Many people pass by and look at both beggars, but only put money into the hat of the beggar sitting behind the Crucifix.
A priest comes by, stops and watches throngs of people giving money to the beggar behind the Crucifix, but none give anything to the beggar behind the Star of David.
Finally, the priest goes over to the beggar behind the Star of David and says, "My poor fellow, don't you understand? This is a Roman Catholic country and Rome is the seat of Roman Catholicism. People aren't going to give money if you sit there with a Star of David in front of you, especially when you're sitting beside a beggar who has a Crucifix. In fact, they would probably give to him just out of spite."
The beggar behind the Star of David listened to the priest, turned to the other beggar with the Crucifix and said: "So, Moishe, look who's trying to teach the Goldstein brothers about marketing."
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