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At first Glance, I guess I don't believe these numbers.
6 people would own 59% of the worlds wealth but
only 1 person would own a computer.
Why can't those 6 people afford computers. These numbers
make no sense.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TrendTrader [mailto:trendtrader@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2001 8:12 PM
> To: omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Something to think about...
>
>
> Ok, alright, it is not about trading but as it is the
> Friendship Week I
> thought I'll pass this on to my trading mates all over the world...
>
> If we could shrink the earth's population to a
> village of precisely 100 people, with all the existing
> human ratios remaining the same, it would look something
> like the following:
>
> There would be:
> 57 Asians
> 21 Europeans
> 14 from the Western Hemisphere, both north and south
> 8 Africans
>
> 52 would be female
> 48 would be male
>
> 70 would be non-white
> 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% of the entire worlds
> 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 near birth
> 1 would have a college education
> 1 would own a computer
>
> When one considers our world from such a compressed
> perspective, the need for acceptance, understanding
> and education becomes glaringly apparent.
>
> The following is also something to ponder...
>
> If you woke up this morning with more health than
> illness...you are more blessed 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 more
> blessed than three billion people in the world.
>
> 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 worlds wealthy.
>
> If 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.
>
> Someone once said:
>
> What goes around comes around.
> Work like you don't need the money.
> Love like you've never been hurt.
> Dance like nobody's watching.
> Sing like nobody's listening.
> Live like it's Heaven on Earth.
>
> It's National Friendship Week.
> Send this to everyone you consider a FRIEND.
>
> Pass this on, and brighten someone's day.
>
> Nothing will happen if you do not decide to pass it
> along. The only thing that will happen, if you DO
> pass it on, is that someone might smile because of you.
>
> /Have a good week
> Sam
>
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