It is completely awful what has happened in S.e.Asia i could only watch in complete horror,along with many others,on boxing day..but whilst i think the British public have been amazing donating tons of cash there are thousands of people living all over the world in extreme poverty.Places like se Asia too but also the Sudan for example.What i want to know is why does all this get brushed under the carpet?I admit i watched the Vicar of Dibley last night and they certainly rammed the message home(slightly preachy)but basically at least 30,000 people every day die from extreme poverty,HIV etc.That is 210,000 people a week.I do liken the slight hysteria toward this natural disaster(if it is as global warming probably plays apart thanks to the western world) anyway i liken this to the death of Princess Diana that sort of feeling seems to be around again.
Naturally i expect people to be cross with this posting.I am not belittling the disaster,i donated money too.Just thought i would see what you lot think.
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