A Shift of Perspective
If you have email, then you've probably seen this-- in fact, I'm pretty sure that my mother sent this to me a few years ago. My PS 101 instructor passed this out before class started today, which not only proves how sickening the mass-forward movement truly is, but also how much lasting effect an email can really have.
Or maybe I just like it, so pbbbsth. No telling for accuracy, but ever onward...
We Are Fortunate, Indeed
If we could shrink the earth's population to a village of precisely one-hundred people, with all the existing human ratios remaining the same, it would look something like the following:
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 would possess 59% of the entire world's wealth, and all six 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 university 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.
That's it. I'm done hijacking your monitor-- for the time being, at least. Please return to your regularly-scheduled programming
Or maybe I just like it, so pbbbsth. No telling for accuracy, but ever onward...
We Are Fortunate, Indeed
If we could shrink the earth's population to a village of precisely one-hundred people, with all the existing human ratios remaining the same, it would look something like the following:
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 would possess 59% of the entire world's wealth, and all six 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 university 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.
That's it. I'm done hijacking your monitor-- for the time being, at least. Please return to your regularly-scheduled programming