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Band aid 30 years on
Nov 16th, 2014 at 7:22pm
 

What a failure.
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Reply #1 - Nov 17th, 2014 at 6:22am
 
Sprintcyclist wrote on Nov 16th, 2014 at 7:22pm:
What a failure.


It was only a band-aid solution.
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Reply #2 - Nov 17th, 2014 at 6:37am
 
africa still burning through billions in western Aid every year with nothing to show for it
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Reply #3 - Nov 17th, 2014 at 6:54am
 
Bob Geldof trying to reinvent himself again. Who knows maybe a Lordship in it for him this time round.
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Reply #4 - Nov 17th, 2014 at 7:25am
 
Theres no bigger waste of money than foreign aid, apart from maybe climate mitigation schemes  Grin
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Reply #5 - Nov 17th, 2014 at 7:44am
 
ian wrote on Nov 17th, 2014 at 6:37am:
africa still burning through billions in western Aid every year with nothing to show for it


yes, that's it.

Oh, and the extinction of larger animals.
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Re: Band aid 30 years on
Reply #6 - Nov 17th, 2014 at 7:46am
 
Sprintcyclist wrote on Nov 17th, 2014 at 7:44am:
ian wrote on Nov 17th, 2014 at 6:37am:
africa still burning through billions in western Aid every year with nothing to show for it


yes, that's it.

Oh, and the extinction of larger animals.
just blame white people for that.
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Re: Band aid 30 years on
Reply #7 - Nov 17th, 2014 at 9:05am
 
ian wrote on Nov 17th, 2014 at 7:46am:
Sprintcyclist wrote on Nov 17th, 2014 at 7:44am:
ian wrote on Nov 17th, 2014 at 6:37am:
africa still burning through billions in western Aid every year with nothing to show for it


yes, that's it.

Oh, and the extinction of larger animals.
just blame white people for that.



well I dont know of too many black people with tiger skins on their lounge room floors or ivory handles on their cutlery... do you?.
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Re: Band aid 30 years on
Reply #8 - Nov 17th, 2014 at 9:09am
 
Sprintcyclist wrote on Nov 17th, 2014 at 7:44am:
ian wrote on Nov 17th, 2014 at 6:37am:
africa still burning through billions in western Aid every year with nothing to show for it


yes, that's it.

Oh, and the extinction of larger animals.



Africa is doing a lot to save their animals sprint..

if there wasnt a market for something there would be no need to police the landscape 24/7 to stop the poachers..so dont blame Africans..
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Re: Band aid 30 years on
Reply #9 - Nov 17th, 2014 at 6:58pm
 
Garfield. wrote on Nov 17th, 2014 at 7:25am:
Theres no bigger waste of money than foreign aid, apart from maybe climate mitigation schemes  Grin


As Ron Paul famously said, "Foreign aid takes money from the poor in rich countries and gives it to the rich in poor countries."
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