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Offline peterv

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Re: Things that made me sad today
Too bad starving children aren't valuable.

Even from an egoistic point of view they are: Our next Einstein may be among them. (And our next Hitler too, but this kind needs the present conditions in Africa to become powerfull).

 

Offline iamzack

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Whatever. Supposedly, human life is valuable regardless. People say so all the time. You can't just kill a baby because you don't want it! Onoes!

But, see, everybody pretty much agrees with me. Human children are worth no more than maggots. People are just all in denial.
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Offline peterv

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Re: Things that made me sad today
Hopefully it's only just another stupid phase of our history, were idiots are in charge.

 

Offline blowfish

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Hopefully it's only just another stupid phase of our history, were idiots are in charge.

I take it you haven't seen the rest of human history then :doubt:

 
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'swhy I'll be world dictator by age 15  :pimp:
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Offline peterv

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I take it you haven't seen the rest of human history then :doubt:

Or i'm too optimistic. However there were bright periods. For religious matters, your Queen Elizabeth's I reign for example.

 

Offline blowfish

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:wtf: I'm American.  Anyway, point is, I don't see this period of time as particularly worse than any other period, it's all just mediocre...

 

Offline Rick James

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:wtf: I'm American.  Anyway, point is, I don't see this period of time as particularly worse than any other period, it's all just mediocre...

Living in a given era does not make it good or bad by any stretch of the imagination: it is perception and effort that makes it so.

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Offline Scotty

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Best thing we could possibly do is to cut off just about all foreign aid, relief, supplements, donations, etc., etc.  The sooner we stop handing them more money for guns (that's what really happens), the sooner they find their own ways to get money, meaning developing natural resources.  Once they have a source of income, wars won't be as common (still common, by world standards, but a lot less).  That, and if we stop telling them how and where to run their governments they can eventually form thier own borders and EFFECTIVE governments.

 
Re: Things that made me sad today
What Scotty said...

I'll add that their should be a single foreign aid for Africa: education.
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Offline Dilmah G

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Best thing we could possibly do is to cut off just about all foreign aid, relief, supplements, donations, etc., etc.  The sooner we stop handing them more money for guns (that's what really happens), the sooner they find their own ways to get money, meaning developing natural resources.  Once they have a source of income, wars won't be as common (still common, by world standards, but a lot less).  That, and if we stop telling them how and where to run their governments they can eventually form thier own borders and EFFECTIVE governments.

Problem being the place is so wrought with corruption there's no up or down. They're just going to keep up extorting money, plundering villages that haven't barely anything TO plunder, and do what they do best, beg us for money.

 

Offline iamzack

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Best thing we could possibly do is to cut off just about all foreign aid, relief, supplements, donations, etc., etc.  The sooner we stop handing them more money for guns (that's what really happens), the sooner they find their own ways to get money, meaning developing natural resources.  Once they have a source of income, wars won't be as common (still common, by world standards, but a lot less).  That, and if we stop telling them how and where to run their governments they can eventually form thier own borders and EFFECTIVE governments.

I think that would have been the best thing to do in the FIRST place. But at this point, it isn't that they're poor and have malaria. It's a straight up crisis area, and I feel that we should do something about it. I'm not saying, you know, throw money at them, or even go in and topple their governments.

I'm saying we should force our way PAST their governments and start feeding and educating people. Combine the two. Give free meals at schools so that parents will want their kids to go, if only so that they don't starve. Fund family planning health clinics that provide abortions and condoms and birth control and STD testing. Fund education for women.

With adults, especially women, focus on teaching people marketable skills. Even if you don't teach the adults to read and write, once they better their own lives and the lives of their children economically, they will want even better for their children, and get them off to school for literacy and such.

You're right, throwing money and donations at Africa only funds war and suffering. The better solution would be to fund the organizations and people who want to go there and actually help people BEYOND just giving them free meals.

Unfortunately, the US doesn't like doing that. We like to rely on religious organizations to help the poor. This usually doesn't work out especially well for the poor.
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Offline Commander Zane

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Religious organizations don't work period. :P