Although most don't give as much as Quantos did.
This isn't about what I did. This was money I wasn't expecting.
I think a bigger question is; how much if this actually GETS to the people in africa?
Very little of it actually, most of it is sucked up by administration fees, or stolen by warlords looking to feed their own militia.
Lastly; what about the homeless people in our OWN country? Why pass that off as laziness and yet consider people you've never met, whose sole reason for over-population and disease is simply too much breeding as hard-working decent people? Surely, they are in reality sex maniacs who will screw anything and that's how so many of them- and their children - get HIV. How about instead of sending them money directly to these people; maybe analyze the very reasons they aren't getting the proper education that would help them understand how to better themselves?
Case and point- the Somalian Warlords. This forms a government- a corrupt one. It's fully possible that the countries people could be making decent amounts based on the value of the products they process, but that these warlords are taking the excess for themselves (actually, not possible, definitely the case). therefore- the only conclusion would be to create a more stable, and less hostile government.
To make things even more interesting, the very concept of giving to Africa actually goes against democracy, since, the basic tenet is that people can do what they wish and reap the benefits of said choices; this is how we ignore the homeless people in our very own cities; "they had freedom of choice and chose drugs, or booze, or whatever"- but, is it not also true that the people in africa choose to breed like rabbits? "They are uneducated"... so, too, can our own homeless be, and although our countries provide free public education it's also true that not everybody is either above the poverty line in our own country nor grew up in circumstances that encourage learning. We are making assumptions based on the persons country of origin, and assuming that our democratic countries provide everything for everybody.
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I also do things at home, and would encourage others down that road as well. The whole point is that it doesn't matter where someone is that we help, it just matters that we help them. If not for a chance birth we could all be crack babies.
It doesn't matter if someone donates 10% of their wage, or if they donate 2 days a month visiting the elderly, or making up food bank packages. What I am trying to say is that wherever there is need we need to help fill that need, with whatever we can afford. If the shoe was on our foot, wouldn't you want someone to help you change your circumstances?
Very well said and thought out BC, I always enjoy your posts.
