World Hunger
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see, it's the line where you call others compassionless hypocrites that turns this into another flamebait thread. 
personally, I put the blame mostly on the media but also partially on conservative lobby groups that have consistantly lobbied against the against US involvement with the multilateral institutions working to find a solution to the problem.
personally, I put the blame mostly on the media but also partially on conservative lobby groups that have consistantly lobbied against the against US involvement with the multilateral institutions working to find a solution to the problem.
all christians?? its not that big of an issue
the other thing is that many of the leaders of these various countries where people go hungry are corrupt. it might not be the only reason, but its one of the major causes of hunger
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"A single death is a tragedy, a million deaths is a statistic."
- Joseph Stalin
General public doesn't seem to know / care. there isn't a whole lot of education because it doesn't get on the news unless it happens in a flash.
People know there are people starving in Africa - but where? what countries are suffering the most?
And yes - the govn't of some of these countries have corruption, sometimes supported by outside nations.
- Joseph Stalin
General public doesn't seem to know / care. there isn't a whole lot of education because it doesn't get on the news unless it happens in a flash.
People know there are people starving in Africa - but where? what countries are suffering the most?
And yes - the govn't of some of these countries have corruption, sometimes supported by outside nations.
I misspoke. I mean a lot. If all those protestors used the same energy to raise money and food for the starving, it would make a gigantic difference.
probably because of the severity of the event
if you bleed several mL's of blood everyday you're liable to think everythings ok, after all, your body produces enough to make up for the gradual loss
but if you lose a liter of blood one day, don't you think you should GET THE HELL OFF YOUR ASS and do something about it?
What is your point? I see no problem with BarneyFife's comment. (Maybe the categorical 'all' could be switched to 'many' or 'lots of' - but the truth is there.)
Let's blame it all on Christians now. I hope you realize that nearly half of Christians are stupid liberals, just like you.
the unfortunately thing is that farmers in the US get paid to not to grow crops, and in some cases our government buys up crops for the sake of destoying them to reduce supply and therefore increase price. Ours, and several other governments, will not release these foods for charitable purposes do mainly to lobbyist pressures because it would reduce aggregate demand and therefore the price.
That's false.
Maybe a few Catholics but you would be hard pressed to find more than a handful of Liberal Christians.
The result of European colonialism. You would think that Europe would learn to accept GM food so that starving nations can then use it without fear of retaliation from Europe. But, that's against most of Europe's politics.
It is a result of poor food distribution. The world currently produces enough food to feed everyone if we want to. Of course that will change in time.
While i totally agree with you, isn't this kind of wrong rong your point of view? I mean, you want to lower taxes as a republican, so that people that need help don't get money.
If it weren't for colonialism, most of these countries wouldn't be starving and food distribution wouldn't even be thought of.
What would happen if so-called xians made as concerted an effort to raise consciousness about poverty as they did re: abortion or gay marriage? Would that "bring out the compassion"?
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Are you suggesting I compare my contributions as an individual with the contributions made by the Catholic Church, one of the richest, most powerful organisations in the world?
What do you mean, as a secularist?
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