Why are Africa and the Middle East so Fucked Up?

2008-02-18 10:51:26

#26

Ender2309: has joined the GOP; +470|6810|USA

they're undergoing their own dark ages right now. people seem to not realize that.
its only going to get worse before it gets better. each nation must forge their own path, we can't guide them. they have to learn tolerance, it can't be forced down their throats. they must learn to live in peace, it cannot be thrust upon them, and certainly not through the mechanizations of war. they must learn that every person has his own value to the community, be him sunni or shi'ite or catholic or whatever. they must learn to find a system of government that works best for them and their given environmental and economic situation as it currently stands.

2008-02-18 13:26:42

#27

sgtdude1987: Member; +8|6456|midlands britain

Ender2309 wrote:
they're undergoing their own dark ages right now. people seem to not realize that.
its only going to get worse before it gets better. each nation must forge their own path, we can't guide them. they have to learn tolerance, it can't be forced down their throats. they must learn to live in peace, it cannot be thrust upon them, and certainly not through the mechanizations of war. they must learn that every person has his own value to the community, be him sunni or shi'ite or catholic or whatever. they must learn to find a system of government that works best for them and their given environmental and economic situation as it currently stands.

well spoken mate

2008-02-18 13:45:46

#28

venom6: Since day One.; +247|6798|Hungary

Some people invade other parts. They were given the borders but they want more and more thats why the whole Middle East is full with problems.
Wanna guess who i mean ?

2008-02-18 13:55:27

#29

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6840|132 and Bush

A combination of things. Although self inflicted exploitation has been a constant there.

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2008-02-18 13:57:14

#30

d4rkst4r: biggie smalls; +72|6692|Ontario, Canada

sergeriver wrote:
Poverty, starvation, ethnic cleansing, civil wars, etc.

What do you think? Why are those countries so screwed and is there a solution?

How about because of the colonization and decolonization of all the countries in the Middle East and Africa?

"you know life is what we make it, and a chance is like a picture, it'd be nice if you just take it"

2008-02-18 14:06:25

#31

jamiecracker: Member; +17|6987|Wollongong,Australia

basically its greed....everybody wants what the other person has and if they cant have it then its time for violence

people just use race,religion etc as an excuse to commit viloence to further themselves

most of these countries mentioned have not known anything other than violence so education is another contributing factor

2008-02-18 17:39:39

#32

Turquoise: O Canada; +1,596|6644|North Carolina

I'm gonna have to go with "wrong borders."

2008-02-18 17:52:21

#33

Catbox: forgiveness; +505|6955

The people of Africa and the Middle East to a certain degree haven't evolved... They are stuck in the past...

I'm not sure how we can help or how they can bring themselves up to the present...

and i think there are a core group of people in Africa and the ME
that are very intent on keeping the people in the past... warlords in Africa and old hard liner Islam types...

The only hope is education and somehow giving these people hope... and not having to wake up everyday wondering if they will get to eat or get killed by some warlordislam asshat...

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2012-10-19 20:53:24

#34

13urnzz: Banned; +5,830|6736

i voted ethnic hatred.

2012-10-19 20:58:27

#35

Mutantbear: Semi Constructive Criticism; +1,431|6204|London, England

I voted because they arent white

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2012-10-19 21:00:28

#36

AussieReaper: ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°); +5,761|6392|what

2012-10-19 22:00:47

#37

unnamednewbie13: Moderator; +2,053|7011|PNW

America today.

2012-10-20 02:58:11

#38

Dilbert_X: The X stands for; +1,815|6345|eXtreme to the maX

Combination of factors.

Low IQ combined with high testosterone = bad
Wrong borders
Religion - nothing to do with it

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2012-10-20 04:54:58

#39

DrunkFace: Germans did 911; +427|6920|Disaster Free Zone

AussieReaper wrote:

Africa 4500 years ago.

https://www.watchmojo.com/uploads/blipthumbs/egypt_480.jpg

2012-10-20 07:19:00

#40

AussieReaper: ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°); +5,761|6392|what

DrunkFace wrote:
AussieReaper wrote:
Africa 4500 years ago.

Africa today.

2012-10-20 09:51:56

#41

Superior Mind: (not macbeth); +1,755|6932

This thread is so full of shit

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2012-10-20 11:05:10

#42

Macbeth: Banned; +2,444|5825

Africa is three to four times the size of Europe. Depending on where you draw the boundary. Along the coast things are fairly 'developed'. As you get more into the heartland do things start to get strange. Inner Africa is very hand to access. Roads aren't amazing and airports are few and far between. Geographic isolation is one reason Africa is so "fucked up". Whatever that means. I don't know what gauge we are using to measure civilization.

Right after inner China and Istanbul, Inner Africa is some place I would love to spend a few months in. Our perception of the place is painted badly by our media. I want to see how it really is.

I don't mean spending time on a resort like Campoe did. It was really silly that he thought himself well traveled and an expert on foreign places because he spent a week in a tourist trap.

2012-10-20 13:17:42

#43

Uzique The Lesser: Banned; +382|4494

all the talk of africa and the me 'being unevolved' and 'requiring (western) education and help and ideals' smacks of a horrid ideology that went out of fashion about 150 years ago. no surprise it's the new promoters of empire - the americans - who are tediously retreading this european 19th century rhetoric.

as for dilbert talking of a "lower iq", rofl. wow. how do you even respond to scientifically egregious generalisations like that? there is no such thing as a 'racial iq'. the middle-east and africa have all seen great civilizations and cultures come and go in the short history of the human world. a lot of dilbert's engineering profession wouldn't exist if it wasn't for the intellectual discoveries of these 'genetically inferior' asian and arabian races.

2012-10-20 13:23:21

#44

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5597|London, England

aynrandroolz wrote:
no surprise it's the new promoters of empire - the americans - who are tediously retreading this european 19th century rhetoric.

The only people that talk and think like that are missionaries trying to gain converts. I don't know anyone that thinks we need to civilize Africa for them.

Anyway, blame hollywood: http://www.cracked.com/article_20082_6- … -over.html

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2012-10-20 14:12:06

#45

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2012-10-20 14:23:58

#46

Uzique The Lesser: Banned; +382|4494

Jay wrote:
aynrandroolz wrote:
no surprise it's the new promoters of empire - the americans - who are tediously retreading this european 19th century rhetoric.
The only people that talk and think like that are missionaries trying to gain converts. I don't know anyone that thinks we need to civilize Africa for them.

Anyway, blame hollywood: http://www.cracked.com/article_20082_6- … -over.html

nah, the whole justification and political-moral message behind much of the neo-cons intervention in the ME is essentially a neo-imperialist rehash of old european rhetorical tropes. the whole idea that they are somehow 'backwards' and 'need western liberal democracy'. this implicit assumption that western liberal democracy is the endpoint of all human progress. the idea that if you implant american virtues and values in this atavistic place, that it will suddenly prosper and become a place of near-greek harmony... this is the tacit undertone and message of all 'civilizing' talk. it's not only missionairies - though of course, they are the explicit and overt agents. the whole mission to intervene and reform the middle-east (and africa) is borne out of an inherently paternalistic western-bourgeoisie attitude, that we can somehow install ourselves as benign 'overseers' and make their country better, because we know best. it's bullshit. post-colonial africa and the far-east says so.

2012-10-21 00:27:31

#47

Dilbert_X: The X stands for; +1,815|6345|eXtreme to the maX

aynrandroolz wrote:
all the talk of africa and the me 'being unevolved' and 'requiring (western) education and help and ideals' smacks of a horrid ideology that went out of fashion about 150 years ago. no surprise it's the new promoters of empire - the americans - who are tediously retreading this european 19th century rhetoric.

as for dilbert talking of a "lower iq", rofl. wow. how do you even respond to scientifically egregious generalisations like that? there is no such thing as a 'racial iq'. the middle-east and africa have all seen great civilizations and cultures come and go in the short history of the human world. a lot of dilbert's engineering profession wouldn't exist if it wasn't for the intellectual discoveries of these 'genetically inferior' asian and arabian races.

I didn't say the ME, I said Africa

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/92/AverageIQ-Map-World.png

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2012-10-21 01:57:30

#48

Cybargs: Moderated; +2,285|6955

seems like Australians have a lower IQ than swaziland lol wtf

yeah IQ tests are totally accurate

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2012-10-21 02:31:52

#49

AussieReaper: ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°); +5,761|6392|what

That's an IQ representation of "native" / indigenous peoples - and it's disputed.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Avera … -World.png

Whereas IQ by country...

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7e/IQ_by_Country.png

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:IQ_by_Country.png

This doesn't really help Africas case, still.

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2012-10-21 02:57:44

#50

Dilbert_X: The X stands for; +1,815|6345|eXtreme to the maX

Its inevitable there will be differences by race, height, weight, strength, stamina, intelligence etc.

Or maybe there is some other reason Africa as a whole sucks.

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Islam	19%	19% - 20
Corruption	7%	7% - 8
Ethnic Hatred	15%	15% - 16
Wrong Borders	5%	5% - 6
A combination of factors (pls explain)	51%	51% - 53
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