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Old 10-13-2010, 10:04 PM   #11
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Why compare it to countries and not other continents?
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Old 10-13-2010, 10:12 PM   #12
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Why compare it to countries and not other continents?
That is what I was wondering..
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Old 10-13-2010, 10:58 PM   #13
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Why compare it to countries and not other continents?
Because most people have a better feel for how big their country is than how big their continent is.
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Old 10-14-2010, 03:53 AM   #14
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Why are you guys so surprised?

It's called a "continent" for a reason.
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Old 10-14-2010, 08:11 AM   #15
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if they had infrastructure and a severe lack of regional warlords they could feed us
Once upon a time, they could have. Africa's problems were caused by Africans.

Sometimes I think we should just stop sending aid, quarantine the whole continent for about twenty years or so, and then go back and repopulate. Obviously that's not a viable solution, but the place really is one hell of a mess.
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Old 10-14-2010, 10:56 AM   #16
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Once upon a time, they could have. Africa's problems were caused by rich white people
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Old 10-14-2010, 11:25 AM   #17
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It's okay, they're fixing it right up...
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Old 10-14-2010, 02:32 PM   #18
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404ed, must be whitey again
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Old 10-14-2010, 02:41 PM   #19
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404ed, must be whitey again
Damn Whitey!

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