On Fri, Dec 25, 2015 Telmo Menezes <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> they >>> [the >>> Pirãha tribe >>> ] >>> 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! >
And the Pirãha tribe likes lots of things our civilization has to offer . Face it Telmo , the Noble Savage never existed. >> >> 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 > I see lots of pictures of smiling children, I'm sure even Malawi has something equivalent to a chamber of commerce and a tourist information board. > > 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 > I see lots of pictures of unsmiling old people. And it's quite true that Malawi has no care of the elderly problem, that's because by the time the average middle class citizen of Malawi living on his 62 cents a day has reached his 55th birthday he's already been dead for 3 months. One statistic is worth a thousand pictures. John K Clark > > > > > >> 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. > -- 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.
