tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post1241117104446447762..comments2023-12-23T09:28:20.869+00:00Comments on The View from Cullingworth: Things that aren't really true.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post-18984629045656833612015-12-05T20:10:23.949+00:002015-12-05T20:10:23.949+00:00As background, in 1980 (around Michael Buerk time)...As background, in 1980 (around Michael Buerk time) the population of Ethiopia was about 25 million - despite wars, famine and drought, the population is now around 100 million, way beyond the capacity of that nation to support, even with its recent economic growth.<br />The greatest impact of Buerk, Live Aid, Band Aid etc. was actually to make things worse, by keeping kids alive who have since gone on to breed in such huge numbers, thus expanding the scale of the problem beyond solution.<br /><br />Their first step towards national improvement should be to stop breeding so many - after 50 years of that, they could then start to catch up with educating and developing a sustainable population-level. Anything else is ignoring that fertile elephant in the room.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com