Stunning photographs of inhumanity in the world
16 January 2007, 11:35 PM
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If everyone in the developed world gave 1% of their income to those in the developing world it would be possible to eradicate poverty.
Two thirds of the world has never seen a phone.
A child dies every nine seconds due to poverty (typically to provide clean water and food)
I am not saying right or wrong however they are powerful statistics.
To make a difference you don't need to welcome anyone into your home. These are real people like you and me and would much prefer to have a little bit of land they can farm, or a business they can develop. They don't want charity, they desperately need support.
The worst for me are the AIDS pictures, a 'punishment' according to some on here, but to see children dying of AIDS, in part, because of a lack of political acceptance by Governments.
Two thirds of the world has never seen a phone.
A child dies every nine seconds due to poverty (typically to provide clean water and food)
I am not saying right or wrong however they are powerful statistics.
To make a difference you don't need to welcome anyone into your home. These are real people like you and me and would much prefer to have a little bit of land they can farm, or a business they can develop. They don't want charity, they desperately need support.
The worst for me are the AIDS pictures, a 'punishment' according to some on here, but to see children dying of AIDS, in part, because of a lack of political acceptance by Governments.
That is of greater importance to the long term future of this planet that we are steadily raping, these pics no matter how gruesome they seem to the masss , will sooner or later be the norm even in so called richer developed countries.. so think on..turn your PC off
and stop coming out with such inane drivel !!
16 January 2007, 11:51 PM
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I hear your sentiments, fella.. very laudable they are too.. but, think of something, just for a second or two.. how big is your 'Carbon footprint'?
That is of greater importance to the long term future of this planet that we are steadily raping, these pics no matter how gruesome they seem to the masss , will sooner or later be the norm even in so called richer developed countries.. so think on..turn your PC off
and stop coming out with such inane drivel !!
That is of greater importance to the long term future of this planet that we are steadily raping, these pics no matter how gruesome they seem to the masss , will sooner or later be the norm even in so called richer developed countries.. so think on..turn your PC off
and stop coming out with such inane drivel !!
However I remain unconvinced that global warming is a man made effect - the evidence is not compelling.
I do think the earth is warming up - but there ain't much we can do about it.
Inane drivel - where?
16 January 2007, 11:59 PM
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Going to get a windmill in the back garden to be generator positive so that helps the bills
However I remain unconvinced that global warming is a man made effect - the evidence is not compelling.
I do think the earth is warming up - but there ain't much we can do about it.
Inane drivel - where?
However I remain unconvinced that global warming is a man made effect - the evidence is not compelling.
I do think the earth is warming up - but there ain't much we can do about it.
Inane drivel - where?
(drivel by the way that we should 'feel' for these people .. admittedly its a horrible thing , but Charity my dear Sir, begins at home )
17 January 2007, 12:01 AM
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.. and why am I getting a mental image of a silly plastic windmill in your garden and you standing there trying to ear-flow the wind in the right direction?!!?!!?
*sorry *
*sorry *
17 January 2007, 01:22 AM
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It would merely be more money to be diverted into the coffers of the ruling tribes enabling them to buy more guns to fight more wars
Look at Ethiopia, there are still people dying of poverty and starvation there, that's not stopping their government financing the war in Sudan/Darfur on a massive scale though is it
The men are going to them looking for a cure, and the 'doctors' tell them that the only way to cure it is to have sex with a virgin
So what do they do? They go out and rape a child
17 January 2007, 03:59 AM
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Sentimental liberal claptrap
It would merely be more money to be diverted into the coffers of the ruling tribes enabling them to buy more guns to fight more wars
Look at Ethiopia, there are still people dying of poverty and starvation there, that's not stopping their government financing the war in Sudan/Darfur on a massive scale though is it
Tribal Witch Doctors are at the root of that one The men are going to them looking for a cure, and the 'doctors' tell them that the only way to cure it is to have sex with a virgin So what do they do? They go out and rape a child
It would merely be more money to be diverted into the coffers of the ruling tribes enabling them to buy more guns to fight more wars
Look at Ethiopia, there are still people dying of poverty and starvation there, that's not stopping their government financing the war in Sudan/Darfur on a massive scale though is it
Tribal Witch Doctors are at the root of that one
The men are going to them looking for a cure, and the 'doctors' tell them that the only way to cure it is to have sex with a virgin So what do they do? They go out and rape a childRegading AIDS your comments are absolutely true - but to suggest they are the sole source of the problem is fatuous.
Although I suppose using your specious argument we can just turn our backs.
However if we are not part of the solution then we are part of the problem.
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17 January 2007, 04:04 AM
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We are, by pure nature betwixt two Ice Ages.. but what we are doing is exacerbating the problem in so much as by burning fossil fuels *instead of allowing Bubba to collect them all * we are rapidly increasing the natural occuring carbon emissions to the point of saturation, thereby decreasing the time in between said Ice Ages ... (drivel by the way that we should 'feel' for these people .. admittedly its a horrible thing , but Charity my dear Sir, begins at home )
(drivel by the way that we should 'feel' for these people .. admittedly its a horrible thing , but Charity my dear Sir, begins at home )
17 January 2007, 04:37 AM
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I didn't say they were the sole source of the problem. African tribal culture is at the root of the problem, and no amount of intervention from well-meaning westerners (or self interested ones - see CIA) is going to change that
I know it sounds racist, and I don't mean it to be, but I do believe that Africans as a race are incapable of running a stable democatic society.
I know it sounds racist, and I don't mean it to be, but I do believe that Africans as a race are incapable of running a stable democatic society.
17 January 2007, 07:58 AM
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Pretending bad things don't happen in this world doesn't stop them happening.
Blaming "socialists" for either the events portrayed or publishing the photographs just shows how utterly ignorant you really are.
Do the harsh realities of what mankind really is escape you?
And as for sentimental claptrap...sigh...
Stunning images, nothing sentimental about it. Just one photographers work in capturing a lot of what we in the UK, thankfully, don't have to endure on a daily basis.
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17 January 2007, 08:34 AM
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Show me where I said either the site or the photographs were sentimental claptrap
I think you'll find you can't. My opinion I expressed was directed to a specific comment in one of Rannoch's posts. Oh it was the comment I quoted, funnily enough
17 January 2007, 08:37 AM
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There are still people freezing to death in the UK
Let's get this ****hole sorted before we start worring about other people's ****holes !
17 January 2007, 08:42 AM
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"Fatuous" and "specious" in the same post. Good effort !
17 January 2007, 08:42 AM
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17 January 2007, 08:55 AM
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If everyone in the developed world gave 1% of their income to those in the developing world it would be possible to eradicate poverty.
Two thirds of the world has never seen a phone.
A child dies every nine seconds due to poverty (typically to provide clean water and food)
I am not saying right or wrong however they are powerful statistics.
To make a difference you don't need to welcome anyone into your home. These are real people like you and me and would much prefer to have a little bit of land they can farm, or a business they can develop. They don't want charity, they desperately need support.
The worst for me are the AIDS pictures, a 'punishment' according to some on here, but to see children dying of AIDS, in part, because of a lack of political acceptance by Governments.
Two thirds of the world has never seen a phone.
A child dies every nine seconds due to poverty (typically to provide clean water and food)
I am not saying right or wrong however they are powerful statistics.
To make a difference you don't need to welcome anyone into your home. These are real people like you and me and would much prefer to have a little bit of land they can farm, or a business they can develop. They don't want charity, they desperately need support.
The worst for me are the AIDS pictures, a 'punishment' according to some on here, but to see children dying of AIDS, in part, because of a lack of political acceptance by Governments.
if i was in power i wouldnt donate a penny until they used the money properly and would sort out the homeless, old and starving in this country
17 January 2007, 08:57 AM
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Thats not what I said .. I explained why it happened - and there are westerners there trying to explain it.
But, of course, the men want to continue ******** everything they can so deny that it is the problem and they will not wear condoms even if given free ....... they need to take SOME responsibility for themselves!
But, of course, the men want to continue ******** everything they can so deny that it is the problem and they will not wear condoms even if given free ....... they need to take SOME responsibility for themselves!
17 January 2007, 09:11 AM
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Well it is, isn't it. The responses that is, not necessarily the images. The majority of the people on this thread, indeed this site, are materialists almost by definition. It's pathetic to see them dish out empty words about those pictures in order to make themselves feel good, and then do absolutely nothing to resolve it.
17 January 2007, 09:14 AM
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I didn't say they were the sole source of the problem. African tribal culture is at the root of the problem, and no amount of intervention from well-meaning westerners (or self interested ones - see CIA) is going to change that
I know it sounds racist, and I don't mean it to be, but I do believe that Africans as a race are incapable of running a stable democatic society.
I know it sounds racist, and I don't mean it to be, but I do believe that Africans as a race are incapable of running a stable democatic society.
Many political observers in Southern Africa believe that the hardest and most devastating thing that Mandela has done politically was openly telling the world that his son died of AIDS.
Given what Mandela has achieved that is a pretty stunning indictment of a political rather than tribal problem.
17 January 2007, 09:17 AM
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Well it is, isn't it. The responses that is, not necessarily the images. The majority of the people on this thread, indeed this site, are materialists almost by definition. It's pathetic to see them dish out empty words about those pictures in order to make themselves feel good, and then do absolutely nothing to resolve it.
To take action does not mean you have to live in a cardboard box and wear sackcloth and ashes. One of the most challenging areas of life in the western world is balancing wealth with contribution.
Please don't judge others in the world by your perspective of it.
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17 January 2007, 10:27 AM
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I think Nelson Mandela might disagree with you. It may be imperfect but things can change.
Many political observers in Southern Africa believe that the hardest and most devastating thing that Mandela has done politically was openly telling the world that his son died of AIDS.
Given what Mandela has achieved that is a pretty stunning indictment of a political rather than tribal problem.
Many political observers in Southern Africa believe that the hardest and most devastating thing that Mandela has done politically was openly telling the world that his son died of AIDS.
Given what Mandela has achieved that is a pretty stunning indictment of a political rather than tribal problem.
Far cleverer and better informed people than me are saying already that if you want to see the future of South Africa, look at the present of Zimbabwe
17 January 2007, 11:02 AM
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The underlying causes need to be fixed and these never will because of human nature.
And how does a phone help people who are starving? It's also not necessarily a bad thing either.
As I said earlier, it will never happen. You can't change opinions or cultures overnight, or even across generations.