Well said, James.

--Bob

James Newtons Massmind wrote:
> To be honest, the issue for me is my lack of faith that even what does reach
> the needy will be of any lasting effect. Watch "Beyond Boarders" and think
> about what happened to each and every group they were trying to help, after
> that help was lost.
>
> The key is: Sustainability.
>
> What good is a Band-Aid today when there is no way to grow food in the
> foreseeable future?
>
> It seems to me that many aid efforts lack what any good emergency room has:
> Triage.
>
> Lets put our efforts into places where just a little help has a long
> reaching, multiplying effect.
>
> http://www.heifer.org is my preferred charity. One little chicken or
> pregnant cow can end up as a flock or herd in a few years and not only feed
> a few, today, but reproduce and feed the village down the road. Combined
> with education, it makes all the difference.
>
> Note that Heifer does NOT work in the middle east, Lebanon, Palestine,
> Israel, Iraq, Iran, Cambodia, Afghanistan or any of the other insane parts
> of the earth where people are just killing each other year after year after
> year for no apparent reason. These places are like the guy who didn't wear a
> helmet and has his brains bashed in during a motorcycle accident; yes, he
> may still be alive right now, but should the emergency room try to save him
> or the guy who fell while trying to install a PV system on his house and has
> a broken rib and internal bleeding?
>
> We can only do so much... Let it be for those who are not mad. And let the
> mad ones pass from the earth on their own.
>
> ---
> James.
>  
>
>   

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