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A message to Sudan
Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 5:33 pm
by Jacques
Re: A message to Sudan
Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 5:42 pm
by Alex L
On that note, the UK seems to chip in with quite a bit of aid:
Which is obviously greatly appreciated.
Re:Nice One Jaques
Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 6:34 pm
by Deuce Bigolo
So bloody true and it aint no teddy bears picnic
Most OECD countries give a little bit back to the 3rd world
You won't hear to much about what the 3rd world does for the west via cheap labor etc
As a percentage of their GDP donations to the 3rd world are a pittance...somewhere between .3 to .7%
The truly staggering statistic is for all the hoopla that surrounds the donations the West gets a return of 9/1 of trade/donations from the 3rd world
Just imagine if all those workers perished
Re:Nice One Jaques
Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 6:45 pm
by planeterotica
This woman was just naive, here in the West if you named a Teddy Bear Jesus you would upset a lot of christians but i doubt if they would come out in force with machettes wanting to slice you to bits.
Re: A message to Sudan
Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 7:48 pm
by Sam Slater
"Two words: Grow the fuck up you bunch of twats"
Those teddies are experts at counting aren't they? !laugh!
Re:Nice One Jaques
Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2007 3:29 am
by KennySue
planeterotica wrote:
> This woman was just naive, here in the West if you named a
> Teddy Bear Jesus you would upset a lot of christians but i
> doubt if they would come out in force with machettes wanting to
> slice you to bits.
Not these days but a few hundred years ago in Europe you would have got a very different reaction to a perceived attack on the Church and/or Christianity (in that order).
If you were lucky you would have got excommunicated or imprisoned - with a bit of proscription thrown in for good measure.
If you were unlucky, or Jewish, or poor, or female, you would have been Inquisitioned with extreme prejudice and then executed with extremer prejudice.
The Roman Catholic Church at that time had many levels of prejudice.
And they still do.
It's their culture.
Re: A message to Sudan
Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2007 5:37 am
by mrmcfister
This whole episode is another example of why Africa is such a fucking shit hole...I despair ...
Re:Nice One Jaques
Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2007 5:54 am
by Flat_Eric
KennySue wrote:
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Sure they do - but they've long since moved on from the barbaric nonsense that still characterises Islam.
What you write just goes to highlight how mired Islam still is in the Middle Ages.
- Eric
