Quote from: FrankB on January 23, 2010, 10:25:05 AM
Quote from: penang on January 23, 2010, 08:10:55 AM
Sure, the United States of America is responsible for every single thing that is happening all around the world.
Wealthier countries do have an obligation to help, and that arises from the fundamental understanding of mercy and empathy
Sorry, you are deluding yourself.
The obligation and responsibility rests on oneself. Whether that entity is a person or a nation, if that entity doesn't want to help itself, it's time to let it rot.
The first time the "Save the Hungry African Children" campaign came out, I pitched in. It was horrendous to see children starved to death.
Then the same "Save the Hungry African Children" campaign happen every year, and I got to thinking ... what happened?
Then I really look at what happened ... and find out the ugly truth
Many African farmers faced the serious drought the first year. Their crops were destroyed and many died of starvation.
The world pitched in, help feed them.
So the farmers and their family moved into areas where they can get free food.
Next year, rain came.
But the farmers and their families still stay inside the "free food area".
Instead of going back to their farms to farm, they stay.
Why?
Why not?
Why does one have to work hard to farm for food when one can just sit there, do nothing, and get feed?
So the problem is this --- We want to help them, and we create NEW PROBLEMS.
New problems like DEPENDENCIES --- instead of like before, those African farmers work their farm to grow crops, now they don't do that anymore. They just live in the "free food area" and expect food to be given to them, FREE !
And that brings out yet another problem --- POPULATION INCREASE !
Yes.
Without having to work at their farm, without having to toil for their crops, the farmers have extra free time and use that extra time to have more "loving relationship" with their wives.
Results? MORE BABIES !
By the time the next drought came, sure enough, more babies mean more mouths to feed, and SOME BABIES die of hunger.
And again, the news papers, the tee vees, showing us all the footage of skinny little babies, hungry babies, babies died of starvation and malnutrition.
You need to know one basic fact --- and that is, that piece of land in that place can only feed so many people. Let's say 10 Million. More than that number of people, food will be scarce.
The way we help them is to create the opportunities for the population figures to BLOOM, to way more than 10 Million.
Which means, even in the time where there are rain, even if the farmers all go back to their farm to plant and take care of their crops, FOOD WILL STILL BE NOT ENOUGH, and STARVATION WILL SET IN !
So it becomes a vicious spiral.
The more people they have, the more starvation. The more starvation, the more aids pouring in. And that brings out even more chance to make even more new babies, which goes back to the beginning --- more people they have, more starvation.
When will this end?
Saying something like "wealthier nations have the obligation to help" does sound nice, but in practical, it will create MORE problems, for both the poorer nations, and their wealthier counterparts.
If the Haitians (the majority) don't want to help themselves, let them be.
Just leave them to sort out their own problems for themselves.
They way the Haitians are treating the world community as if we owe them something.
That we ***MUST*** help them.
Really?
In this world nobody owes anybody anything !
Certainly the world owes Haiti NOTHING !
If they do not want to help themselves, let them rot.
I for one, will not care !