My wife tells me that there are really three main causes for child mortality in third world countries: lack of food, lack of sanitation (death by diarrhea caused by cholera and other diseases caused by fecal matter in water), and mosquitoes. We've got host of organizations looking after the first, and Rick Mercer and Belinda Stronach taking on the last. Who will be the first celebrity to take up the middle (and arguably largest) cause?
This article takes a look at the second. I'd never thought I'd see the day when, in a Christian magazine, the topic of discussion would be shit. Given my heritage, I took no umbrage. What did you think?
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
On shit
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Exactly right. My understanding is the same as your wife's. But then - if it wasn't, I would know I was wrong.
To realize that we are willing to let people die because the cause isn't glamorous speaks volumes. I have to admit that when I looked at the gift book this Christmas at third world gift giving, privies carried little appeal. We bought a bunch of goats instead, which I suppose on one level just added to the problem.
Next year--privies it will be!
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