RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:PakistanWinstonSmith wrote: Citizen13 wrote: You are opening a whole can of worms when pulling out the morality card. I think India /Pakistan are way overpopulated and should therefore compensate the rest of the world for that. Global climate change is caused by factory farming of animals as well as fossil fuels. I think people who support the horrific treatment of factory farm animals , slaughter and then eat their corpses should compensate those that do not. Every day is a holocaust for these animals. Billions of sentient beings are slaughtered evey year, likely a trillion fish . The ocean is very close to a horrific black swan event . When the last piece of Ahi tuna goes down the pie hole of some Chinese meat gobbler who should I sue ? Wanna keep going ?
Oldnagger wrote: Wow !! I am not a dangerous dictator nor a murderous fanatic, just a guy who believes that people need a hand up when life deals them a bad hand . By moral precept I mean that aid should be at the option of the donor according to the values that the donor wishes for himself. I am a little concerned that I need to explain such basic concepts !!
Lets keep in mind that the energy use footprint of the average Canadian is 40 times that of the average Third worlder... who has the moral high ground.......?
That "energy footprint" arguement does not hold water. Since Canadians heat their homes for 6 months if not greater, 40% of our enery footprint derives from that. Add the fact that we are an industrialized society where many need to commute to work as opposed to walk, and that accounts for another 20%. Also, the energy footprint arguement does not take into account many other factors that impact global health. Agricultural production is not accounted for. So basically you are saying 1000 people living in a village in pakistan with no running water or hydro, who walk everywhere they need to go, with open sewers, and no accountability for deforesting their environment in order to produce more food to feed their population is BETTER than our method? Another guy who drank the koolaid.