Help the horn of Africa population
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**** africa.
It's been what, 25 years since live aid and what's happened to solve the problems of the worlds poor? Nothing. All the aid, benefits, telethons and charity has created a continent of takers. and nothing, not one damn thing seems to have done any good.
Africa is, has and will always be a continent of chaos pain death an misery. I'm not donating anything to it as nothing seems to help.
It's been what, 25 years since live aid and what's happened to solve the problems of the worlds poor? Nothing. All the aid, benefits, telethons and charity has created a continent of takers. and nothing, not one damn thing seems to have done any good.
Africa is, has and will always be a continent of chaos pain death an misery. I'm not donating anything to it as nothing seems to help.
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The vast amount of money sent over is stolen, those fat cat greedy scam artist. Make me sick at the thought of these scumbags stealing my hard earned money. **** them all i say.
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It seems to me that there are parts of this planet that aren't suitable for sustaining life and when external agents attempt to make it so they are, whilst well intentioned, inadvertently perpetuating what is ultimately futile. An animal existence of birth, survival and death. We can ease our conscience and prolong the agony if we choose, but it will not be an act of mercy.
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Yes the African governments all appear to be feckless, inept and corrupt, preferring to line their own pockets and to have wars rather than helping their people.
However, you are born where you are born and I remind my children of that whenever something like this happens.
Steve
However, you are born where you are born and I remind my children of that whenever something like this happens.
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Yes it's the usual excuses.
The problem I have is that I am one of these tree hugging leftie greenies who would rather we spent a few million to save some kids lives than spend it fighting a war in Afghanistan that we should never have got into in the first place and will never win, just as an example.
And yes I am familiar with ALL the arguments about natural selection, over population, lack of birth control etc etc etc.
But those who say "sod them it's all their fault we have enough problems of our own" conveniently forget that it was us good old whities that ripped the place off for many years and didn't invest anything really in education or practical technology transfer. And it's Western banks that facilitate the corruption and now it's China's turn to rape the land.
The current crisis springs from it being the worst drought in 60 years so one can hardly blame the locals for getting into a mess this time.
But the West does waste so much money and is almost asking for funds to be spirited away by some bent ruler. And it needn't be like that. Just needs some proper planning and determination.
But who cares about some poor little black mite with flies in his eyes when we need to save up for Trident and pay benefits for the no-work-bad-back generation to get a bigger plasma eh![Suspicious](https://www.scoobynet.com/images/smilies/Suspicious.gif)
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The problem I have is that I am one of these tree hugging leftie greenies who would rather we spent a few million to save some kids lives than spend it fighting a war in Afghanistan that we should never have got into in the first place and will never win, just as an example.
And yes I am familiar with ALL the arguments about natural selection, over population, lack of birth control etc etc etc.
But those who say "sod them it's all their fault we have enough problems of our own" conveniently forget that it was us good old whities that ripped the place off for many years and didn't invest anything really in education or practical technology transfer. And it's Western banks that facilitate the corruption and now it's China's turn to rape the land.
The current crisis springs from it being the worst drought in 60 years so one can hardly blame the locals for getting into a mess this time.
But the West does waste so much money and is almost asking for funds to be spirited away by some bent ruler. And it needn't be like that. Just needs some proper planning and determination.
But who cares about some poor little black mite with flies in his eyes when we need to save up for Trident and pay benefits for the no-work-bad-back generation to get a bigger plasma eh
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But those who say "sod them it's all their fault we have enough problems of our own" conveniently forget that it was us good old whities that ripped the place off for many years and didn't invest anything really in education or practical technology transfer.
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The problem I have is that I am one of these tree hugging leftie greenies who would rather we spent a few million to save some kids lives than spend it fighting a war in Afghanistan that we should never have got into in the first place and will never win, just as an example.
The problem I have is that I am one of these tree hugging leftie greenies who would rather we spent a few million to save some kids lives than spend it fighting a war in Afghanistan that we should never have got into in the first place and will never win, just as an example.
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**** africa.
It's been what, 25 years since live aid and what's happened to solve the problems of the worlds poor? Nothing. All the aid, benefits, telethons and charity has created a continent of takers. and nothing, not one damn thing seems to have done any good.
Africa is, has and will always be a continent of chaos pain death an misery. I'm not donating anything to it as nothing seems to help.
It's been what, 25 years since live aid and what's happened to solve the problems of the worlds poor? Nothing. All the aid, benefits, telethons and charity has created a continent of takers. and nothing, not one damn thing seems to have done any good.
Africa is, has and will always be a continent of chaos pain death an misery. I'm not donating anything to it as nothing seems to help.
I'm sorry, but this new plan of incentivising education is simply throwing good money after bad.
All our budgets are being cut, however our glorious government want to increase it yet again.
I say right now, look after our own and later if we have spare cash, then we can think about helping others.
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You need children to work the land, tend the animals etc.
If you don't have children you starve.
Many of your children die before they are 5 so you must have a big family.
If you have a big family when the crops fail you choose which of your children die.
It's a tragic viscous circle.
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The Catholic church also has a lot to answer for regarding use of condoms IMHO.
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and one offshoot of their lack of understanding or willingness to recognise that times have moved on sine the middle-ages is AID's which could be prevented in many cases by the use of condoms. That and the 'locals' keeping it in their pants, you do not need a good education to understand that AIDS kills and sex is the most common way to transmit it!
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True, but also its the criminal amounts of money the drugs companies want to charge on anti-virals fro the continent which means a whole generation has gone/useless in some places
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It seems that no one in Africa is ever willing to take responsibility and always keen to blame everyone but themselves....
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When I worked for a Gov't agency I sent out about a $1m worth of condoms and pregnancy testing kits to West Africa. The condoms were European spec and returned because they weren't big enough and the pregnancy kits, which had to be kept cool during transport and storage, were left in the local airport hot storage area and completely ruined ![Nono](https://www.scoobynet.com/images/smilies/nono.gif)
The Catholic church also has a lot to answer for regarding use of condoms IMHO.
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What crap.
More like someone had just left them in a big shed along with the pregnancy kits and couldn't be bothered with them.
Fact is for loads of Africans a condom is not very manly and they don't like them.
Also in SA there is a political issue with HIV/AIDS, you had a SA president a few years ago even deny the link. Some extremists even blame whites for it all.
But it's all the Catholic churches fault of course?
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When asked about his brothers affair with his wife he was quoted as saying "These strikes were wrong at a time when negotiations were still going on"
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If you are against euro interference etc....pro-nativism etc then you should be against euro intervention to feed the locals too.
Or are you saying that Africans cannot look after themselves? That's what the Empire builders thought....they said treat the blacks like children and here Euro lefties do the same with instructions on how to use condoms, how to do this and that, how to grow crops blah blah.
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Primary health care. Africans have always had large numbers of children due to the high infant mortality rate. Since the Europeans introduced primary health care more of these children have been living. Hence the population explosion. And if trends continue this island of 60 million people will be sending aid to feed a continent of 2 billion by 2050.