They're very pretty, and concious raising is definitely a good thing, but they're not actually true, are they? Some random site I googled suggests that there are 39 million people with AIDS, out of a world population of 6600 million. 5 in every 1000 people is a tragedy, but it's not Angola. Likewise google suggests there are around 500 million cases of malaria a year, so suggesting it's a problem of the same scale as AIDS when it's in fact an order of magnitude bigger also seems a bit misleading.
Am I missing the point? Should it be enough that they are pretty and witty, draw attention to genuine issues, and make people think about helping those less well off than them? Why does it leave a nasty taste in my mouth as though I have been lied to?
(Oh, and the key on the EU flag says something different than the zoomed in key. But I _think_ it might just be the same thing in a foreign language. I can't quite make it out)
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Am I missing the point? Should it be enough that they are pretty and witty, draw attention to genuine issues, and make people think about helping those less well off than them? Why does it leave a nasty taste in my mouth as though I have been lied to?
(Oh, and the key on the EU flag says something different than the zoomed in key. But I _think_ it might just be the same thing in a foreign language. I can't quite make it out)
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