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Another example of the kind of thinking that has made the third world great.

Another example of what happens when supposedly rational monkeys prove to be completely irrational and base their actions on unsubstantiated emotions.

This doesn't just happen in the third world.

As opposed to the irrational monkeys that dump their trash in the ocean? Or shoot satellites powered by plutonium into fast-decaying orbits? Or use ASATs to destroy satellites, then cry out for ways to get all that trash out of orbit? Or make TV sets full of heavy metals, then provide no way to dispose of them safely?

From my POV, there's plenty of irrational to go around. Finger-pointing is an exercise fraught with peril.

Why? Does one wrong make another one go away?

If it's screwed up, say so. Sure everybody is screwed up, but only by talking about it are we able to improve.

Please don't call people monkeys; it's somewhat rude.

Why?, unless you don't think the writer is a person, too.

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