SamSpade
Well-Known Member
I'm going to go a different way on this.
When I've traveled around the world, I've been surprised by one thing, *especially* in Ethiopia, which is one of the world's poorest nations.
In Ethiopia, the per capita income is between 300-400 bucks. You read that right. It helps that for many, housing is cheap and weather is extremely mild
in most parts of the country outside the rainy season. We went through the cities regularly and traveled the countryside and saw many examples of the
typical thatched roofs that look straight out of a movie.
With satellite dishes.
Looking out over Addis Ababa, we could see vast stretches of corrugated metal huts with the roofs held down with bailing wire and rocks. Pets and animals
sunning themselves and at night you can hear cows and sheep making noise - as my daughter told me and as we observed, many people have animals in their
huts with them.
And satellite dishes. Sometimes, providing internet, although experience is that they typically watch sports and news. In stores, cell phones are easily available
and people are watching stuff on their phones.
When my church makes their yearly trek out to Appalachia to help poor residents repair or replace broken roofs or appliances - they watch TV on satellite.
Or via wi-fi.
We live in the 21st century. Why do we any longer have this excuse that poor areas of the nation NEED government to provide them with public television,
when for one, it's not fully subsidized and two, the BIG excuse of "lack of access" has got to be a load of crap. If some of the world's poorest people can
STILL watch a soccer game with their friends out in rural Third World - why do we still need this?
It sounds like the 60's calling.
When I've traveled around the world, I've been surprised by one thing, *especially* in Ethiopia, which is one of the world's poorest nations.
In Ethiopia, the per capita income is between 300-400 bucks. You read that right. It helps that for many, housing is cheap and weather is extremely mild
in most parts of the country outside the rainy season. We went through the cities regularly and traveled the countryside and saw many examples of the
typical thatched roofs that look straight out of a movie.
With satellite dishes.
Looking out over Addis Ababa, we could see vast stretches of corrugated metal huts with the roofs held down with bailing wire and rocks. Pets and animals
sunning themselves and at night you can hear cows and sheep making noise - as my daughter told me and as we observed, many people have animals in their
huts with them.
And satellite dishes. Sometimes, providing internet, although experience is that they typically watch sports and news. In stores, cell phones are easily available
and people are watching stuff on their phones.
When my church makes their yearly trek out to Appalachia to help poor residents repair or replace broken roofs or appliances - they watch TV on satellite.
Or via wi-fi.
We live in the 21st century. Why do we any longer have this excuse that poor areas of the nation NEED government to provide them with public television,
when for one, it's not fully subsidized and two, the BIG excuse of "lack of access" has got to be a load of crap. If some of the world's poorest people can
STILL watch a soccer game with their friends out in rural Third World - why do we still need this?
It sounds like the 60's calling.