[extropy-chat] darfur

Martin Striz mstriz at gmail.com
Tue May 2 14:49:54 UTC 2006


On 5/1/06, J. Andrew Rogers <andrew at ceruleansystems.com> wrote:

> The rest of the industrialized world is essentially ignoring Darfur,
> with the US once again picking up most of the tab.  In short,
> anything that *is* being done for the people of Darfur is being done
> primarily through the generosity of the Americans, with the major
> economies of Europe nowhere in sight.  Again. The US is frequently
> accused of not doing enough to help, but if that is true what does it
> say about so many other large economies that do far less?   What
> would the consequences be if the US emulated the reluctant and tepid
> generosity of much of the rest of the industrialized world?

Yep.  I've vocally criticized other industrialized nations for exactly
that reason.

http://striz.org/blog/?p=223

Martin




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