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Article #344Re: What if I said?
From: rpedley
Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 21:55
Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 21:55
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..and this was his reply to the message, which i had also sent him privately: "Well buddy, You are allowed your opinions just as I am. When they make you God then maybe I'll listen. I guess you have a lot of time on your hands if you need to put so much effort into complaining about something." That's it. Not even an attempt to address any of the points i raised. I can only assume that his "plan" so far is to grab a big buncha money, because that's all he's ever talked about: how to get the money. <rpedley@cogeco.ca> wrote in message news:mtqjj.371$Ov2.367@read2.cgocable.net... > I'd say "So what?" 25,000 kids die each and every day on this planet, and > your "plan" won't save even one of them. Why? Because raising money is the > smallest and easiest step in the entire process of saving those kids. > Converting that cash into food, medicine, housing, and making sure it's all > spent on those items, and then delivering the goods to their destinations > (once you have actually determined the destinations!). And assuming all > these things happened, then what? Your "plan" won't rid the world of > disease, droughts, floods, earthquakes, corrupt dictatorships, > ethnic/religious/tribal conflicts, unwanted/unneeded pregnancies, and on and > on. Your plan won't prevent the Nile river from becoming unusable for > farming and drinking purposes within 20 years, a river that in Egypt alone, > 78M people depend on for sustenance. You had a nice dream, now forget it and > stop wasting our time with your spam. > > "Rick Carroll" <postmaster@rickcarroll.ca> wrote in message > news:4401ad2b-9f4f-42f5-8654-beec900d7aa8@u10g2000prn.googlegroups.com... > > What if I said? > > > > That I wanted to help feed all the world's children. > > > > What if I said? > > > > That I have an idea that could possibly do it. > > > > What if I said? > > > > That I'm a real person, who doesn't want your money? > > > > What if I said? > > > > That I just want you to read and consider my idea. > > > > Would you do it? > > > > And > > > > What would you say? > > > > http://www.rickcarroll.ca/lovecard/index.htm > > > > > > Thanks > > > > Rick Carroll > >
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