re: #51 tradewind

Oh boy.. here’s an example of a type of environmental blackmail, in a backwards way:
The UN is saying that H1N1 outbreaks in third world countries could lead to anarchy, and that ’ rich nations ’ (read US) have to step up and pay to stop this or suffer the consequences.
I’m all for providing vaccines to poor countries, but it’s wording like this that frosts me.

Like I said in post 13, a lot of people become jaded at stuff like that and distance themselves.

To go a step further, providing vaccines to fend pandemics is great. But they could also spend some of that money a little wiser by providing education and the means to exercise healthier daily habits and show them how they can avoid becoming victims. During the whole “USA For Africa” era, I bought the album and donated my allowance many times to their cause and a few others. But even as a child I was wondering why they weren’t sending birth control and education/means to try and turn their funky soil into viable farm land.

I know that sounds cynical and I apologize if it does, but hell - even at eight years old I knew that bringing more people into a place where there is no food is a patently bad idea.