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This is not a religious issue.
This is a combination of ignorance, greed, power and a lack of empathy on the part of their leadership. This is the way they like it too. Education, not laptops or continual feeding them is the answer. There is no hope for Africa until they have hope for themselves. And you don't need religion to have hope.
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I agree with Slim Linux  nucrash | 04/04/06
RE: I agree with Slim Linux  richdave | 04/04/06
GEOS Was 14K Not 10Mb  Edward Meyers | 04/04/06
G.E.O.S.  nomorems | 04/04/06
Buwahahahaha  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/04/06
Ya, The good old days!!!! Yeeehaaa!  Cayble | 04/04/06
You are right, I think we have definitely outsmarted ourselves.  DonnieBoy | 04/04/06
Why can't I get a low power arm based laptop?  DonnieBoy | 04/04/06
Negroponte: Slimmer Linux needed for $100 laptop  Loverock Davidson | 04/04/06
Which?  bill@... | 04/04/06
BUWAHAHAHAHAHH!!!!  BUCKWHEATONRICE | 04/04/06
What about XP Embedded....  Scrat | 04/04/06
Someone just got SPANKED!  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/04/06
yeah and someone just showed their ignorance....again (nt)  mdsmedia | 04/04/06
Is it fully functional?  voska | 04/04/06
Define "Fully Functional"  Scrat | 04/05/06
Read "FULLY FUNCTIONAL"  bill@... | 04/05/06
BartPE is a small XP distro.  stevey_d | 04/04/06
Well, if you remove all the free stuff  John Zern | 04/04/06
Love*ock, everything IT would come as a surprise to you. NT  mdsmedia | 04/04/06
No, what is bloated is KDE, Gnome, OpenOffice.  DonnieBoy | 04/04/06
Good Point.  John Zern | 04/04/06
XFce  waltmaine | 04/05/06
FLWM for the thinnest of installs  Sabz5150 | 04/06/06
Global Government or Dicator Needed now!  SouthernPride | 04/04/06
Not a replacement for food  thunderdome1 | 04/05/06
When the resources run dry  D-cat | 04/08/06
Got Slimmer?  bill@... | 04/04/06
Spend $100 on Bible's for them...  SouthernPride | 04/04/06
That will really help  csa0307 | 04/04/06
The bible would be a great help  bportlock | 04/04/06
Lets see here.....  SouthernPride | 04/04/06
All because of a lack of education  Linux User 147560 | 04/04/06
Fiction  b.d.hi | 04/04/06
To SouthernPride. I believe in god  Hrothgar - PCLinuxOS User | 04/09/06
Hey...  nomorems | 04/04/06
This is not a religious issue.  osreinstall | 04/04/06
Your right!  ih8emailspam | 04/05/06
Go bother someone who cares  thunderdome1 | 04/05/06
Yeah those who's grip of life is slipping away want to  Laff | 04/05/06
Riiiiight!  osreinstall | 04/05/06
And one would hope  Shelendrea | 04/04/06
I'm a Christian too...  mdsmedia | 04/04/06
True, but...  ih8emailspam | 04/05/06
Well  Linux Advocate | 04/05/06
No buts about it  thunderdome1 | 04/05/06
Oh I am going to ENJOY this  Shelendrea | 04/05/06
If it's one of those hard covered ones it could be a fairly effective club.  Laff | 04/05/06
i agree  nielsonp | 04/06/06
I disagree  thunderdome1 | 04/06/06
Put the bible on the laptop.....  Hrothgar - PCLinuxOS User | 04/09/06
Uh Huh  Shelendrea | 04/04/06
Well my lady that is a simple answer!  Linux User 147560 | 04/04/06
I think you mean THERE is a simple answer...  mdsmedia | 04/04/06
Good Question  voska | 04/04/06
Ummm religion is probably one of the largest  Linux User 147560 | 04/04/06
I don't think religion is the source  voska | 04/04/06
Well said  Shelendrea | 04/04/06
Faith is fine...Organized religion is DANGEROUS!  Laff | 04/04/06
Religion does not equal Christ  ih8emailspam | 04/05/06
Just let the people decide for themselves give them  Laff | 04/05/06
I agree  voska | 04/05/06
Religion doesn't even come into it  thunderdome1 | 04/05/06
Constantine  cirdon | 05/24/06
Ummm you go somewhere else.  SouthernPride | 04/04/06
Sorry but you are not  Linux User 147560 | 04/04/06
Oops  rapson | 04/05/06
Just because someone says something is so does not make it so.  Laff | 04/04/06
Reminds me of saying  voska | 04/05/06
With the laptop  John Zern | 04/04/06
or  tombalablomba | 04/05/06
Yeah I think we should get them a Koran instead...  Laff | 04/04/06
God does not NEED you he WANTS you  ih8emailspam | 04/05/06
"Before it's too late" Oh the carrot and the stick.  Laff | 04/05/06
You obviously don't understand either  voska | 04/05/06
I kind of wonder if God had simply left Caine and Able alone  Laff | 04/05/06
Make you wonder  voska | 04/05/06
The things that disturbes me is "IF" you take the Bible  Laff | 04/05/06
Then there are those burning bushes  voska | 04/05/06
Heh heh heh...Burning Bushes..:) Oh we are not talking about the president  Laff | 04/05/06
Next to the land of  Linux Advocate | 04/05/06
Faith and science are two separate things  zmud | 04/05/06
The one about Caine and Abel is a story  zmud | 04/05/06
So who is to know which is litterale and which is not?  Laff | 04/05/06
And that is the reason there are so many sects of christianity  zmud | 04/05/06
Strange is it not......  Laff | 04/05/06
But Laff  zmud | 04/05/06
Zmud are you saying everyone is right!?!  Laff | 04/05/06
I'm not saying everyone is right  zmud | 04/05/06
Fair and "reasonable" enough for me.....  Laff | 04/05/06
Eden doesn't equal Earth  thunderdome1 | 04/05/06
So there are other Gods? There are other forces besides  Laff | 04/05/06
Yep  thunderdome1 | 04/06/06
Only One  hawkeyeaz1 | 04/05/06
More than one  thunderdome1 | 04/06/06
Isn't there a part in the Bible that refers to God saying....  Laff | 04/06/06
Message has been deleted.  hawkeyeaz1 | 04/05/06
Message has been deleted.  Laff | 04/05/06
Nope!  Linux Advocate | 04/05/06
ROFLMAO!  Linux User 147560 | 04/05/06
get over it.  Hrothgar - PCLinuxOS User | 04/09/06
You're right  DemonX | 04/05/06
Perhaps....Like I said a drowning or dying man will naturally  Laff | 04/06/06
There are plenty of ministries out there for that  zmud | 04/05/06
Helping  nhac | 04/05/06
Ohhhhh! that's how this Eden BS got started...  el1jones | 04/06/06
I don't mean to totally disagree, but  D-cat | 04/07/06
I totally agree  cirdon | 05/24/06
It's no fun using the laptop...I can't see the display in the African sun..  LinuxEliminator | 04/04/06
yeah i'll donate  csa0307 | 04/04/06
kernel or package?  CobraA1 | 04/04/06
Hey, don't drop the hand crank  Chad_z | 04/04/06
Well then it's a good thing that you don't have to use it huh?  Shelendrea | 04/04/06
Its physics  The_Q | 04/05/06
For one you are wrong....  SouthernPride | 04/04/06
Linux's problem is that it's open source, anyone can be sloppy...  HypnoToad | 04/04/06
No sense  waltmaine | 04/05/06
New (educated)users for the 21st century ...  herrwitt | 04/05/06
I see computers teaching children to read all the time  zmud | 04/05/06
A child with a quick learning and grasping mind will  Laff | 04/05/06
Totally disagree  waltmaine | 04/05/06
It's time to stop bashing the program  zmud | 04/05/06
I know the oppresive governments would love this program.  Mr. Roboto | 04/05/06
Fact  Anti_Zealot | 04/06/06
werd.  nhac | 04/05/06
I cannot believe the xenophobia expressed.  jimroar2000 | 04/05/06
Unfortunately that will never happen  Linux User 147560 | 04/05/06
Hey Brother!  Linux Guy 1000 | 04/06/06
trying to help  nhac | 04/05/06
Linux is tiny; FUD's not FAT.  gafisher@... | 04/05/06
repeat of an earlier post. read at your own caution  Shelendrea | 04/05/06
When you write like this  Linux User 147560 | 04/05/06
chuckle chuckle  Shelendrea | 04/06/06
Reading and Understanding are 2 two different things  ih8emailspam | 04/06/06
Good for you  Linux Guy 1000 | 04/06/06
*sigh*  Shelendrea | 04/06/06
See you did it AGAIN!!! "Before it's too late" No gun to my head there eh  Laff | 04/07/06
1984  cirdon | 05/24/06
Amen, Elmer Gantry  osreinstall | 04/07/06
Bloody Christians  TonyMcS | 04/05/06
Gotta agree with the  Linux Guy 1000 | 04/06/06
ummmmmmm  Shelendrea | 04/06/06
Slim Windows XP  Xwindowsjunkie | 04/05/06
So $100 for the Laptop and more $$ To Microsoft?  DontFeedTrolls | 05/24/06
Copy of Windows 380MB  tmaharaj | 02/25/07
Good joke  TonyMcS | 04/05/06
infrastructure  nhac | 04/05/06
Yup  TonyMcS | 04/05/06
Learning about infrastructure  thunderdome1 | 04/06/06
Run DamnSmallLinux on flash memory  dhagey | 04/05/06
I feel this project is about politics and money  Coldplazma | 04/05/06
Now that's funny no matter who you are  Boot_Agnostic | 04/06/06
Socialism and Sales  svasutin | 05/04/06
Well...  Twey | 05/19/06

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