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Nepsotic 08-20-2011 12:51 PM

SAVE THE CHILDREN!!
 
no, dont. Has anyone seen this stupid advert? Why should we pay money to help some kid that will probrably die anyway, whose parents are fucking stupid enough to have ANOTHER kid even though they cant provide for the other 50 they have.. I dont CARE if it was an accident, dont fuck or use a leaf if you cant afford a fucking condom... Views?

Sekto Springs 08-20-2011 12:52 PM

Maybe if you actually linked us to the video in question, we'd be more inclined to comment on it.

Nepsotic 08-20-2011 12:55 PM

You dont need a link, its basically just a charity trying to help dying african babies, but the money they aak for is fucking ridiculous.

Crashpunk 08-20-2011 12:58 PM


Wings of Fire 08-20-2011 01:01 PM

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You dont need a link, its basically just a charity trying to help dying african babies, but the money they aak for is fucking ridiculous.

If I saw you on the street I would spit in your eye.

Nepsotic 08-20-2011 01:09 PM

Yeah, so would a lot of people... Its not my fault if i'm a heartless bastard, i try to care, i really do, i just... Dont

Crashpunk 08-20-2011 01:10 PM

Your in the UK, so I'm I and I think you are talking about that advert where you donate money to support communities getting clean and safe water?

...If you are, You are a fucking heartless bastard you should be shot into the sun.

Jordan 08-20-2011 01:16 PM

Wow, you're a pleasant one. You seem to have no clue about life in other countries. I don't know much besides the fact that they are in severe poverty, but I don't make shitty remarks like you. You have made a huge mistake by making this thread and it's not a good start to your entrance into this community.

Nepsotic 08-20-2011 01:17 PM

No, its not that one, the one im talking about is on watch, it asks for about £5.00 a week, so does anyone watch watch?

Crashpunk 08-20-2011 01:18 PM

Wow thats vague isn't it?

STM 08-20-2011 01:21 PM

I am speechless. I mean really actually speechless, if I was to convey my opinion of you right now I might explode, so I'll let someone else speak for me, I'm thinking WoF or MA...

T-nex 08-20-2011 01:22 PM

meh... 5 pounds a month isnt a lot.
But I vote that OP is trying to be a troll.

Nepsotic 08-20-2011 01:23 PM

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I am speechless. I mean really actually speechless, if I was to convey my opinion of you right now I might explode, so I'll let someone else speak for me,

Im a fucking dick who has no idea about how other people live and i should be shot.

Crashpunk 08-20-2011 01:25 PM

Yep.

STM 08-20-2011 01:27 PM

No, I can articulate what I feel about you much better than that, but it would be pages long.

Also stop making fucking stupid threads, or just stop making any threads you've made like 3 or 4 now and they are all pretty dumb.

Nepsotic 08-20-2011 01:33 PM

But most of the time they get a lot of replies.

T-nex 08-20-2011 01:48 PM

Eh if you guys arent gonna discuss "SAVE THE CHILDREN", then Im closing this and possibly infracting whoever may be spamming.

Nepsotic 08-20-2011 01:56 PM

Can you just close it? Its not getting anywhere

JennyGenesis 08-20-2011 02:48 PM

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I didn't even need to watch that video, that line has been overused so many times!

moxco 08-20-2011 08:23 PM

I think the OP might just be trolling but I always have thought there is something a little ironic about sending food and other aid to Africa. By ensuring the continued existence of starving African children into adulthood we are allowing them to procreate and further overpopulate the poverty-ridden continent; condenming more children to starvation.

DarkHoodness 08-20-2011 08:46 PM

Indeed - Simply feeding these people won't solve anything, anyone trying to fix that problem has to do a LOT more than that. You're just prolonging the problem rather than getting to the root of it.

But that's not to say people shouldn't have the right to be fed and not suffer - Feeding the starving should be only a temporary fix while people are ordered not to reproduce as much in places where there isn't a lot of food. It's not as simple as that, sure, and doing so introduces problems such as generation gaps and not enough people to look after the old, such is what is happening in China, but that's a small price to pay compared to starving children.

As someone said once, it is funny how many species such as kangaroos and blue-tits don't reproduce in times of famine, yet we're too stupid to do what they do.

LDG519 08-20-2011 08:48 PM

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Im a fucking dick who has no idea about how other people live and i should be shot.

that pretty much sums it up

Nate 08-20-2011 09:13 PM

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Indeed - Simply feeding these people won't solve anything, anyone trying to fix that problem has to do a LOT more than that. You're just prolonging the problem rather than getting to the root of it.

Which is why the aid programs don't just feed these people. They work to improve infrastructure, teach them better farming techniques, provide birth control and just generally educated them to live better lives.

Tadimo 08-20-2011 10:25 PM

Many of the African countries also need a change in the way their society works and a change in leadership to really get themselves out of the muck. It's hard to promote such a positive change however when outside countries and groups meddle in African affairs for their own benefit and profit by providing arms for their conflicts.

moxco 08-20-2011 10:41 PM

Many African countries need to change the way the fact that their fertility rate is six or seven babies per women. Africa is a pretty shit continent that can't support such a population.

STM 08-21-2011 12:31 AM

On the other hand MoxCo if they didn't try for such a big family they would probably die out. They are an agricultural people that need hands on their farms but also most children die in labour or in the first five years so they have to keep trying to anticipate that their children will die. Can you imagine that Nepsotic? Having to try for sex because you expect your children will die in five years of you knowing them.

Nate 08-21-2011 01:14 AM

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Many African countries need to change the way the fact that their fertility rate is six or seven babies per women. Africa is a pretty shit continent that can't support such a population.

This is where education comes in. There are statistics to show that that the strongest correlation between fertility rate and other factors in a society is the level of education given to females.

T-nex 08-21-2011 01:49 AM

I used to Support Amnesty.
I think all these other organizations only put a bandaid on the problem. Once they take it off the problem is still there. What I really think needs to be done is change the human rights. Make sure human rights are given to less developed countries too.

But in the end, I never know which charity is honest and which isn't.

Dixanadu 08-21-2011 03:50 AM

Go to a third world country and find a condom.

Go on, fucking try it.

Wings of Fire 08-21-2011 03:55 AM

Many third world countries need blah blah blah this and blah blah blah that and blah blah blah everything.

You are completely right.

But they also need food NOW or they starve to death.

Dixanadu 08-21-2011 04:03 AM

Nepsotic doesn't see that these people are not lazy or neglectful; they do provide for their families with crops and trade, but their governments stake claims over whatever comes in, and decides who deserves it more. Pretty much, people who don't need it, like high government officials, who have the coin to buy what they want believe they should take these necessities.

Also, the environment. Droughts are common, rainfall isn't plentiful, and crops fail.

If you don't care about it Nepsotic, then don't bother voicing your insipid sputter on those who aren't as well off as you.

T-nex 08-21-2011 04:29 AM

Makes me think of this little game

http://www.3rdworldfarmer.com/

Kinda tries to simulate how farming goes in those countries.

moxco 08-21-2011 04:31 AM

And by letting a few million people in third world countries starve to death there would be a lot less demand on said scarce produce.

That may sound incredibly harsh but it has been happening to trillions of organisms since the beginning of time.

Not that that would be the most desirably thing to happen, but it is inevitable.

abe619 08-21-2011 04:37 AM

most African countries are really in "Life Sucks" condition...but some (like Somalia nowadays) don't even have "Life" to put before "Sucks".

I mean 5 Egyptian pounds (almost 1 dollar...Almost) can feed an entire family for a week in Somalia.

Manco 08-22-2011 04:15 AM

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And by letting a few million people in third world countries starve to death there would be a lot less demand on said scarce produce.

That may sound incredibly harsh but it has been happening to trillions of organisms since the beginning of time.

Not that that would be the most desirably thing to happen, but it is inevitable.

Genocide is clearly the best solution.

Dixanadu 08-22-2011 04:27 AM

Turkey didn't think so.

STM 08-22-2011 04:34 AM

By survival of the fittest yes they should die out but we've gained something called human nature that had surpassed evolution for thousands of years, it is our duty to help these people no matter what people think about the global population. Anybody who thinks these Africans are a good sacrifice to slow the growth of population need to take it upon themselves to jump off a cliff and end their hypocrisy.

Nate 08-22-2011 07:02 AM

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Turkey didn't think so.

How do you mean? History has shown that Turkey is way behind the concept of genocide.

abe is now! 08-22-2011 08:38 AM

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no, dont. Has anyone seen this stupid advert? Why should we pay money to help some kid that will probrably die anyway, whose parents are fucking stupid enough to have ANOTHER kid even though they cant provide for the other 50 they have.. I dont CARE if it was an accident, dont fuck or use a leaf if you cant afford a fucking condom... Views?

You're disgusting.

Dixanadu 08-22-2011 01:18 PM

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How do you mean? History has shown that Turkey is way behind the concept of genocide.

Turkey doesn't think so because of the whole Armenian genocide thing.

Assuming it was a 'good' idea, then regretting it. Now they just say, 'We fucked up'.