, his choice, but it isn't philanthropic
if he also went out of his way to give to the some of the other 70 million or so poor there in anyway, without having sex with them, I might buy it
You "might" buy it? Where in the definition of "philanthropy" does it rule out sex workers or include them only if you also gave a penny to a street beggar in Angeles City?
I'll try and start deducting the tips with Revenue Canada and see how that goes
Sure & while you're at it try deducting those meals you bought for the hungry homeless & street workers in the VCR DTES. Let me know how RC responds.