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Economist Jeffrey Sachs estimates that malaria, which kills 2 million children annualy, could be contained for a mere US$3 Billion per year. Think about it. $100 Billion to kill 200,000 people in Iraq each year, or $3 Billion to save 2 million children in Africa each year. Hmmmm.
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3 comments:
"They'd crucify him. ... America is a little too Christian for Jesus." Some great lines here, though I still found it a somewhat painfully American-centric view of the world. Why does being pro-American involve belief in America as a messiah nation?
Byron,
great question.
But I think he's picking up on something there. I mean America very much sees *itself* as a messiah nation. So to deny that is to deny its self identity, and that sort of makes it hard to be pro-America. I think.
I mean I guess you can deny someone's self identity and be "pro" that someone in *some* sense. But not in the normally used sense, I think.
I've always got the impession that being 'for' someone or something means to love and trust them enough to tell them the truth. If their self-perception is dangerously wrong, I'm not sure how reinforcing that mistake is an expression of support. I love America, and for that very reason I think it's important that she drop the messianic impulse (not to mention for the sake of the rest of the world).
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