Poverty
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(Sic) Idiot Age: - Gender: - Posts: 897 | Poverty, One of the biggest killers out there. 30,000 children a year die, most before the age of 4. Four billion people, over half the world, live in this disaster, while we watch our T.V.s and are on the internet all day. When we are thirsty, we immediatly go for the Coke, not the water. I had to do a speech on this topic, and only now I relize how bad a race we are. Personally I am disgusted with humans, war, racism, poverty, etc... We should all unite and fight as one, and progress in science and mathematics. We should donate to the people in Africa and Europe, and help the homeless. What are your opinions, thoughts and views on this? I checked first 7 pages and i couldnt find a topic on this. |
billy fuckwit. Geek Age: 101 Gender: Male Posts: 290 | a couple of dollars less and i'm poor. yeah, here in puerto rico there's a place called La Perla where people live in one-room houses. goverment don't care. fuckin' assholes |
billy fuckwit. Geek Age: 101 Gender: Male Posts: 290 | i hope there aren't any topics on this, it's good |
(Sic) Idiot Age: - Gender: - Posts: 897 | Heh thanks Poverty means a lot to me, it's just disgusting how we spend billions of dollars on war and weaponry while kids die alone. In my speech I had a lot of facts... example: Money spent on cosmetics in the U.S.A- 8 billion dollars. Money spent on education in the world- 6 billion dollars. Money spent on cigarettes in Europe- 50 billion. Money spent on Alocholic Drinks in Europe- 105 billion dollars. Motherfuckers. |
SARAnade King For A Couple Of Days Age: 33 Gender: Female Posts: 2228 | 17: isnt it a shame!! i almost feel bad having everything that i do |
(Sic) Idiot Age: - Gender: - Posts: 897 | Please post opinions and thoughts too, thanks. |
SARAnade King For A Couple Of Days Age: 33 Gender: Female Posts: 2228 | 17: ok sorry, i just get a little emotional when i think about the suffering that goes on around the world. my opinion: there should be no "third world countries", like what the hell is that shit! why cant every country be equal, financially?, now i know that some countries dont have as many resources as others, but that in no way shuld make them a poverty-stricken country. its outragious how selfish people can be. in a country like rwanda, they have little to no fresh water, and little forest, very little resources, could their neighbouring countries not lend a hand? maybe countries that dont have a lot to offer shouldnt be their own country at all and should join with another country with nore to offer. that way, the popualtions would be high and the resources wouldnt be so limited, but shared, for a good cause!! |
(Sic) Idiot Age: - Gender: - Posts: 897 | LovesBillieJoe:I agree 100%, no county should be left out, the world id 1 planet, why be split into hundreds of counties? |
(Sic) Idiot Age: - Gender: - Posts: 897 | More posts please... I don't wanna be one of the only people who care. |
Kitti Falling In Love With The Board Age: 33 Gender: Female Posts: 5688 | I just wrote a paper on human rights violations in Cambodia in the seventies. Right now in Cambodia, 34% of the poulation lives on less than one US dollar a day. 50% of children die before the age of five from malnourishment. Workers there aren't paid well by "first world" standards, but if you think about it, boycotting Cambodian textiles and the like is condemning a family to a week wothout food, perhaps. Sanitation there is still ridiculous. Really ridiculous--many places still have little to no clean drinking water available. In the seventies, after American troops left Cambodia, there were these mine fields left behind. 20% of villages still have to deal with the dangers of this live ammunition every day, many citizens are killed or injured by them even though the Cambodian government has committed itself to de-mining. BUT even though HIV cases are up there, malaria is going down and people are receiving public education. Cambodia as a nation is trying to become more involved in world trade, if they can establish a place in the global economy, it's possible to eliminate most of the poverty. |
Lucifers Angel King For A Couple Of Days Age: - Gender: Female Posts: 4751 | poor is relelative to differant people what is poor to me wont nessecary be poor to anyone else, take for example my landlord he is a millionaire goes on 3 - 4 holidays a year runs businesses and he says he's poor, then on the other hand you have people who are queing up to sign on at the job center each week who have to struggle and scrimp to put food on the table. |
Matt Smith Admin Age: 32 Gender: Female Posts: 31134 | 17: Europe, as a whole, is actually not too bad. South America and Asia are very much in need of aid, too. They also have major poverty problems. |
Backyard Baby Jackass Age: - Gender: - Posts: 1355 | 17: europe? which country exactly do you mean? |
(Sic) Idiot Age: - Gender: - Posts: 897 | People's Front Of Judea: I mean like the wastern part of over seas. The more east you seem to go the richer it gets, Hong Kong, Japan. Egypt is pretty poor too. Did anyone watch the Live 8 last summer? |
SARAnade King For A Couple Of Days Age: 33 Gender: Female Posts: 2228 | 17: japan is in asia and egypt is in africa |
(Sic) Idiot Age: - Gender: - Posts: 897 | And your point is... |
Incubus Jackass Age: 33 Gender: Female Posts: 1820 | The governments in the northern hemisphere and the richer ones in the southern hemisphere need to cop on and remove the tariff barriers, then the poorer countries wouldn't have to depend so much on donations to survive. Because the way it is now with the tariff barriers the richer countries are like school-yard bullies pinning the poorer countries down but every now and again they throw them a few sweets (i.e. donations) so they don't feel so guilty about screwing them over. It’s sickening. |
SARAnade King For A Couple Of Days Age: 33 Gender: Female Posts: 2228 | 17: nvm sorry, i mustve read it wrong i thought you said japan and egypt were in europe...im a little tired, frogive me! |
Matt Smith Admin Age: 32 Gender: Female Posts: 31134 | 17: The further east you go, the more poverty you will find. Our western world is one of relative comfort and riches. I don't know why you singled out Egypt in particular...when almost all of Africa is poor. Even some of the white people in South Africa, I recently read an article about them. Even they were fairly poor. |
(Sic) Idiot Age: - Gender: - Posts: 897 | Egypt, first place that come to mind. Sry if I offended you in any way. |
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