Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ames.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!zehntel!dual!ames!barry From: barry@ames.UUCP (Kenn Barry) Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: Re: How about helping our own Message-ID: <702@ames.UUCP> Date: Fri, 14-Dec-84 16:02:13 EST Article-I.D.: ames.702 Posted: Fri Dec 14 16:02:13 1984 Date-Received: Mon, 17-Dec-84 03:18:57 EST References: <710@loral.UUCP> Organization: NASA-Ames Research Center, Mtn. View, CA Lines: 46 [] From loral!rfs: >I feel real bad about the starving people in Ethiopia. What about the starving >people in the USA. I mean the street people and the bag ladies. The winos >that sleep in gutters and under bridges. Don't you think we should help our >own first. I believe in helping both. As to what group has priority, there is more than one factor to consider. One factor is, indeed, proximity. If there are two people in equal need, I would give first priority to helping the one closest to me, yes. But if one person is in greater need than another, that is also a factor. The needs of those starving in Ethiopia is greater and more immediate than that of most poor people in the US. Few if any Americans are in danger of starving to death over the next few days. Many Ethiopians are. >Cliff Roberts and Charalton Heston seem to be the media spokesmen for the >relief effort in Ethiopia. I'm sure each of them have cut big fat checks >for the relief effort. Have each of them given a 'dime' to any needy people >in their own country. I doubt it!. You see its politically fashonable to >contribute to the starving people in Ethiopia. Your doubt is not convincing. If you have information on what these two gentlemen do or don't give to charity, fine, but your comment is idle speculation as it stands. >Just before you give away a check to the Ethiopia relief drive find out >if there are any charity organizations for our street people or farmers >relief funds. I say when every person in america is fat and healthy and >we don't know what else to do with our money then send it over seas. > >LETS QUIT SHIT'NT ON OUR OWN PEOPLE for the sake of others! I repeat: the immediate need in Ethiopia is far greater than the immediate need in this country. But let's help both, and not create false dichotomies between helping others and helping our own. Your message clearly shows that there are some in this country who really need help (with logic and the English language, if nothing else). - From the Crow's Nest - Kenn Barry NASA-Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- USENET: {ihnp4,vortex,dual,hao,menlo70,hplabs}!ames!barry SOURCE: ST7891