Comments on: “born without a ____” http://evilsciencechick.com/2007/11/13/born-without-a-____/ full of Ma-loc-key…(bunch of yard doddle).. Fri, 27 Apr 2012 04:29:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Carrie http://evilsciencechick.com/2007/11/13/born-without-a-____/comment-page-1/#comment-6140 Carrie Wed, 14 Nov 2007 18:47:14 +0000 http://evilsciencechick.com/2007/11/13/born-without-a-____/#comment-6140 I can't watch them. I refuse. It's starting to get to the point where I can't even watch the fiction-based shows because they have enough bits of reality in them that I lay awake wondering about all the shit that goes down in this world. If it weren't for the Wii, I might try to ditch the television altogether.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('6140','Carrie'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('6140','Carrie','I can\'t watch them. I refuse. It\'s starting to get to the point where I can\'t even watch the fiction-based shows because they have enough bits of reality in them that I lay awake wondering about all the shit that goes down in this world. If it weren\'t for the Wii, I might try to ditch the television altogether.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> I can’t watch them. I refuse. It’s starting to get to the point where I can’t even watch the fiction-based shows because they have enough bits of reality in them that I lay awake wondering about all the shit that goes down in this world. If it weren’t for the Wii, I might try to ditch the television altogether.
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]]> By: grace http://evilsciencechick.com/2007/11/13/born-without-a-____/comment-page-1/#comment-6139 grace Wed, 14 Nov 2007 17:05:12 +0000 http://evilsciencechick.com/2007/11/13/born-without-a-____/#comment-6139 There are times when "observe but don't interfere" is a better policy, however cruel it may seem.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('6139','grace'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('6139','grace','There are times when \"observe but don\'t interfere\" is a better policy, however cruel it may seem.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> There are times when “observe but don’t interfere” is a better policy, however cruel it may seem.
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]]> By: Jamie http://evilsciencechick.com/2007/11/13/born-without-a-____/comment-page-1/#comment-6136 Jamie Wed, 14 Nov 2007 12:23:49 +0000 http://evilsciencechick.com/2007/11/13/born-without-a-____/#comment-6136 I saw one where the girl went to a hospital in Africa, got her treatments for a disfiguring facial growth, and when she went home, she was still rejected by many, and it took them a while. She never did marry,and died a year or two later of an infection. They thought God had cursed her, and many were afraid of being close to her. She had thought she was going to get a perfect face back, and I think that the doctors and tv producers led her to those grand thoughts, when it was obvious it wouldn't happen just looking at her. Yeah, those shows are sad for so many reasons. And as far as the highway/water argument, I have no idea. But once you build a highway, you don't just walk away. You have to keep it up, repair it, rebuild it, and that costs money. If you let it go, nobody can use it in a few years, and that money was wasted, and in many African countries, there is so much corruption it makes this sort of organization near impossible. Even in the US you can tell which counties/states are poor by the state of their roads, I cannot imagine them doing better.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('6136','Jamie'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('6136','Jamie','I saw one where the girl went to a hospital in Africa, got her treatments for a disfiguring facial growth, and when she went home, she was still rejected by many, and it took them a while. She never did marry,and died a year or two later of an infection. They thought God had cursed her, and many were afraid of being close to her.\n\nShe had thought she was going to get a perfect face back, and I think that the doctors and tv producers led her to those grand thoughts, when it was obvious it wouldn\'t happen just looking at her.\n\nYeah, those shows are sad for so many reasons.\n\nAnd as far as the highway\/water argument, I have no idea. But once you build a highway, you don\'t just walk away. You have to keep it up, repair it, rebuild it, and that costs money. If you let it go, nobody can use it in a few years, and that money was wasted, and in many African countries, there is so much corruption it makes this sort of organization near impossible.\n\nEven in the US you can tell which counties\/states are poor by the state of their roads, I cannot imagine them doing better.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> I saw one where the girl went to a hospital in Africa, got her treatments for a disfiguring facial growth, and when she went home, she was still rejected by many, and it took them a while. She never did marry,and died a year or two later of an infection. They thought God had cursed her, and many were afraid of being close to her.

She had thought she was going to get a perfect face back, and I think that the doctors and tv producers led her to those grand thoughts, when it was obvious it wouldn’t happen just looking at her.

Yeah, those shows are sad for so many reasons.

And as far as the highway/water argument, I have no idea. But once you build a highway, you don’t just walk away. You have to keep it up, repair it, rebuild it, and that costs money. If you let it go, nobody can use it in a few years, and that money was wasted, and in many African countries, there is so much corruption it makes this sort of organization near impossible.

Even in the US you can tell which counties/states are poor by the state of their roads, I cannot imagine them doing better.

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]]> By: The Scoot http://evilsciencechick.com/2007/11/13/born-without-a-____/comment-page-1/#comment-6133 The Scoot Wed, 14 Nov 2007 05:20:59 +0000 http://evilsciencechick.com/2007/11/13/born-without-a-____/#comment-6133 It's a chicken and egg thing, Jen. Highways will help provide clean water, clean water will help highways be built...<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('6133','The Scoot'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('6133','The Scoot','It\'s a chicken and egg thing, Jen. Highways will help provide clean water, clean water will help highways be built...'); return false;">Quote</a></div> It’s a chicken and egg thing, Jen. Highways will help provide clean water, clean water will help highways be built…
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]]> By: Jen http://evilsciencechick.com/2007/11/13/born-without-a-____/comment-page-1/#comment-6132 Jen Wed, 14 Nov 2007 04:39:04 +0000 http://evilsciencechick.com/2007/11/13/born-without-a-____/#comment-6132 Highways=good, but water without poop in it trumps highways any day. Parasites seriously freak me out. I'm getting the willies just thinking about it.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('6132','Jen'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('6132','Jen','Highways=good, but water without poop in it trumps highways any day. Parasites seriously freak me out. I\'m getting the willies just thinking about it.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Highways=good, but water without poop in it trumps highways any day. Parasites seriously freak me out. I’m getting the willies just thinking about it.
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]]> By: The Scoot http://evilsciencechick.com/2007/11/13/born-without-a-____/comment-page-1/#comment-6128 The Scoot Wed, 14 Nov 2007 02:29:35 +0000 http://evilsciencechick.com/2007/11/13/born-without-a-____/#comment-6128 Highways. What ------ needs now, more than ever, are highways, and railways. It's not impossible, or impractical, to help develop transportation systems. The kids with the deformity cannot wait for their society to provide them with medical care, but after they have received such care... THEY HAVE THEIR ENTIRE LIVES TO USE MODERN TRANSPORT, AND THE TRADE THAT IT BRINGS. Digging a well for a village is a wonderful thing. Shaving off hours of treacherous over-country travel so that well water can be used to the most optimal effect... is better.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('6128','The Scoot'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('6128','The Scoot','Highways. What ------ needs now, more than ever, are highways, and railways. It\'s not impossible, or impractical, to help develop transportation systems. The kids with the deformity cannot wait for their society to provide them with medical care, but after they have received such care...\n\nTHEY HAVE THEIR ENTIRE LIVES TO USE MODERN TRANSPORT, AND THE TRADE THAT IT BRINGS.\n\nDigging a well for a village is a wonderful thing. Shaving off hours of treacherous over-country travel so that well water can be used to the most optimal effect... is better.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Highways. What —— needs now, more than ever, are highways, and railways. It’s not impossible, or impractical, to help develop transportation systems. The kids with the deformity cannot wait for their society to provide them with medical care, but after they have received such care…

THEY HAVE THEIR ENTIRE LIVES TO USE MODERN TRANSPORT, AND THE TRADE THAT IT BRINGS.

Digging a well for a village is a wonderful thing. Shaving off hours of treacherous over-country travel so that well water can be used to the most optimal effect… is better.

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]]> By: jodi http://evilsciencechick.com/2007/11/13/born-without-a-____/comment-page-1/#comment-6127 jodi Wed, 14 Nov 2007 01:31:19 +0000 http://evilsciencechick.com/2007/11/13/born-without-a-____/#comment-6127 I guess the actual hard work of helping poor communities in developing countries to become self-sustaining doesn't make for very good television; you can't fit a simplistic aren't-we-just-the-best-people-on-the-planet message into half an hour when the humanitarian task is one that takes slow decades of grunt work.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('6127','jodi'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('6127','jodi','I guess the actual hard work of helping poor communities in developing countries to become self-sustaining doesn\'t make for very good television; you can\'t fit a simplistic aren\'t-we-just-the-best-people-on-the-planet message into half an hour when the humanitarian task is one that takes slow decades of grunt work.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> I guess the actual hard work of helping poor communities in developing countries to become self-sustaining doesn’t make for very good television; you can’t fit a simplistic aren’t-we-just-the-best-people-on-the-planet message into half an hour when the humanitarian task is one that takes slow decades of grunt work.
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]]> By: ESC http://evilsciencechick.com/2007/11/13/born-without-a-____/comment-page-1/#comment-6126 ESC Wed, 14 Nov 2007 01:02:38 +0000 http://evilsciencechick.com/2007/11/13/born-without-a-____/#comment-6126 D'OH! fixed. Thanks! :)<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('6126','ESC'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('6126','ESC','D\'OH! fixed. Thanks! :)'); return false;">Quote</a></div> D’OH! fixed. Thanks! :)
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]]> By: Restless Knitter http://evilsciencechick.com/2007/11/13/born-without-a-____/comment-page-1/#comment-6125 Restless Knitter Wed, 14 Nov 2007 00:56:08 +0000 http://evilsciencechick.com/2007/11/13/born-without-a-____/#comment-6125 I haven't watched any of those shows but it does sound a bit sad. I did get a smile out of "a big back yarn". I only laugh because I've done it myself.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('6125','Restless Knitter'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('6125','Restless Knitter','I haven\'t watched any of those shows but it does sound a bit sad. \n\nI did get a smile out of \"a big back yarn\". I only laugh because I\'ve done it myself.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> I haven’t watched any of those shows but it does sound a bit sad.

I did get a smile out of “a big back yarn”. I only laugh because I’ve done it myself.

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