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Intelligent_Design · 03-21-2006, 10:32 AM

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Originally Posted by sickness

I'm laughing my ass off thinking of the Starvin' Marvin episodes of South Park.

You are right, that SP is perfect for this story.

Emperor Norton · 03-22-2006, 04:45 PM

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Originally Posted by KingVoyeur

I love how they had money donated from Applebees and Church's Chicken, and held "bake-offs, barbeques and pie-eating contests" to raise money to give Bibles to starving people. Did it never occur to them to give all that food instead?

Um... either your satire-detector needs recalibrating, or my irony-meter is on the fritz.

Senormac · 03-22-2006, 05:55 PM

This picture was taken by photographer, Kevin Carter, in 1994 and won a Pulitzer Prize. The picture depicts a famine stricken child crawling towards a United Nations food camp located just under a mile away. The vulture was waiting for the child to die, so that he could eat it. The world was shocked when it saw this picture. No one knows the outcome of this situation (including Kevin Carter, who left the scene immediately after taking the picture.) Carter committed suicide three months later after suffering severe depression.

Space Tycoon · 03-22-2006, 06:12 PM

Which country was that?

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Senormac · 03-22-2006, 07:23 PM

I really do not know Spacey.....but it sure is tragic.......

the thing is....Carter prob saw tons of scenes like this.....and the idea of stopping to help them was just not a possibility....in his thinking....

I don't know.... but I have a feeling that after the Pulitzer......the outcry about this pic....haunted him......

Space Tycoon · 03-22-2006, 07:40 PM

I was just wondering if this famine, like so many others, was man-made as opposed to natural.

It would feel like a hollow victory indeed, to wield a Pulitzer Prize for recording the last moments of that child, when you could have done something.

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MPG · 03-22-2006, 09:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Senormac

The world was shocked when it saw this picture. No one knows the outcome of this situation (including Kevin Carter, who left the scene immediately after taking the picture.)

He left the scene instead of helping the child? And he won a prize for that?

kah · 03-23-2006, 06:37 AM

What's really sad is the people who say "I can't save everyone!" and convince themselves that what they can give is not enough, so they give nothing instead. You do what you can. If you can donate money, even a little bit, you may not help everyone, but you can help 1 person. Maybe you can donate time. Maybe blood, or plasma. Maybe just understanding. Something is better than nothing.

Red Cross

Smile Train

Salvation Army

Doctors Without Borders

Or even just donate your used cell phone to your local women's shelter. They will get it reprogrammed to only dial 911, so a battered woman has a lifeline.

03-22-2006, 06:12 PM	#34
Space Tycoon Returned from a black hole Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 3,032	Which country was that? . __________________

03-22-2006, 07:40 PM	#36
Space Tycoon Returned from a black hole Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 3,032	I was just wondering if this famine, like so many others, was man-made as opposed to natural. It would feel like a hollow victory indeed, to wield a Pulitzer Prize for recording the last moments of that child, when you could have done something. . __________________

03-23-2006, 06:37 AM	#38
kah Puts the "tender" in "bartender" ... oh, who are we kidding! Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Purgatory Posts: 4,974	What's really sad is the people who say "I can't save everyone!" and convince themselves that what they can give is not enough, so they give nothing instead. You do what you can. If you can donate money, even a little bit, you may not help everyone, but you can help 1 person. Maybe you can donate time. Maybe blood, or plasma. Maybe just understanding. Something is better than nothing. Red Cross Smile Train Salvation Army Doctors Without Borders Or even just donate your used cell phone to your local women's shelter. They will get it reprogrammed to only dial 911, so a battered woman has a lifeline. __________________

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03-22-2006, 05:55 PM	#33
Senormac On a "Last Crusade" for snacks Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Springfield Oregon Posts: 880	This picture was taken by photographer, Kevin Carter, in 1994 and won a Pulitzer Prize. The picture depicts a famine stricken child crawling towards a United Nations food camp located just under a mile away. The vulture was waiting for the child to die, so that he could eat it. The world was shocked when it saw this picture. No one knows the outcome of this situation (including Kevin Carter, who left the scene immediately after taking the picture.) Carter committed suicide three months later after suffering severe depression.

03-22-2006, 07:23 PM	#35
Senormac On a "Last Crusade" for snacks Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Springfield Oregon Posts: 880	I really do not know Spacey.....but it sure is tragic....... the thing is....Carter prob saw tons of scenes like this.....and the idea of stopping to help them was just not a possibility....in his thinking.... I don't know.... but I have a feeling that after the Pulitzer......the outcry about this pic....haunted him......