Wirt writes:
> But the First World has an obligation to do what it can to help, if for no
> other reasons than our own self-interest. To a very real degree, our
> national security depends on seeing the remainder of the human population
> on the planet reach its full potential.

I thought this little note in a Reporters On The Job column in yesterday's
Christian Science Monitor was interesting:

I SAW IT ON TV: Correspondent Gretchen Peters says it's hard for those who
live in the first world to fully comprehend the poverty in which many
third-world urban slum dwellers live (page 7). "They're in houses with no
plumbing, the walls are caving in, and 12 people may live in one room," says
Gretchen. But she noticed one common feature: a TV - if not in the room,
then nearby. "So with increasing regularity, they see how the other half
lives: Baywatch, Al Jazeera, soap operas. There's a growing awareness that
didn't exist when they lived in isolated areas of the disparities between
the haves and the have-nots. And it's cause for concern."

The article referred to above can be seen at:

   http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/1120/p07s01-wogi.html

for the next few days.

G.

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