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Aug 7th, 2003 02:03 AM | ||||||
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Aug 6th, 2003 01:38 PM | ||||||
Zero Signal |
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The executives at CCF make money hand over fist for their salary and it seems that whatever they drop actually goes to the people that they claim that they are helping. |
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Aug 6th, 2003 01:32 PM | ||||||
Big Papa Goat |
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Aug 4th, 2003 12:46 PM | ||||||
KevinTheOmnivore |
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I think you're also grossly over-stating the "half of them live like us" point. Roughly 1/4 of the country lives in terrible poverty, the kind that would make even America's poorest look like wealthy aristocrats. If half the population is doing so well, "like us," then why do their brains come to our countries to make and save some money to return home with??? Quote:
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Aug 3rd, 2003 09:52 PM | ||||||
Zero Signal |
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Aug 3rd, 2003 08:51 PM | ||||||
Mungus the Foon |
a third world country is classified by the GDP per capita being below a certain level. any country with a GDP per capita below that level is classified as third world or developing to PC morons. a better measure which is being used more recently is the purchasing power which the people have with the money they earn. you will have noticed that in countries where the general income is lower goods are cheaper. for this reason it pisses me off when read things saying oh no! there are people out there living on less than £1 a day! boo hoo. i know from experience that it is quite possible to live on less than that quite comfortably as a tourist let alone as a local. in a local restaurant (shed with food for sale) you can get a good meal and a cup of tea for about 8p. you can get a good room for about 60p if you look around. so these people should all die. back to subject, purchasing power measures whether or not people can live comfortably on the money they get. many people in third world countries can but not as comfortably as we can and many can't. if you travel around nepal you will see people living in sheds by the side of the road, same in india. that is how a third world country is defined. yes, they are used to it and it seems normal but it is a third world country anyway. achimp- of course i'm a twit but fuck it who cares? |
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Aug 3rd, 2003 08:12 PM | ||||||
AChimp | I classify Mungus as a twit. | |||||
Aug 3rd, 2003 08:10 PM | ||||||
ScruU2wice |
Idk who classifies 3rd world countries, or if there is a standard for a 3rd world country, but its all on how you live. If you live there everything around you is normal, but if you visit from a western country everything around you seems to be reaking poverty. Even though i haven't visited india, i stayed in pakistan and i too was hit by the shock of people sitting and begging for money and the unpaved roads. However, to my cousins it was completely normal. To me pakistan is a 3rd world country to them its home. im sorry if i made it seem like i was taking a shot at u mungus but i was really bored and angry that i had to stay home on a saturday night |
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Aug 3rd, 2003 07:01 PM | ||||||
Mungus the Foon |
although i spent MOST of last year in nepal teaching english in kathmandu that doesn't mean that i didn't go to india. i did. it is a third world country. if you don't believe it then i suggest that you visit it yourself. a quick look around delhi (old or new) will confirm it. yes there are modern things around and yes there are some rich people around but mostly there isn't. for a start look at the roads, then look at the places where most people live. gorakpur seems ok but sunauli is a dusty hole. india is classified as a third world country by anyone who makes these classifications. |
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Aug 3rd, 2003 04:36 PM | ||||||
mburbank | Wow, there's actually kids like that? Huh. I sure hope the coca cola company will help them. I'm sure they will, though. I mean, they do want to teach the world to smile. | |||||
Aug 3rd, 2003 03:59 PM | ||||||
VinceZeb | What makes someone "Truly" less fortunate? Well, those kids you see on the Christian Children's Fund commericials would count. People that sleep with bugs and dirt and drink shit water and eat rancid food I believe count. Do I have to get any more specific or are you going to ask another idoitic question? If you don't know the difference between someone who is whining becuase they can't afford air conditioning and someone who hasn't eaten in 10 days because there exists no food then you need to go back to your hole. | |||||
Aug 2nd, 2003 10:35 PM | ||||||
ScruU2wice | my dad was born there and he says it isnt a third world country... dont think that you've actually been there because you've read a couple articles about the country | |||||
Aug 2nd, 2003 09:41 PM | ||||||
Mungus the Foon |
whoever it was going on about sacred cows in india. you are wrong. cows are only sacred to hindus and whilst there are a lot of hindus in india there are also a lot of muslims and sikhs. there are also other religions present in a lesser capacity. the cow is the symbol of laxmi (the hindu goddess of wealth (i think)) anyway, india is not a hindu state and is in fact an exporter of beef. it is illegal to kill cows in NEPAL, which is a hindu state, although it is still legal to eat beef which has been imported from india. india IS a third world country by all definitions of the word spend a few months there and you will understand. i know that this is pretty irrelevant but there you go. |
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Aug 2nd, 2003 05:54 PM | ||||||
FS | I think Vince's conditions for being "truly less fortunate and poor" consists mainly of "being Vince". | |||||
Aug 2nd, 2003 03:40 PM | ||||||
Big Papa Goat |
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Aug 2nd, 2003 01:46 PM | ||||||
mburbank |
"Truthism" is not a word, having children isn't 'breeding', if Adam Smith said something was a 'sole responsability' than he wouldn't have listed any other responsabilities after that, owing to the meaning of the word sole, the plural of business is businesses. Aren't we still under warranty with Orkin? 'Cause I see a filthy dung beetle pushing a big old ball of crap. |
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Aug 2nd, 2003 01:37 PM | ||||||
VinceZeb |
Capitalism is supposed to have morality in it. Adam Smith, the man who basically created mordern capitalism in 1776, said that business have the sole responsability to make money. But also the business should not become a monopoly and they should help the truly less fortunante and poor. Socialism on the other hand....... |
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Aug 2nd, 2003 11:16 AM | ||||||
Jeanette X |
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As for balance, what about this? Quote:
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Aug 2nd, 2003 10:29 AM | ||||||
kellychaos | Exactly. It's slanted. Critical thinking and paying attention to what's NOT said it an article speaks just as loudly as the facts that ARE given. I don't recall too many words from the opposition. Just because Coke is the Evil Empire doesn't mean they don't deserve a say. I don't have all the facts yet (and that just it) but I refuse to form an opinion just based on the facts in this particular article. | |||||
Aug 2nd, 2003 10:17 AM | ||||||
AChimp | The article also fails to take into account OTHER causes that could be contributing to the low water table (which, BTW, is lowering all over India)... such as drought, or the neighbouring town taking it all. | |||||
Aug 2nd, 2003 10:13 AM | ||||||
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Doesn't anybody here understand simple psuedo-english! I agree that the way to end this problem lies with the indian people. |
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Aug 2nd, 2003 10:09 AM | ||||||
The One and Only... |
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Aug 2nd, 2003 10:02 AM | ||||||
kellychaos | Jeanette you seem to be prejudiced but in an unconscious yet caring way ... i.e. you mean well. It's like AChimp said "India is NOT a third world country." I may be reading this the wrong way but you seem to be under the misconception that India is a hapless victim of corporatization that can't take care of themselves. I think that you're underestimating them and that that article is a politically slanted piece of rubbish with an obvious political agenda. | |||||
Aug 2nd, 2003 09:54 AM | ||||||
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Aug 2nd, 2003 09:49 AM | ||||||
Jeanette X | AAAAAAAAIIIIIIIEEEE! HE CAME BACK! | |||||
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