Two articles, one a follow up to the other...
http://www.independent.ie/opinion/co...s-1430428.html
http://www.independent.ie/opinion/co...o-1437779.html
Two articles, one a follow up to the other...
http://www.independent.ie/opinion/co...s-1430428.html
http://www.independent.ie/opinion/co...o-1437779.html
Sorry. My conscience has toured this territory on foot and financially. Unlike most of you, I have been to Ethiopia; like most of you, I have stumped up the loot to charities to stop starvation there. The wide-eyed boy-child we saved, 20 years or so ago, is now a priapic, Kalashnikov-bearing hearty, siring children whenever the whim takes him.
There is, no doubt a good argument why we should prolong this predatory and dysfunctional economic, social and sexual system; but I do not know what it is. There is, on the other hand, every reason not to write a column like this.
LOL!
There are plenty of young idealistic people to pick the pockets of until they become old, jaded, practical, and realistic about the world.
Every year a new collection of $6 coffee slurping idealists come out of high school to change the world.
Not exactly PC, eh? But it's realistic.





Hehe priapic......... somehow I am going to have to use thast in an everyday conversation.........
What an idiot saying that "Africa is giving nothing to anyone - apart from AIDS". If I'm not mistaken Africa also gave us Ebola and wasn't "Ishtar" filmed there?





it's not only the Irish that share this opinion ...
(snip)"There are 27.7 million people in Uganda. But by 2025 the population will almost double to 56 million, close to that of Britain, which has a similar land mass. In 44 years its population will have grown by nearly as much as China's.
"You look at these numbers and think 'that's impossible'," said Carl Haub, senior demographer at the US-based Population Reference Bureau, whose latest global projections show Uganda as the fastest growing country in the world. Midway through the 21st century Uganda will be the world's 12th most populous country with 130 million people - more than Russia or Japan.
Population explosion threatens to trap Africa in cycle of poverty | World news | The Guardian
This is WHY we should stop all aid and support to Africa. This continent is completely incapable of helping itself. It's so used to being fed free food and having everything taken care of for them, that they breed like rabbits until they find themselves with no food or money again, and once again expect the rest of the world to feed them.
Africa is like a spoilt child that cannot do anything for itself, we should leave them to it, look after our own."(snip)
(snip)"A typical Ugandan woman gives birth to seven children - an extraordinarily high fertility rate that has remained largely unchanged for more than 30 years. Half the population is under 15, and will soon move into childbearing age. Fewer than one in five married women has access to contraception.
Taken together, the factors point to a population explosion that has demographers and family planning experts warning that efforts to cut poverty are doomed unless urgent measures are taken.
And not just in Uganda. Across much of sub-Saharan Africa the population is expanding so quickly that the demographic map of the earth is changing.
In the rest of world, including developing nations in Asia and South America, fertility rates have steadily declined to an average of 2.3 children to each mother. Most will experience only modest population growth in coming decades. Some countries, particularly in eastern Europe, will see their numbers decline.
But by 2050 Chad, Mali, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Niger, Burundi and Malawi - all among the poorest nations in the world - are projected to triple in size. Nigeria will have become the world's fourth biggest country. Democratic Republic of Congo and Ethiopia will have vaulted into the top 10 for the first time. Nearly a quarter of the world's population will come from Africa - up from one in seven today.
"What's happening is alarming and depressing," said Jotham Musinguzi, director of the population secretariat in Uganda's ministry of finance, pointing out the clear correlation between high fertility levels and poverty. "Are we really going to be able to give these extra people jobs, homes, healthcare and education?"
Development may not be the only casualty of the population boom. With increased competition for scarce resources such as land, conflict is likely to increase. Consequences will be felt far beyond Africa: pressure to migrate abroad - already great - can only grow, experts say."(snip)
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