On 01-Feb-08, at 3:09 PM, Sriram J wrote: >> How about empowering them with education and information with >> "electronic devices" so that they can make their own roti, kapada aur >> makan, instead of depending on GOV and NGOs philanthropy's? > > > Please explain how one laptop will improve living conditions or > help them > earn some money so they can stop depending on other peoples > philantropy. > Are you asking them to use the computers to earn money(if so how) > or am i > misunderstanding your mail.
and if the kids can play games and have fun - is that evil? Any new experience that has a chance of widening a person's mind and opening new horizons to him is positive no? Ok, it may not help them to earn something - but to grudge them having some fun ... the whole thing of give them food, shelter and clothing and then give them laptops is too too much. Government doesnt think or reason, there are pulls and pushes and it reacts to them. Dont expect government to develop society. It wont. People have to develop themselves. And they will. For that matter what about free TVs given to people below a certain income level? Government is doing it for votes - people spend their time before the box instead of doing useful work and educating themselves. So would you say, only give them TVs after they reach a certain income level? Or is TV totally evil? Could it have some educational value? Oh, I forgot, they cant watch TV anyway because villages dont have electricity. And what good is a TV for a person who has hardly enough to eat? -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves Associate, NRC-FOSS [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://nrcfosshelpline.in/web/ Foss conference for the common man: http://registration.fossconf.in/web/ _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- [email protected] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - February 22-24, 2008 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
