In a message dated 98-10-14 12:06:09 EDT, you write:
<< "those poor uneducated, ignorant peasants" and
that if we could just teach them, the problem would be solved. The
imperial colonial overtones of this attitude, sublte (or not so sublte) as
they may be, need to be pointed out every time they rear their ugly heads.
peace
katie
>>
Hi!
I understand what you are saying here Katie - but what I meant by education
was that if they had the education they needed they could get the great jobs
with great pay and not be dependent on having more children to help with
labor, etc. Not just educate them about the issues they affect and as you
said at times have no control over - but to empower them with what they need
to succeed in their own lives. So that through that success they can support
their families. It is similar to not just telling your children to be afraid
of strangers but empowering them with information to protect themselves in
different situations with strangers. Empowerment through education - Free,
educated, empowered woman . . doesn't that have a nice ring to it!
Peace!
Angela
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Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 19:18:49 -0500
Subject: Re: family size,etc.
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> In a message dated 98-10-14 15:12:50 EDT, you write:
>
> << And I am saying that overpopulation, poor governmental policies and
> unequal distribution of wealth (all of it) is the cause of the current
> ecocrisis.
>
> Bertina
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> >>
> Hi!
>
> Bertina, thanks for clearing that up. However something else causes
> overpopulation, something else causes poor governmental policies and something
> else causes the unequal distribution of wealth. And those something elses are
> at the root of the current ecocrisis - You have to peel back the layers so to
> speak or dig deeper to get the root of problems - curing the stems and the
> fruits won't heal the plants and the trees, if the soil is bad you have to
> cure that- the soil is where the root is - same applies to the ecocrisis -
> there are root causes of the problem - cure those and you begin to cure the
> problems!
>
The root cause of overpopulation is the vast number of nuts
heedlessly sprouting; in other words, contraceptionless sex.
Joe
> Peace!
> Angela
