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So I say fuck Africa, India and the rest - what about the UK? The NHS needs sorting, schools need sorting - and what about caring for our own needy folk and giving priority to THEM? As the old saying goes, charity begins at home.

Yeah cos Britain doesnt factor in any taxpayers money on that does it? What brits dont realise but love to complain about (cos us brits love to complain like its a national past time)..

Its getting like ground hog day every time africa is mentioned on here

Do you really think its because of bleeding heart liberals why money is poured into Africa? Do you ever really think why money is spent on Africa sans Bob Geldof and the people starving motive/ mad despot massacring villages motive?

I seriously doubt the government are doing it because they are guilty for their "19th century colonial past". Most of todays generation dont even remeber the last war or when england won the last world cup.

How about they might be investing in Africa because without that bloody continent you might not enjoy the luxury of a pc to type your poorly thought out objection.

You'll be surprised what africa means to the rest of the world industry wise that you can understand why it is so fucked up between all the people trying to gain control of their little slice of it.

If you think Britain and America do not need africa then maybe you should find out why some people feel the need to help a continent further than their own shores by asking why

Bill Gates ploughs money into Africa too because without that place, it would seriously impede his game plan for world domination and the maintaining of it.

To all the short sighted folk here, that is why you will never be like those people you criticise.

RICH!!!!!

Africa has made plenty people rich. Including Britain. If tyou dont know how or why then look it up on the internet or at least try and understand the ulterior motives of why Mr Brown is forking out 100million of our hard earned for mosquito sheets...then think of the endgame of that gesture.

That money is nothing compared to what they should be really forking out but it helps.

Do you think all that money is going to correct the ills of a continent. Weigh that up and think how much it would cost to subsidise a small island and you'll understand a great deal more....then you might even have half the answer to your annoyance.

one eyed jack wrote:

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Oh really? How? Pray tell.

And instead of just saying "look it up on the internet" why don't YOU enlighten all us "short-sighted folk"?

We've put forward an argument that you disagree with, which is all well and good. But where's your counter-argument - because "look it up on the Internet" is no counter-argument at all.

Or is that just a cop-out because in fact you have no real counter-argument?!

But okay - if you're gonna got down that route, howzabout you "look up on the Internet" how the Africans time and again piss away all the aid that they're given? How despite decades of hand-outs running into billions, despite all the appeals and the "give us your fucking money" Live Aid extravaganzas, Africa is still in the same fucked-up, backward state it was in 60 years ago. No - in fact scratch that - it's EVEN MORE fucked up and backward than it was 60 years ago.

It wouldn't be quite as bad if there was some discernable progress - but there isn't. In other words, all this aid (in the form of UK taxpayers' money) that your "Mr. Brown" is so magnanimously dishing out is - like all the rest - akin to pouring money that could be better spent elsewhere down a bottomless black hole.

- Eric

Yawn. Cant be bothered because we've been down that road many times on this forum before.

In fact every bloody time africa is brought up as a subject.

If you cant use your noggin that Africa is the richest source of minerals.

I could thrill you with my acumen but everyone is so lost up their own arses on this issue that any counter argument would be lost anyway...

Besides I've hinted at it in that very same thread.

So I rest my case.

Flat Eric if you want a bit of one upmanship on me then you win. Its yours How about that? Feel justified in your rant now?

I suspect the whole rant against africa is veiled racism really. You pay taxes to the government but complain on the BGAFD.

Oh waaaah boo-hoo! I pay taxes too.

If you want to do something about it then fight the good fight and get into politics.

Stop being a sheep and bleating how wronged you feel about how your money is being spent and saddle up a posse and do something about it !!!!

Or perhaps you feel more comfortable complaining.

It the british thing to do innit

I think Alice In Blunderlands post is hysterically funny.

Is it any wonder then that the government feels it can do what it likes with your money so you all come up on a porn ot forum to share the bellyache.

Get out there with placards amn. make your voice be heard.

Cant be bothered...

Oh theres a surprise thats why britain has invested and sold out Jaguar and Landrover to Tata an indian based company.

Disagree and shout me down if you like but it wont make a blind bit of difference.

Anyway that would be easier for you lot wouldnt it?.

Shout me down then. I'll put my feet up and sip my cup of tea in amusement while you let off steam.

If the truth be told. You dont like giving money to Africa because they are just a bunch of starving niggers and the sooner they hurry up and die the better off you'll feel within yourselves.

Come on admit it.

Thats the real truth isnt it?

If you cant see the real reason why Britain is giving money to overseas causes then you just dont understand how and why your money is spent in such ways.

I dont mind complaints but when its made with contempt as a veiled mask of racism then it really irks me.

one eyed jack wrote:

> If the truth be told. You dont like giving money to Africa
> because they are just a bunch of starving niggers and the
> sooner they hurry up and die the better off you'll feel within
> yourselves.
>
> Come on admit it.
>
> Thats the real truth isnt it?....


Disgraceful comments.

Yeah but true I'm sure.

one eyed jack wrote:

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Once again - why don't you enlighten us. Nothing to do with one-upmanship - why not simply give us your take on it?

Come on Jack - either pee or get off the pot (you complaining about others "ranting" BTW I find hysterically funny, in view of your tirade above).

Tell us why pouring billions into Africa - decade after decade - while that continent does nothing to help itself and just pisses it all away is making us all better off. Explain to us (in your own words plase - not by just saying "look it up on the Internet") why we short-sighted folk are missing the bigger picture.

Or is playing the hackneyed old "racism" card the best you can do?

But then maybe I shouldn't be too surprised really, because to me that's simply the knee-jerk reaction of someone who hasn't got a leg to stand on: "they're black people and you're criticising them, so you must be racist".

What bollocks.

- Eric

Playing the race card is not the best I can do Eric and I've already said my reasons in a long enough to be considered as an essay earlier in this thread.

If you missed it. Then read it again.

I dont need to elaborate further as so far you've only wanted an explanation which was already given with in the same post.

The fact this subject keeps coming up with the same answers and same posters (including myself) just indicates peoples motives which leads me to believe the race card is the main motive.

Posts about Africa seem to conjure up some passionate proses about not helping them because they cant help themselves which is a bullshit defence for not helping.

I said what i said and stick by it. How many different ways do you weant me to say it?

Or is that the best you can do?

I've already pissed in the pot. Over to you.