The link that I provided, Slip was the webpage for the Texas Secretary of State and is current. It sites the problems for the population in the slum communities (Colonias) of Texas as: lack of clean water lack of proper sewage and pooled wastewater Housing in the colonias is primarily constructed by residents little by little, using available materials tents or makeshift structures of wood, cardboard or other materials Texas Department of Health data show that hepatitis A, salmonellosis, dysentery, cholera and other diseases occur at much higher rates in colonias A lack of medical services compounds health problems For children, these barriers can be devastating and may result in slow growth and lower educational development rates. unemployment rate in some colonias is more than eight times the state rate
The page does, however, site statistics from the 1990s, perhaps their last census numbers. On Feb 8, 2:15 pm, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > Dinesh; > Being rich is an unnecessary element in life. In a sense, all could > be rich, rich in the equity that the earth has to offer, each and > everyone the same. There is no need for some to maintain extravagant > lifestyles at the expense of others lives. There is plenty to go > around. > > Molly's ridiculous antiquated offering is not even remotely > comparative to slum dogs. The link clearly demonstrates, based on a > 1994 (16 years ago) record that............ > > In border counties such as Starr, Maverick and Hidalgo, per capita > annual incomes in 1994 were $5,559, $7,631 and $8,899, respectively. > > That is 16 years ago but given even the slightest inkling of current > credibility these monetary figures are still fathoms above the income > of slum dogs. People in the Colonias are not picking through garbage > piles for scraps of food. They live in housing, drive vehicles, shop > at food markets and own radios and televisions etc. > > On Feb 8, 2:06 am, Dinesh <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I tried to give them Upanishads, but they said they would prefer > > bread, clothes, etc. so I said 'you can sell these upanishads and get > > those in return' > > > Were it not for those in the slums in India and similar people in > > African and some asian contries, most of us with high standard of > > living wouldn't be living in those standards. > > > There is a mythological character in hindu religion who accumulated > > wealth and gave it away totally (Not as CHARITY, but as his > > responsibility) to start all over again, many times in his life. > > > Religion, IMO, doesn't have much to do with it, more of human nature. > > In natural environment the weak perish, but in human society, we are > > much devilish, we don't let the weak perish, give them a petiful, of > > what has been taken from them, as charity. Would the rich be rich > > without the poor ? > > On Feb 8, 9:51 am, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Yeah, and I'm so very touched by it. Never mind the Upanishads, I'd > > > rather understand how India supports slum dogs as a viable concept. I > > > find it not only disgraceful but barbaric, primitive and > > > hypocritical. The movie "Slum Dog Millionaire" tells the story. Is > > > there some religious explanation for treating people like the garbage > > > they live > > > in?http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=navclient&gfn... > > > > Fraternity and Brotherhood? As long as you have the right brother? > > > > I guess if you pile enough bullshit on top of the bullshit you won't > > > see the bullshit, right? > > > > On Feb 7, 9:10 pm, Vamadevananda <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > How many here have read the Upanishads ? ! > > > > > The two most positive aspects of religion are concepts of fraternity > > > > and brotherhood, in times when most of the world were barbarian, on > > > > one hand, and the practice of introspection or self - examination, on > > > > the other. > > > > > On Feb 8, 2:50 am, 1CellOfMany <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > There have been many discussions here where the negative results of > > > > > religion have been brought up as a side issue to another discussion. > > > > > I would like to start two parallel threads here, one about the good > > > > > that religions and religious people have done in and for the world, > > > > > and the other about the bad things that have come from, and been done > > > > > because of religion. > > > > > > In this thread, lets concentrate on discussing the positive > > > > > contributions of religion. The good acts, the positive results of > > > > > religious teaching, and the positive things that can be learned from > > > > > reading the "source books" of religion, such as the Bible, the > > > > > Upanishads, the Koran, and other writings that are considered "Holy" > > > > > by any religion. > > > > > > A historical time-line might also be useful, correlating the beginning > > > > > and growth of each religion to historical events and trends in the > > > > > places where the religion was spread.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en.
