(May 17, 2013 at 2:10 am)Minimalist Wrote: Selling bullshit to the ignorant and starving is nothing to be proud of. You had best examine your motivations. Forcing a spoonful of jesus with every spoonful of soup is nothing to be proud of.Unfortunately, they don't see it that way.
In fact, one might say you are taking advantage of people in distress. Typical of your type.
They think they're saving the people's bodies and, in time, their souls too... -.-'
Anyway, there's not much of a point wasting resources to get water and food to a people who live in a place too remote and with no ability to raise their own food.
10000 wells sound pretty on paper, but a few of those can leave all others downstream dry.
The world is not simple.
The world is under real threat of overpopulation.
The rich part of the world cannot keep supplying the poor part with supplies indefinitely. They seem to just breed more mouths, more supplies needed.... on the other hand they also breed stupid soldiers who just want to kill and get killed.. maybe the overall population doesn't increase.... oh wait.. it is increasing!
Let them kill each other over that desert land. Whatever survives with no outside aid, can survive in that region indefinitely without outside aid.
The "west" cannot impose its rules on those areas. At best, we can hope that they come to their senses and, eventually, realize that the western system is, at least, better than theirs. It's a process that must work it's way into the ruling class of those places. Providing aid for the poor and dying is useless. If you want to change something over there, change the ruling class.. the warlords and the like with their tribal mentalities.
How did this mentality reach the americas? It was imposed by conquest of the indigenous population.
Is the west willing to conquer a large part of the african continent? After they've tried and failed?... well, they went there to get cheap slaves and precious stones... Once slaves became abolished, they pulled out. So they never even tried to impose themselves there properly.