Originally posted by trax1
They live in rural Argentina, and have a mother who at the age of 16 had 7 kids, I really don't see curing cancer high on the list of probable futures for these kids, sad as that is.
You are probably correct, they more than likely will become peasant style farmers or labourers, producing food , goods or services every day of their lives.
How many "well-educated-only-child-from-a wealthy-family" have cured cancer so far?
How many have produced something usable or edible every day of their lives?
Who will have the bigger carbon footprint?
Who's existence will deplete the resources of the planet more?
Who would last the longest should the other suddenly cease to exist, the poor farmer or the medical research scientist?
Humanity has lasted millions of years without a cure for cancer, how long do you reckon it would last if no one grew any crops or raised any animals?
How many times has an Argentinian farmer rung your house at dinner time asking for a donation?
What about someone asking for money for cancer research?
One, by merely surviving and reproducing is a success, the other has yet to come up with anything really successful.
One garners respect, the other distaste....it all seems a bit backward.
Come on folks, just because someone's way of life is vastly different than what you think of as normal, doesn't mean it is wrong, or somehow less worthy.
I wonder if the government assistance in remote Argentina extends as far as building a school and supplying a nice yellow bus?
Did it where you grew up?
Do you reckon that sort of thing might have an effect on a young girl's life and at what age she starts having kids?
Not everyone's life and surrounds are so comfortable it includes internet access, doesn't mean they are any less deserving of life or respect than we are.
Also, women have been giving birth in their early teens for millenia, it is only reasonably recently that it has become anything but the norm.
The only thing remotely unusual is the multiple multiples thing.
