Survival of the fittest

Throughout time speices have faced a long battle with the elements. Many species learn to adapt to their surroundings, evolving in such a way as to benefit from their 'living' conditions. Charles Darwin realised this with his visit to the Galapagos Islands; he noticed that birds were slightly different from one island to the next. Each had adapted to the specific conditions on each island. If a species cannot adapt to its environment, and the environment is too extreme, its extinction is inevitable.

Everyday, thousand die of starvation. Every year, hundreds die in massive floods. It is Africa where we see this happen most of the time, and many charities exist to try and help the victims.

My question is why do people keep helping those who are unfortunate enough to live in such areas? Each year we see appeals on the TV, asking us to donate money to the starving people in Ethiopia, or the floods in Tanzania. These people are living in extreme conditions. If this was a few hundred years ago, they wouldn't be able to receive the international help that they do now. It is natures way to let those who can adapt to their environment survive, those who can't must pay the ultimate price. Interfering like this does not help in the long run. Each year they are facing the same problems, and each year the international community try to help. Why not let them starve to death, or get washed away in floods? Eventually the problem will solve itself if we just let it, and stop interfering by prolonging the agony of hundreds of thousands.

Is it Red Nose Day again?

Soon, I wish Lenny Henry would die in a flood, or starve to death. But anyway, back to the topic.

i think it's a good thing to help people in need. unfortunetely though, there are only few people who actually donate money so the amount raised doesn't really help much

Does it really help though? Sure, it might make thousands of peoples lives a little better for a short time, but what if these people think that now might be a good time to have more children, since their lives are 'ok' right now. In a few years time, the population is much greater, and the famine is much more serious.

hum, i suppose you are right
but isn't it kind of our responsibility to help them?

No.

so i guess you would like to be left alone in a flood or draught?

You can't think of it like that. Nature doesn't care about feelings and emotions.

Because in many cases we were the ones who screwed them over......

International debt being just one way - they r still paying the interest.

Mike