You are right, man!
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Nonetheless then the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon was quoted as saying that “the world today is one of terrible contradiction.” As per report, the gentleman said that there was plenty of food but 1 billion people go hungry the world over; that few lived lavish lifestyles but many others live in abject poverty; that huge advances in medicine have been realized yet mothers themselves die everyday in childbirth; that billions were spent on weapons to kill people instead of keeping them safe.
You are right, man! You hit it right in the head! You got it! There is indeed a “terrible” contradiction in the world today — basically in terms of the marked dichotomy between those who “have” and those who “have not.” Specifically in the matter of financial benefits and material possessions: One, there is enough for everybody. Two, yet a few who have it all. Three, the rest practically have nothing. This is “terrible incarnation” incarnate..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20111110com6.html
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tama. sobrang terible kontradiksyon. pero kailangan pa rin ng family planning hanggang wala na yang kontradiksyon na yan, bishop.
"The same “terrible contradiction” among the People of the Philippines is staring at them merely by looking at the palatial homes of a few vis-à-vis the miserable houses of millions. The same is true even in cemeteries where the dead rich have their respective expensive and impressive mausoleum — while the poor are simply buried here and there to the point that even their graves could no longer be located in the course of time. This is not to mention the fact that prisons are full of poor convicts. How about the rich and powerful criminals — even those already convicted ones? Never mind."
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