ObviousGuy's Journal: Starvation in Ethiopia

I am watching CNN and a London-based reporter is spending a month with an Ethiopian village to document the life of a starving people. He is large in size, probably 250 pounds or so and taller than most of the Ethiopians he lives with.

He wants to discover for himself the reasons behind the famine and starvation.

On his first day he accompanies his host family to the 'church' which is nothing more than a small clearing with seats out in the open. Upon his arrival several of the congregation become possessed with fear. They spring out of their seats and shake all over, dancing around like people possessed in voodoo rituals. They scream and cry out at his large appearance. One old village leader sums up for me the primary problem of this village's starvation which isn't simply lack of food. He stands before the congregation and proclaims loudly that he "heard that the man eats other humans". The problem is lack of education and a culture based on superstition.

Life imitates South Park

[bubblegoose]

Sounds like another instance of life imitating South Park. I think they did the same exact thing when they blasted Sally Struthers.

Ethiopia

[sql*kitten]

For as long as I can remember watching TV, there have been starving Ethiopians on it. The West has poured billions of whatever currency into the country, millions of tons of food, volunteers have gone to administer vaccines and teach in schools... and none of it seems to have made any difference at all.

At the end of the day, there are only two viable courses of action:

1) Leave and divert our efforts to people who actually can be helped.

2) Conquer it and administer it as a protectorate.

The problem in Eth