Registered: Oct 2000
Location: Dumbfucksville!
Posts: 12164

Something to ponder, perhaps.....

If Earth's population was shrunk into a village of just 100 people with all
the human ratios existing in the world still remaining -- what would this
tiny, diverse village look like? That's exactly what Phillip M. Harter, a
medical doctor at the Stanford University School of Medicine, attempted to
figure out. This is what he found:

57 would be Asian.

21 would be European.

14 would be from the Western Hemisphere.

8 would be African.

52 would be female.

48 would be male.

70 would be nonwhite.

30 would be white.

70 would be non-Christian.

30 would be Christian.

89 would be heterosexual.

11 would be homosexual.

6 people would possess 59 percent of the entire world's wealth, and all 6
would be from the United States.

80 would live in substandard housing.

70 would be unable to read.

50 would suffer from malnutrition.

1 would be near death.

1 would be pregnant.

1 would have a college education.

1 would own a computer.

The following is an anonymous interpretation:

Think of it this way.

If you live in a good home, have plenty to eat and can read, you are a member of a very select group. And if you have a good house, food, can read and have a computer, you are among the very elite. If you woke up this
morning with more health than illness...you are more fortunate than the million who will not survive this week.

If you have never experienced the danger of battle, the loneliness of imprisonment, the agony of torture, or the pangs of starvation... you are ahead of 500 million people in the world. If you can attend a church meeting without fear of harassment, arrest, torture, or death...you are fortunate, more than three billion people in the world can't.

If you have food in the refrigerator, clothes on your back, a roof overhead
and a place to sleep...you are richer than 75% of this world. If you have money in the bank, in your wallet, and spare change in a dish someplace...you are among the top 8% of the world's wealthy. If your parents
are still alive and still married...you are very rare, even in the United States.

If you hold up your head with a smile on your face and are truly thankful... you are blessed because the majority can, but most do not. If you can hold someone's hand, hug them or even touch them on shoulder ...you
are blessed because you can offer healing touch.

AS you can read this message, you just received a double blessing in that
someone was thinking of you, and furthermore, you are more blessed
than over two billion people in the world that cannot read at all.

Have a good day, count your blessings, and pass this along to remind everyone else how blessed we all are.

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Registered: Jul 2000
Location: Bangor, ME
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amen and thank you
*nods*



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Registered: Jul 2000
Location: Location Location
Posts: 26415

Wow.

That's kind of overwhelming.

Thanks GFY.

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Registered: Oct 2000
Location: Dumbfucksville!
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Originally posted by Paint CHiPs:
Wow.

That's kind of overwhelming.

Thanks GFY.

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Registered: Jul 2000
Location: Sedona, Arizona
Posts: 19111

That is very cool. It sure gives an interesting perspective on the world. Thanks.

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Registered: Jul 2000
Location: Erehwon
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stile posted that once

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Registered: Jan 2001
Location: California
Posts: 4252

Now I feel guilty that I own a computer.......... HEY so do you guys! Cut that out!

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Registered: Aug 2000
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Very nice read GFY.
Thank you.

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Registered: Aug 2000
Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 2566

Wow...

thats almost hard to believe, most of us live in a country where we never have to think of these things.

I personally only know a few people who dont own computers.

hmmmm

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Registered: Oct 2000
Location: Illinois
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Originally posted by aminal:
stile posted that once

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