If we could shrink the Earth's almost six billion population to a village of one hundred people, the resulting profile would look like this:
Fifty-seven Asians, twenty-one Europeans, fourteen North and South Americans, and eight Africans.
Seventy would be nonwhite.
Seventy would be non-Christian.
Fifty percent of the entire world's wealth would be in the hands of six people.
All six people would be citizens of the United States.
Seventy would be unable to read.
Fifty would suffer from malnutrition.
Eighty would live in substandard housing.
Only one would have a college education.
We Americans focus way too much on our "right" to be a Christian nation (although in my book, that's a silly term and cause) and forget our responsibility to the rest of the world to distribute wealth, goods and services equally.
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That Cool Hand Luke CD is awesome. It kind of reminds me of a Radiohead feel to it, for some reason. Especially the song "I'm Not Ready".
I really like that post.
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