pull ya head in champ, it's my opinion, and i'm entitled to one yeah?you are a wanker.
Well, one could argue that Indica's suggestion you are a wanker is also his opinion and therefore as per above you agree he is entitled to it. Trifle harsh maybe and possibly it would have been better to try and correct/educate you instead of simply lobbing an insult.pull ya head in champ, it's my opinion, and i'm entitled to one yeah?
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Does that make the US the Crack dealer who has moved into the next street, given the kids a way to makes some $, given the guy without legs a wheelchair in exchange for hiding loads of crack in his tent and Australia the opportunity to increase territorial control in exchange for protection of their own fledgling crack empire?To put this in simpler terms, If you can imagine that countries are households:
Indonesia with it's problems with corruption, steady supply of natural disasters, high poverty rate, high disease rate and huge population is kinda like that family in the commission house across the road where the parents are alkies, the kids are dressed in rags and are in sore need of some care and attention. Shit, you almost feel obliged to help the younger ones out as it's not their fault they're in that situation.
Haiti, is the poor chap at the end of the street whose house completely burnt down, is now living in a tent and he's had to get his legs amputated due to gangrene.
Wait up. I wasn't putting my opinion forward, I was putting it in a way that may sound more familiar to people who don't know the things that actually unfold from offering and providing aid to foreign countries. I know where the crumbs of the cookie land.But Dozer, beyond being wrong on the politics, you and Biggles are wrong on the facts. Help has been offered, so far I think we've only accepted it from New Zealand. And pragmatically it's quite possible that help from poorer places eg Haiti may hurt them far more than it benefits us.
And I think you're right about 'a race discretion' - that this furphy is a 'racial discretion' being planted to take political advantage of Queenslanders' misfortune.
Edit: not that I'm blaming you specifically for that planting, I suspect Biggles was just passing it on.
I just took a wiff of that and smelt... survival of the fittestJust to step it back to foreign aid in general: On the ground, foreign aid - rather than specific instances of disaster relief aid, seems to be actually BAD for third world countries.
- Aid dependent governments factor in being given money for nothing by other governments. This promotes many things, including corruption at all levels of government and acts as a strong disincentive for growth of domestic industry and independence - why develop methods of generating income when other countries will give you money for free? If you do develop your own methods of generating income the aid money dries up.
- Many aid agencies employ foreign nationals to carry out their aid work. By building, running and maintaining (in some instances) basic services FOR people and governments, rather than providing for the training and development of them by the local population, you lock people into a cycle of dependency. You also breed an attitude of charity amongst the population - people ask for handouts, not jobs, as that's what foreign aid offers.
- When you supply raw aid - resources and money to ineffective and corrupt administration, you effectively supply and perpetuate that administrative regime. Prodiving better quality of life for the citizens of such a country requires wholesale regime change, and empowering the existing government might actually be counter-productive.
So basically, disaster relief aside, I think we need to seriously think about what we offer in aid and how we offer it. Going over and digging wells, building hospitals and handing out bags of rice might make us feel good about ourselves but it might not actually promote actually realised development in aid dependent countries.
I'd recommend; Standring, S 2008, Gray’s Anatomy, 4th edn, Elsevier, Missouri.I'd suggest reading a basic biology text and getting your olfactory condition seen to.
What exactly do you expect to learn about evolutionary theory in a book about human anatomy aimed at medical practioners, of which the first edition predates On the Origin of Species?I'd recommend; Standring, S 2008, Gray’s Anatomy, 4th edn, Elsevier, Missouri.
You need the shift key on your computer fixed.interested to see the feedback from this...........
After hearing that Indonesia had offered aid, you could have just said "I stand corrected, well done Indonesia!".interested to see the feedback from this...........
i will now say well done to the government of indonesia for offering aid. i wonder if our government will accept?After hearing that Indonesia had offered aid, you could have just said "I stand corrected, well done Indonesia!".
if that's a thanks for serving in the australian military, you're very welcome. thanks is not a word the military hears enough.Thanks Biggles