Comment Re:Dumbest idea in, well, a long time, really dumb (Score 1) 270
Yes, I agree with you about the next meal thing, it was an exagerration to make a point. I have traveled throughout Africa and I live in Panama, which many consider to be a third world country. I don't think buying computers for all the children here in this part of Panama would help their education. A great many of the people here don't have electricity in their homes, let alone clean water.
I think spending this money on clean water systems would save lives and spending it on education for the third world would help their countries as a whole. Dumping millions of dollars on computers seems more like a way to dump money into the pockets of the companies making chips and computer parts.
I know if they did that here, most would end up broken or unused. A few would end up in the hands of kids that would use them and make use of them, all the others would end up being thrown out in the yard, or in the ocean where people dump all their other trash.
I think spending this money on clean water systems would save lives and spending it on education for the third world would help their countries as a whole. Dumping millions of dollars on computers seems more like a way to dump money into the pockets of the companies making chips and computer parts.
I know if they did that here, most would end up broken or unused. A few would end up in the hands of kids that would use them and make use of them, all the others would end up being thrown out in the yard, or in the ocean where people dump all their other trash.
