Re:India to Attempt Moon Landing at the Lunar South Pole Today
by GordonS on Sunday September 08, 2019 @02:43PM
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> Why does the USA pursue the space program when they still haven't solved cancer and there are a lot of creationists there, and a large amount of gun violence. It should not pursue the space program until it solves these things by your logic.
No, that really doesn't follow from my argument; as I said, it's all relative, and the extent and scale of poverty in India goes far beyond that I've seen anywhere.
Anyway my initial reactive to this article was disgust, because of the terrible things I've seen first hand across India - a level of poverty, squalor and abuse that you truely cannot begin to comprehend unless you see it for yourself in India.
It's difficult to separate my emotions here from logical reasoning, but I've rethought my position on this; perhaps it's not such a bad thing after all. It is a relatively small sum of money, and could be a source of hope and aspiration for many.
No, that really doesn't follow from my argument; as I said, it's all relative, and the extent and scale of poverty in India goes far beyond that I've seen anywhere.
Anyway my initial reactive to this article was disgust, because of the terrible things I've seen first hand across India - a level of poverty, squalor and abuse that you truely cannot begin to comprehend unless you see it for yourself in India.
It's difficult to separate my emotions here from logical reasoning, but I've rethought my position on this; perhaps it's not such a bad thing after all. It is a relatively small sum of money, and could be a source of hope and aspiration for many.