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re: Meanwhile, on Lake Victoria, Africa, 13 locals drown every day.....
Posted on 4/30/17 at 9:39 am to DawgGONIT
Posted on 4/30/17 at 9:39 am to DawgGONIT
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I'm sure all of those people over there have so much money that they could afford a luxury such as a life preserver
If you are a commercial fisherman, with a boat, motor, nets, line, bait, etc then a life jacket isn't a luxury. It's a necessity.
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Posted on 4/30/17 at 9:39 am to No Colors
Not sure if I would swim in a body of water in Africa if I didn't have to.
Posted on 4/30/17 at 9:40 am to No Colors
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4) they refuse to wear life preservers because they think they're "fake" and "wouldn't actually help" if they went into the water
It's not that. It's just that all the life preservers are being used as bullet-proof vests in all the local and regional wars.
Posted on 4/30/17 at 9:48 am to No Colors
Posted on 4/30/17 at 9:49 am to No Colors
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1) They don't learn how to swim because they are afraid of the water
2) Except they live on the banks of the largest freshwater lake in the world
Sounds like natural selection to me.
Posted on 4/30/17 at 9:51 am to No Colors
quote:Oh so now we are only talking about commercial fishermen and not the villagers?
If you are a commercial fisherman, with a boat, motor, nets, line, bait, etc then a life jacket isn't a luxury. It's a necessity.
Posted on 4/30/17 at 9:57 am to No Colors
I guess the smart ones wait until #13 drowns before they get near the water.
Posted on 4/30/17 at 10:04 am to DawgGONIT
Did you read the article? It's talking about commercial fisherman that own life preservers.
Posted on 4/30/17 at 10:06 am to Upperdecker
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I'd build an indoor pool. Basically build a big hut, dig a big pool sized hole, and fill it with buckets of water from the lake. Then give everyone a swimming lesson in the now safe pool
You can do that where you are now. The pools may even already be there. Just give lessons.
Posted on 4/30/17 at 10:09 am to No Colors
You can't teach, teach, or understand people you despise.
It'll never work unless you view them as your equals.
It'll never work unless you view them as your equals.
Posted on 4/30/17 at 10:11 am to member12
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Not sure if I would swim in a body of water in Africa if I didn't have to.
This.
And that's just based on disease alone.
Posted on 4/30/17 at 10:12 am to StrongSafety
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StrongSafety
Are there threads you DON'T come into and take a steaming shite in?
Posted on 4/30/17 at 10:12 am to airfernando
quote:What if that doesn't happen until the evening of New Years' Eve?
I guess the smart ones wait until #13 drowns before they get near the water.
Posted on 4/30/17 at 10:18 am to 13SaintTiger
quote:Geez dude, lighten the frick up.
Nothing went over my head. You are overrating what it takes to get a high school diploma in some parts of the country. Never-the-less, any ol' 18 year old teen isn't taking over Africa, lol.
I don't think he meant it how you're taking it, literally.
Posted on 4/30/17 at 10:31 am to StrongSafety
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You can't teach, teach, or understand people you despise.
This is poppycock. Who says people despise them. They just view them objectively. Understand them for what they are.
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It'll never work unless you view them as your equals.
What on god's green earth suggests that they are "equals"?
I'm sorry, the idea that all peoples are equal is just moronic. History shows us that some peoples are just better equipped to succeed in this long game of humanity.
This post was edited on 4/30/17 at 10:33 am
Posted on 4/30/17 at 10:40 am to fr33manator
People
Posted on 4/30/17 at 10:43 am to No Colors
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If you are a commercial fisherman, with a boat, motor, nets, line, bait, etc then a life jacket isn't a luxury. It's a necessity.
These aren't fisherman with boats and equipment. It's just guys throwing raggedy nets into the water from the bank and many times they'll have to swim down to untangle the net. They get caught in a net and never come back up. Life preserver isn't making a difference if you're trapped underneath.
Posted on 4/30/17 at 10:46 am to fr33manator
"Everyone is equal"
-People who put their heads in the sand in search of warmfuzzies
-People who put their heads in the sand in search of warmfuzzies
Posted on 4/30/17 at 10:47 am to Broski
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quote:
You are overrating what it takes to get a high school diploma in some parts of the country. Never-the-less, any ol' 18 year old teen isn't taking over Africa, lol.
And you are underrating exactly how much tribal Africa is in the dark just in terms of modern medicine, technology, structure, etc
Not sure where you went to highschool, but I dont remeber classes on any of that
Posted on 4/30/17 at 10:48 am to No Colors
Only the strong survive.
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