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faust said:Paul, you like to amuse us with statistics, but what does that do? have you changed anything? do you support a child in Africa by donating $2 a day? and how do you know where that money is going? how do you know that you are not enriching some African tyrant instead of feeding a child?
Paullw said:Well you never know, it might help a few people learn a bit more about the state of the world. Also I had an exam yesterday called "Global Challenge", about the issues facing us, so I'd been reading that sort of thing all week. I was amazed by the scale of some of them, so I thought I'd share them.
I agree that its a big issue, it needs to be solved by government and multinationals, they probably just need some pressure from us to do so.
Obviously there is nothing that wrong with buying fashion, I do it and I can sleep at night. Its whether our society in general is materialistic, and I think it is. Nearly all of have more than we need for reasonable comfort, but its no one persons fault.
travolta said:i appreciate paulw's insight/ opinions. we're all learning here
faust said:I hope it helps, sure. And I'm glad the G8 decided to forgive the developing countries loans, it's a big step in untying their economic hands. I wish it would do something for Africa politically, but I don't see the move forward in the near future
Lena said:kit, i wont even 'touch' the Africa problem ...something goes terribly bad in mama Africa, somehow the west is been blackmailing the whole continent for centuries now. Production could slowly 'move' there but the West is not trusting the warrior in the Africans ..good or bad? time will tell
whenever i think of Africa, i get guilt feelings for being born in Europe..
ahhh and please dont start me on sir Bob
promising to stay on topic now
faust said:ok, you are learing some statistics. what's your next step, travolta? are you going to amuse liberal friends at parties with these statistics, or is that a call for some kind of action for you?
travolta said:well i'm curious what are you doing?? i'm not nearly as informed as you are. please enlighten us.
faust said:good job dodging .
i can tell you what i'm doing. i'm not playing a revolutionary. i am not pointing fingers and beating my chest in indignation while not doing anything about changing it.
kit said:They've not been made in sweatshops , unless , of course , that is part of the artisanal process .