G8 World Summit and the end to Poverty?

[lion_roog]

Originally posted by Lweek


BTW: internet is medium which does same thing all the time. But there is still a lot of plp who doesn't see that. For me, it's something very deep. I'm curious and happy when I can talk somebody from completly another part of world. Let's say, that amaizing!

For Sure, Dude!

I have about 80 people on my MSN, about 3 of them live in Arizona...40 live in the United States...and the rest live in some other country....It's pretty cool because you meet all sorts of different and awesome people, yet you realize that you are alike in so many ways...

[unregistered user]

and one from malaysia*lick Roog*
that kinda... cool ravoc

[Lweek]

Originally posted by Ravoc
Studies have proven that women who make it through a high school education are more likely not to have STDs or sex before marriage. In other words, if they are indeed educated more, it will improve things greatly.

OMG, this is quite too much naive. Imho, it's about life filosophy, not education.

However I agree that education help make world better .. primary because plp start thinking about world, about responsibility. But I never seen somebody who changed opinion about premerriage sex and life style thanks to education.

[unregistered user]

I'm only quoting facts that are listed in several American journals, I believe there was a British one that supported this as well. It's been a while, I learnt it in my Life Science class at University and my memory is not the best when it comes to quoting exactly, that's why I tried to write everything down. I'm sure it's somewhere in my huge stack of notes xD

Anyway, I am very happy that so many at least care about the poverty issue, that is a big obstacle to overcome, people that don't care. I think that these two organizations could hopefully get more people to care and learn mor einformation about what is really happening out there.

Also, I believe that America does need help with it's own poverty situation as well. Nashville is on the top five list of American cities with large amounts of homeless people. I interacted with several homeless people while down there. It is a really sad state to be in (poverty, not tennessee heh).

[starionwolf]

It's nice to see other countries trying to help the developing countries in any way they can. I thank the celebrities for devoting their talent to help the impovershed nations.

[Juniper]

The only problem I have with foreign aid is that a lot of countries we help have people walking on or burning the American flag WHILE we're passing out aid packages. I mean, they hate us if we help them, and they hate us if we don't. It would be nice if one country, like North Korea, were to stand up and thank us for what we've done for their people (We may not like the countries themselves, but we do try to feed their people). I don't mean a fancy letter from a country's leader, that happens all the time, but people themselves showing that they are happy for our help. Granted, that probably happens more than we hear about because the news likes conflict, not good things; but it just seems a bit pointless to go help people and have them screw us over in return.

Maybe they need to realize that aid isn't a duty of developed countries, it's a gift that took a lot of work to give. I'm just peeved when people demand more from our countries, there is no international law that says developed countries have to help others out. The United States as a whole gives a lot of money each year, but more importantly, military and food/water aid. Other countries, like the ones in the EU, give vast amounts of money as well. It is from the goodness of our hearts that our countries give that money; sure, we may ask for the use of airspace or something in return, but we could just as easily keep that money for ourselves and be just fine. But we don't. It's also from the goodness of our hearts that we'll probably give MORE money than we are now somewhere down the line (regardless of what happens at G8).

I was so angry when I heard that people were "Outraged" that the US didn't donate as much as other countries off the bat when the tsunami hit a few months ago. For a few weeks there, we were so horrible because we didn't match or beat Japan's offer (Even though we did by sending an entire battle fleet, including a super carrier, that costs 3/4 a billion dollars a day to run, which no one cared to acknowledge). It just seems wrong that there's so much spite when it comes to donations. If my house burned down and someone gave me fifty cents, I'd thank them.

[nafklt]

LoL! Kim Jong Il...xD

I had to be him for this drama thing. Wearing high heels and having hair like Donald Trump was truly embarassing...

[unregistered user]

Nafklt o.O Uh... O.o What the heck are you talking about X_X heh

Anyway, I agree with Pnt there. It does make me mad to see countries that we help hate us anyway.

[nafklt]

N. Korea's tyrannous leader dude :P

http://www.rotten.com/library/bio/di...s/kim-jong-il/

[unregistered user]

I know about Kim, I meant the other stuff o.O

[Tigris Of Gaul]

Isn't it interesting how many of world's problems can be easily solved simply by reducing the amount of people? Like someone pointed out that can be done through education. There should be way more education and schools in those "developing" countries. A school everywhere you turn your gaze to. Experience has taught that the more educated you are, the less children you have. Which is good.

Currently the people in the developing countries lack common sense as they multiply like rabbits, even though they can barely feed themselves. It's just.. irrational. Stubid, even.

I'm very much against removing debts from these countries. Every country has a way of getting the debts paid - currently the administration in most of them just plainly bites as military budjet is often over 30% and the countries are listed among the most -CORRUPTED- in the whole world. And you want them to get away from their debts so they can add more funds to their military budjets? Please.

So.. yeah. Interesting summit, nevertheless.

[unregistered user]

Well, i think all countries should forgive debts << Problem is as Pnt pointed out earlier that there's always a jerk who won't and will expect to be paid still

[Aurelian]

Just in case anyne missed it, here is the official live8list petition against poverty. This is not one of those PetitionOnline.com petitions, and all signatures will go a long way.

Live8Live petition

[nafklt]

w00t! Signed it!