On Fri, Dec 25, 2015 at 10:14 PM, John Clark <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 25, 2015 at Telmo Menezes <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> You have the example of the Pirãha tribe, which is to this day a tribe of >> hunter-gatherers in the Amazon. Daniel Everett was the first researcher to >> live with them and learn their language. He discovered that they have >> absolutely no interest in anything our civilization has to offer. >> > > The > Pirãha tribe > has a great interest in some things our civilization has to offer, > things like > machetes, gunpowder, powdered milk, sugar > and > whiskey > , and they will happily trade Brazil nuts and sex to obtain them. > I like them! > > >>> >> >>> I'd far far FAR prefer to be living on the street of New York City than >>> be a middle class citizen of Malawi. >>> >> >> > >> I don't know, being homeless in NYC sounds pretty awful >> > > Homeless in NYC > would sound like paradise to some. > > A > > middle class citizen of Malawi > > makes 62 cents A DAY, a good panhandler in NYC can easily make a hundred > times as much, and > the > manhattanite > > has free access to garbage cans full of choice delicacies the > > Malawi > > guy can only dream about. And a > free > NYC soup kitchen > > and flop house would seem like a 4 star > restaurant and > hotel > to > a middle class citizen of Malawi. > > > This is a ridiculous discussion, so I'll do my best. Google images for "middle class citizen in Malawi": https://www.google.pt/search?q=Malawi&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjshPq6hfjJAhUGXBoKHVCMDa0Q_AUIBygB&biw=1247&bih=675#tbm=isch&q=middle+class+citizen+in+Malawi Google images for "homeless in new york city": https://www.google.pt/search?q=homeless+in+nyc&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjE0v3PhfjJAhWMExoKHQrRAH4Q_AUIBygB&biw=1247&bih=675#tbm=isch&q=homeless+in+new+york+city > John K Clark > > > > >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
