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The discussion revolves around the topic of hunger and humanitarian efforts, specifically through the lens of a website that allows users to contribute to feeding the hungry. Participants explore the relevance of this topic to the forum's focus on physics and related fields.

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  • One participant shares a link to a website aimed at helping feed the hungry, emphasizing the importance of contributing to humanitarian efforts.
  • Another participant questions the relevance of the topic to physics, suggesting a disconnect between the forum's focus and the discussion at hand.
  • A different participant proposes a physics-related problem involving the logistics of transporting food, including factors like distance, refueling, and wind conditions.
  • One participant expresses a moral stance on prioritizing humanitarian issues, arguing that helping those in need should take precedence over other problems.
  • Another participant reflects on the plight of street children in Zambia, linking it to broader issues of governance and resource allocation, while drawing historical parallels to past injustices.
  • A participant acknowledges the importance of the topic but suggests that it may not align with the forum's primary focus, while also encouraging the sharing of the website link.

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Participants express differing views on the relevance of the humanitarian topic to the forum's focus on physics. While some support the discussion of humanitarian issues, others maintain that it diverges from the expected content of the forum.

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Participants reference various social and political issues related to hunger and governance, indicating a complex interplay of humanitarian concerns and physics-related discussions. The discussion remains unresolved regarding the appropriateness of the topic within the forum.

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And how does this deal with physics?
 
Yeh sure, why don't you find out how long it will take to fly the food from Darwin Australia, to Angola, using a Hercules Transport plane, carrying 20 tonnes of food.
Including a stop off at singapore for re fueling, also taking into account the winds.
 
Hi,

I know this really has no relation to the other topics here, but people all over the world do not have enough to eat.

While solving the other problems of the world it would be nice to do whatever you can to help those in need now, even if just clicking on a web site.

There are many dire problems to solve, the environment not the least. However, people in need should have a priority if at all possible. If not you have no soul.

juju
 
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well, I'm pretty sure i have no soul... but i could care less if that has anything to do with physics, it's an important link to know about so that you can help out too. in fact i'd suggest spamming every forum and bb you can find with it.
 
Hi Juju,
Good thought, it's nice to see that someone thinks of others. Take no notice of Blissful_pain, no one is obliged to reply to any thread. Nonetheless, this section is about the environment and the hungry are also a part of that. This Earth is ours, and that includes all of us. Whether it is destroyed by global warming or starvation the destruction is the same. But yes they are right, physics has no soul.

Here's a thought on the hungry; I come from what used to be Northern Rhodesia, now called Zambia. There are 75,000 street children living in its towns and cities, orphans all of them, mainly due to the AIDS pandemic.
The government has a legal duty to care for all orphans in Zambia but due to a lack of funds these children have been abandoned. They have to fend for themselves and sleep rough.
However, the Zambian government seems to have enough money to pay the salaries of it's president, his cabinet and all the members of parliament.
You know, we used to call the British colonial government 'Bambazontze', that's local Zambian dialect for 'the one who takes it all for himself'. I think you in the US had the same problem 2 centuries ago, but you called it 'taxation without representation'. Nonetheless it is the same thing.
I call those who rule in Africa today 'Ponyazontze' - 'those who threw it all away'.
Got to be careful now, there's this law about defaming the president in Zambia, so I'll say no more.

AFRICA - is a land where where lions once roared; but the only roar heard today is that of a chauffered Mercedes-Benz.
 
ian: ummm, if you missunderstood my post, i was encouraging juju.
 

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