[extropy-chat] Dead is dead

[Dirk Bruere]

Max M wrote:

> Amara Graps wrote:
>
>> Why is it easier for people to contribute efforts (money, time, etc)
>> for tragedies caused by a natural disaster than by those caused by war,
>> genocides, deportations, etc?
>
>
>
> I wonder why so much effort goes into the millitary, and so little 
> into the development and deployment of disaster relief. They happen 
> pretty often, and a lot of people dies in the aftermath by diseases.
>
> Flying short range helicopters with small amounts of suplies, and 
> handing them out manually looks unbelievable uneffective.
>
> A world that can develop a-bombs, can shurely develop more efficient 
> approaches for quick disaster relief.
>
> Perhaps something like a fleet of cargo planes, that can fly directly 
> and carbet bomb remote areas with food, water, medicine, tools and 
> comunication devices.
>
It would probably not take much for the US and EU militaries to 
stockpile relief supplies around the world and modify their logistical 
support to deliver it at short notice.

-- 
Dirk

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