All of us must feel guilty for the starved child. I dare not offer consolation.
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I only feel sad and sorry. The child's parents were too long silent about their plight. They chose dignity rather than begging for food. The obvious silence was left unheeded too long. We feel guilty and sad and sorry.
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'Mother, oh mother, I am so hungry.
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Give me bread or I will die.'
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'Wait, only wait, my beloved child.
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Soon we will go reaping in the morning.'
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But when the corn was gathered in
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Still the child kept on crying.
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'Mother, oh mother, I am so hungry.
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Give me bread or I will die.'
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'Wait, only wait, my beloved child,
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Soon we'll go threshing in the morning.'
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And when the corn was all threshed
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Still the child kept on crying,
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'Mother, oh mother, I am so hungry.
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Give me bread or I will die.'
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'Wait, only wait, my beloved child,
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Soon we'll go baking in the morning.'
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And when the bread was baked
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The child lay dead upon his coffin.
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<a Mahler's song>
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첫댓글To be an adult is to have responsibility. Making love and Giving birth to a baby is not so hard, but showing affection and raising them until they are independent is hard and it is the very parents' lot.
I too am guilty. There is no dignity in starvation of a child. There is no compassion in inaction. May my sins be forgiven through penitence. May we be forgiven by the child and the future generations to come.
Yes, you are right. But the parents will be more sad than us, basically spectators. Let us not add to their grief something... Let us ask and hope the welfare net work be augmented.
What a sad song. I wonder when this world will be hunger free. I know most of U.S is offering food stamps and Paul's pantry for families in need. But that's not the story of rest of the world. I've seen the abuse of system by some people but there are always needy family like this. Heartaches!
During school days, lunch is served to children from needy families but they skip the meal if schools are closed. We often see fat stranded cats who forage garbage, which humans cannot do. Government should oversee channeling food out to right destination. South Korea has to solve the hunger
I think Malthus' theory was that as food becomes more plentiful, people will procreate more, and the population will increase. However, while the food production increases in an arithmetic rate, the population increases in much faster geometric rate. The lack of food production keeps the ...
population growth in check, and people will always live in near subsistence level. This describes a dynamic relationship between food production and population level. I do not completely agree with this point. Besides, I believe that there in fact exists enough food supply and resources to ....
feed the whole world population as exists now. The problem is that these resources are concentrated within the hands of the few privileged classes and nations, whose waste is simply amazing.
Thanks, Ken. Your explanation is instructive indeed. I see, Malthusian model is about how a dynamical equilibrium of human population can be maintained... And his theory can be invalidated by our being resourceful enough. Monopoly of the resource by some population
첫댓글 To be an adult is to have responsibility. Making love and Giving birth to a baby is not so hard, but showing affection and raising them until they are independent is hard and it is the very parents' lot.
I too am guilty. There is no dignity in starvation of a child. There is no compassion in inaction. May my sins be forgiven through penitence. May we be forgiven by the child and the future generations to come.
Yes, you are right. But the parents will be more sad than us, basically spectators. Let us not add to their grief something... Let us ask and hope the welfare net work be augmented.
What a sad song. I wonder when this world will be hunger free. I know most of U.S is offering food stamps and Paul's pantry for families in need. But that's not the story of rest of the world. I've seen the abuse of system by some people but there are always needy family like this. Heartaches!
During school days, lunch is served to children from needy families but they skip the meal if schools are closed. We often see fat stranded cats who forage garbage, which humans cannot do. Government should oversee channeling food out to right destination. South Korea has to solve the hunger
problem yet, let alone North Korea.
Malthus said food is always insufficient as compared to population. Is it true?
I think Malthus' theory was that as food becomes more plentiful, people will procreate more, and the population will increase. However, while the food production increases in an arithmetic rate, the population increases in much faster geometric rate. The lack of food production keeps the ...
population growth in check, and people will always live in near subsistence level. This describes a dynamic relationship between food production and population level. I do not completely agree with this point. Besides, I believe that there in fact exists enough food supply and resources to ....
feed the whole world population as exists now. The problem is that these resources are concentrated within the hands of the few privileged classes and nations, whose waste is simply amazing.
Thanks, Ken. Your explanation is instructive indeed. I see, Malthusian model is about how a dynamical equilibrium of human population can be maintained... And his theory can be invalidated by our being resourceful enough. Monopoly of the resource by some population
could drive the rest of the population in a state of subordination if the latter is in food-deficient phase.
hi
is any female there ?
this room is so quit