Originally Posted by krb102

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.