50 facts that should change the world Options

[DavidJ2318]

whoa.

thats deep.

it really makes you take a second look at the world around you and how grateful you should me

[glit_gal]

especially note number 28; that just sickens me.

yeah i agree, that is just downright dissappointing

[SMUSHiENESS]

whoaa... number 34 saddens me. 40 people in africa have a phone..

[Angel_Cece]

21. CARS kill two people every minute.
thats sad........... some one just died of a car accident =((((((((((((((

[racoons > you]

2. BLACK men born in the US stand a one-in-three chance of going to jail. For white men the odds are one in 17.

why? does that mean that one in three black men commit a crime, or that they are wrongly imprissoned?

3. ONE in five of the world's population - 1.25 billion people - is undernourished.

thats horrible... last friday my friend and i raised £230 for comic relief. thats enough to feed 920 african children for a day.

4. NEARLY half of British 15-year-olds have tried illegal drugs and nearly a quarter are regular cigarette smokers.

raises hand. i dont smoke any more. i quit.

6. EIGHTY-ONE per cent of the world's executions in 2002 took place in just three countries: China, Iran and the USA.

yeah... although to be fair, between them they do have afairly massive percentage fo the world's population

7. SUPERMARKETS in the UK know more about their customers than the government does. They use loyalty cards to determine your income and what your interests are.

i dont hav aloyalty card... i dont know what one is

8. EVERY cow in the EU is subsidised by £1.40 a day - three out of four Africans have less than that to live on.

that is hideous

9. SAME-SEX relationships are illegal in more than 70 countries. In nine - including Afghanistan, Iran and Saudi Arabia - the penalty is death.

also disgusting

[innovation]

i dont hav aloyalty card

that's what the supermarkets want you to think.

[Levy2k6]

its sad how its all true but there's basically nothing you can do about it... or u can but its hard.

i knew most of those facts...

what would bush do? probaly nothing, its not a national security issue or anything..

[Rachel]

3, 8, 13, 37, and 38 made me extremely sad. what has the world come to damnit?!

[Teesa]

wow, these were the ones that hurt me the most:

9. SAME-SEX relationships are illegal in more than 70 countries. In nine - including Afghanistan, Iran and Saudi Arabia - the penalty is death.
36. ALMOST 30 million Africans are HIV-positive. By 2050 the disease may have claimed as many as 280 million lives.
46. MORE than 12,000 women are killed in Russia every year as a result of domestic violence.

that was some very useful knowledge.

[*jooleeah*]

[FONT=Impact][SIZE=1][COLOR=orange] wow! so much to learn. never knew how screwed our world was. keep adding to it!! 28 is halarious...

I don't think it's hilarious....I think it's sad.

[swe3ttemptasian]

I read through half of it, wow... so much problems in the world that we don't know about

[william]

...wow. some of those are really sad.

[DizBukHahNi]

i learned at an early age how screwed this world is and how powerless i am But one thing that i know is that we're all humans and as long as we have good intentions in our hearts and choose to do right maybe this would be a little bit shorter

[innovation]

oh please. having good intentions "in our hearts" would do squat for anyone but ourselves. we need to take action.. well, in the future, when we're older, more educated, and more empowered.

[empyrean102]

Wow...........
I'm at lost for words.........
Wow.............
very depressing
but got to keep ure head up right?

[Rachel]

Wow...........
I'm at lost for words.........
Wow.............
very depressing
but got to keep ure head up right?

no, you have to take a stand and do something about it.

[DizBukHahNi]

What exactly should we do? Because everybody keeps sayin how we should do sumthin, but exactly what? Are you doing anything to help?

[innovation]

well, i plan to pursue a degree in developmental economics; in the future, i want to work for the United Nations, perhaps in the human rights sector or for the World Health Organization. i think that for now, we should keep everything in mind (a lot of Americans are very domestically-oriented.. international crises aren't of concern to them) so that when we are more "empowered," we can help to make relief efforts more efficient and more effective. all this idealism (a lot of people call me idealistic, naive, whatever, but i believe in this) comes partially from the texts i've read and participation in Model United Nations, which ... can be tedious and doesn't really accomplish much, but at least i'm learning about all these issues. i'm also a a member of Amnesty International, which is an awareness/action organization that promotes human rights and acts especially to free prisoners of conscience.

if your school has a chapter, i'd definitely recommend you to join, and if not, you can start your own "global awareness" club, or something of the sort. as a teenager (i'm assuming?) you can do little things like fundraising and then donating the profits to UNICEF or Amnesty or any other relief organizations. if you're interested or have any questions, feel free to PM me.

[EddieV]

28. AMERICANS spend £5.6bn on pornography every year - the same amount their government spends on foreign aid.

That's why we should be glad we have Bearshare!

But seriously, most of those facts that I have read are true, yes some are sad...

[..:loveee.NuTTii]

ick-I cannot believe it. We are slowly killing ourselves (morally i mean).
#28 is scary...

[DizBukHahNi]

Its very nice that you're very devoted to a cause. I wish I had the motivation, personally im a political kinda guy. Its true that Americans are domestic oriented but you also have to factor in the society nowadays. Americans are too focused with todays pop culture, and are too lazy. Even our news are too biased, they're too pro america and too pro bush, and they're feeding the american public uneeded crap (ie micheal jackson).

I hafta admire your goals, its nice to see someone so young as yourself without their head in their ass.

[the_crox]

that's just sad. tsk tsk tsk... so many money issues can be resolved because of effing porn.

[demolished]

man, number 42 is pretty sad, child isnt suppose be fighting as a soldier, they are too young and growing up too fast. Education shoulds always comes in mind instead od conflicts.

number 37 is pretty wierd, it cant died now .. how can it possible died out ? hm .. anyways most of the facts are pretty outrageous and a few of them are sad.

[yukichan]

wow..the list really shocks me...thanx for the information..

[5ayuri]

11. THERE are 27 million slaves in the world.
21. CARS kill two people every minute.

Those really shocked me...kool stuff i didnt know before.