[Jerrek]

Do you think that those people living in those countries particularly like it?

I have no idea. Some of them, no. Some of them, yes. Some of them are particularly eager to express how bad the western lifestyle is and that us "infidels" should all die. So, if they want to live in such crappy conditions because Allah tells them to, or if you would rather have your child die than to slaughter one of the quadzillion cows on the street and feed your child, whatever. I'm not about to force my beliefs onto you.

Do they enjoy living from day to day not knowing whether they will have enough to eat? Do you think that they enjoy living in fear? I suspect not, it's not their fault that they were born into this part of the world, no more than it's your fault that you were born in a free country where you could be provided with freedom, education and a good standard of living.

Except that I wasn't. I'm a refugee. Regardless, that isn't the point.

The point is, these same people keep electing numbskill idiotic dictators. WHY is it that Africa is incapable of governing themselves? WHY? Yes, now someone is going to call me racist, but I don't care. It is the truth. I do pity the people that live in bad conditions, but damn, STOP ELECTING and SUPPORTING dictators!

I'm not saying that you should apologise for this, because as I said, this is no-ones fault but simply dismissing the rest of the world as 'a toilet' and saying it's their own problem is no way to deal with things.

You know, I really don't want to tell the rest of the world how to live and what to do. I think I'll just ignore them. If we don't, people yell at us for unilateral action. And for U.S. imperialism. And other crap. Who are YOU to say to another person in another country how he should be living his life?

And then you get 4/5 of the world angry at the U.S. for not giving out free handouts. Big whoopie ****. If you want to increase your standard of living, stop electing and supporting dictators, implement a free enterprise capitalistic economic system, deal with crime (executing anyone that rape, murders, or kidnaps is a good start), and get rid of the religions in the government.

We all live on one planet, 'if a butterfly flaps it's wings...' as the saying goes. Without help, these third world countries will never be able to move beyond the state they are in at the moment and that help can only come from first world countries.

I completely disagree. Germany came out of a mess in under 5 decades. So did Japan. And countless other countries. If these people are serious about fixing their countries, start implementing some basic common sense practices. It isn't MY job and my country's job to fix up other countries.

Things like Kyoto are there to address these problems

Like redistributing the wealth from first world nations to dictator's pockets.