[lug] One laptop per child

[George Sexton]

Finally, a wise person in the land of the geeks.

dio2002 at indra.com wrote:
> Lets change this topic to:
>
> one guaranteed safe place to live per child
> one guaranteed shelter from the local elements per child
> one guaranteed drinking water source per child
> one guaranteed souce of healthy food per child
> one guaranteed access to clean air and environment per child
> one guaranteed right to a number of rights (freedom of speech, religion,
> etc) per child
>
> if one laptop can do any or all of that, then i'm for it.
>
> When expressed this way though, it makes the whole thing ironic and
> somewhat shows how skewed the priorites are.
>
> If you had a chance to have a clean water or a laptop which would you choose?
> If you had a chance to have all your rights taken away or a laptop which
> would you choose?
> If you were living in the middle of a military zone would you choose a
> laptop over peace?
> Etc...
>
> It just doesn't seem right...
>
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