> > With all the starvation, malnutrition and general lack of care of
> > children, I can't understand how people can get involved with
> > environmental causes in corrupt countries which are almost certainly
> > doomed to failure, simply because neither the government, the rich
> > people who control the government or the middle class who control
> > everything else, simply don't care.
>
> You forgot about the low class people, who, honestly, don't care
> either.
Low class? Don't know what you mean by that in this context. Taking
care of the environment is showing respect for what you've been given
responsibility over for the time being - but it might be prudent to take
care of starvation first. Hopefully environmental respect can also be
worked into the education curriculum so the next generation thinks twice
before dumping garbage and toxic waste into the ground, water and into
the air. Such a shame to look at a once nice vista and remark, "If
only....." |