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[–] hansbrinker 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

"I can imagine an animated series where Karl goes back to live on the estate" Oh please do this! omg i would go mad for this!

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[–] Rusti ago 

Sorry OP but the thread that was about sending goats to third world countries wasn't all about Africa.

If you looked at the link, it was PlanCanada's way of doing things. They send goats to El Salvador, crappy areas in India and other places.

Let me say that again. India. You can grow a garden there easily.

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[–] ShampocalypseWOW 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

What's really funny is how absolutely retarded Ricky Gervais and the other guy are about this. Karl somehow comes out looking like the more intelligent person on this one. Yeah really, why would they want a goat? Do they, being Africans, come with an innate taste for goats milk? Do they come with all of the knowledge on how to raise and use a goat? Do they have the resources to keep a goat fed? Do they live in an area in which a goat can even survive? This "charity" is basically a way of giving someone the least amount of profit possible while still giving them something, because they have to do all of the work involved and all they get is some goat's milk (unless the goat dies, and then they're done). They have to do all the work involved with protecting, feeding, and housing their goat, plus milking it and making whatever you make with the milk, when instead you could just send them some food and free up all that time and energy and resources so they can focus on something else besides just barely subsisting.

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[–] Sticky 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago  (edited ago)

no matter how many time i've seen his videos, i laugh every time, he's a genius

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[–] Hooptie 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

I love the way Karl sees the world. He has his own unique viewpoints on things.

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[–] TheOneAndOnlyCrumpet 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

I don't know why they send goats anyway, seems a bit cruel.

It likely won't last long. They'll either kill it for food during a famine or sacrifice it or some weirdo will come along a rape it. Fuck em. I don't know why we interfere with Africa so much anyway, it'll never change. I think it's much more humane to leave them behind and focus the resources on something more important.

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[–] TheOneAndOnlyCrumpet 1 point 1 point (+2|-1) ago 

Sure, but before Europe even got there, there was already massive amounts of poverty, slave rings and dictatorships.

People think Europeans invented the African slave trade, they didn't. There was already slave trades there, the Europeans just got the slaves already there. Then again you could argue that Africa would be much worse today if Europe didn't turn up, specifically Britain which ended the slave trade and liberated it from Nazi regime with America. I know lot's of the former colonies are now part of the Commonwealth which pushes these African nations to become democracies and increase human rights and Britain protects Somalian trade from pirates.