RANT

[Carnebwen]

20 million starving when Live aid happened. 20 years later its 80 million starving.

I dont like the adverts. I know these people need help, but I preferred the older ads. "Give a man a fish and he will be fed, give a man a fishing rod and he can fish and feed his family forever" or an approximation of such. The aid itself makes farming or trying to get a job in these countries next to impossible as the UN is giving stuff away for free. Its like the benefits culture here, only with a much faster rate of reproduction and a far lower quality of life.

Ive seen adverts saying "please do not feed the wild animals, as they will get dependent on your food and wont be able to fend for themselves" and as common sense as that is no one applies it to people because "think of the children" mentality.

The whole "here is a crying child, possibly in black and white with some sad music playing, you feel guilty for just eating dont you? give just £5 a month or as much as you can afford" type adverts annoy me. If i could personally give that kid £5 then yeah, every now and again maybe I would.. but as someone esle has said the trickle down economy means that kid sees harldly any of that donation and if they do it probably isnt in a sustainable way and only encourages more dependance.

its a tricky situation and its politically incorrect to even imply the obvious solutions.

All my clothes and book donations go to the Dorothy house or similar.