Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/04/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The suffering of a starving african child, and indeed why Africa, poverty is not far beyond our own doorsteps, is the result of misplaced aid and support from the so-called civilised , developed or simply rich who much prefer to show a farmer how to use an AK47 rather than how he can better feed his children, or sell unecessary goods to the already poor. Donate education to help the people help themselves wherever they may be.. I'm sure whoever can afford $5000 for a vet and drive a Volvo is financially well enough off to donate to charities too. Who says that the pet owners are not giving too, does one exclude the other ?? Douglas Sam schrieb: > To some, the death of a pet is akin to the death of a child, and to > others the emotional resources and money spent on animals is a > scandal. If the time and energy spent taking care of pets was expended > on visiting the abandoned sick and aged, or the money spent on having > a pet operated on was paid into the medical account of an uninsured > sick and needy human being, so much suffering could be alleviated. It > baffles me when someone fains concern (many times via documentary > photography) for, example, a bloated, fly covered, starving African > child, and then rushes in the Volvo to the Vets to have the dog > operated on for cancer at a cost of $5,000. Vanity pets have no place > in a world of suffering human beings. > > Sam S > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Ihre bevorzugten Shops, hilfreiche Einkaufs-Hilfen und gro?artige Geschenk Ideen. Erleben Sie das Vergn?gen online einzukaufen mit Shop@Netscape! http://shopping.netscape.de/shopping/