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I beg to differ. There are not people in just as dire straits as millions, if not billions, of people in Africa and Asia. You're just willingly insensible if you really believe that. Yes, there are poverty-stricken people in America and I've no doubt that there are people who die of starvation and diseases of deprivation in America. But in Africa alone everyday there are on the average of 4 million people in the process of dying of starvation. Ever see the garbage dumps in places like Brazil and Bangladesh that are full of people waiting for the dump trucks so they can find something to eat? It's good that you at least acknowledge the suffering of people here in the states, but it's just ridiculous to compare it in any serious way to the suffering and privation that goes on in other parts of the world.
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