eco: "struggling to survive" vs. population
Yet another TV report on starving Somalians and their "struggle to survive". Meanwhile, in a barren sub-Saharan desert, the population is skyrocketing. In 1991 as the hell was gathering steam, population 7 million. Now 9.5 million. 48% of the population is under 15! 3.4% population growth in 2003 (it was 2.9% in 1992).
I don't have compassion fatigue, I have anger. Unless you have a realistic means to deliver a better life for your family, don't have kids.
Googling for overpopulation Somalia finds reports making the connection... dated from the 1990s. I wonder why people have large families in such dire circumstances, this National Geographic story from 2000 looks at the issue.
I don't have compassion fatigue, I have anger. Unless you have a realistic means to deliver a better life for your family, don't have kids.
Googling for overpopulation Somalia finds reports making the connection... dated from the 1990s. I wonder why people have large families in such dire circumstances, this National Geographic story from 2000 looks at the issue.
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posted by skierpage at
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I agree, although, once the children are born, and staring into the camera lens, it is hard to be hard-hearted about their plight...
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dhp-art, at June 27, 2008 4:01 PM
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