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----- Original Message -----
From: "Connelly, Dianne" <Dianne.Connelly@ccra-adrc.gc.ca>
Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 11:07 AM
Subject: FW: A World Perspective


> I think this one has been around before; but, perhaps, deserves to make
the
> rounds again!
>
> Dianne
>
>
>
> > > > > > Some interesting perspective to keep in mind as we go forward
> from
> > > > > > recent event....
> > > > > >
> > > > > > If we could shrink the earth's population to a village of
> precisely
> > > > > > 100 people, with all the existing
> > > > > > human ratios  remaining the same, it would look something like
the
> > > > > > following:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > There would be:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > 57 Asians
> > > > > >
> > > > > > 21 Europeans
> > > > > >
> > > > > > 14 from the Western Hemisphere, both north and south
> > > > > >
> > > > > > 8 Africans
> > > > > >
> > > > > > 52 would be female
> > > > > >
> > > > > > 48 would be male
> > > > > >
> > > > > > 70 would be nonwhite
> > > > > >
> > > > > > 30 would be white
> > > > > >
> > > > > > 70 would be non-Christian
> > > > > >
> > > > > > 30 would be Christian
> > > > > >
> > > > > > 89 would be heterosexual
> > > > > >
> > > > > > 11 would be homosexual
> > > > > >
> > > > > > 6 people would possess 59% of the entire world's wealth and  all
6
> > > > > > would be from the United States.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > 80 would live in substandard housing
> > > > > >
> > > > > > 70 would be unable to read
> > > > > >
> > > > > > 50 would suffer from malnutrition
> > > > > >
> > > > > > 1 would be near death
> > > > > >
> > > > > > 1 would be near birth
> > > > > >
> > > > > > 1 (yes, only 1) would have a college education
> > > > > >
> > > > > > 1 would own a computer
> > > > > >
> > > > > > When one considers our world from such a compressed
perspective,
> > > > > > the need for acceptance, understanding and  education becomes
> > > > > > glaringly apparent.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > The following is also something to ponder...
> > > > > >
> > > > > > If you woke up this morning with more health than  illness...you
> are
> > > > > > more blessed than the million who will not survive this week.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > If you have never experienced the danger of battle, the
> loneliness
> > > > > > of imprisonment, the agony of torture, or the pangs  of
starvation
> > > > > > ...you are ahead of 500 million people in the  world.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > If you can attend a church meeting without fear of  harassment,
> > > > > > arrest, torture, or death...you are more blessed  than three
> billion
> > > > > > people in the world.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > If you have food in the refrigerator, clothes on your  back,  a
> roof
> > > > > > overhead and a place to sleep...you are richer than 75%  of this
> > > > > > world.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > If you have money in the bank, in your wallet, and spare  change
> in
> > > > > > a dish someplace ... you are among the top 8% of the  world's
> > > > > > wealthy.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > If your parents are still alive and still married ... you  are
> very
> > > > > > rare, even in the United States and Canada.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >  If you can read this message, you just received a double
> blessing
> > > > > > in that someone was thinking of you, and furthermore,  you are
> more
> > > > > > blessed than over two billion people in the world  that cannot
> read
> > > > > > at all.
>


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