No, I take that back. I don't like being approached on the street, or by charities, because they make me think that I owe something because I have a share in whatever brought them to this state, and that is untrue and irritating. Whether it is some bum standing on the street, or a huge billboard depicting starving children in Africa, they are saying, "If your life is better than this, it's your fault mine isn't as good," and I just won't accept the guilt for that. I didn't build this world, I don't control it, and when I succor a friend, or even a stranger, it is because I want to.
I feel no shame because, though I bear the guilt for my actions, I refuse to accept blame for things with which I had nothing to do, and I don't do things for which I ought to feel shame. I am not without a conscience; I merely have no need for shame.