{"id":487,"date":"2007-11-05T11:47:59","date_gmt":"2007-11-05T18:47:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eaf.net\/mvp\/?p=487"},"modified":"2008-07-22T08:57:34","modified_gmt":"2008-07-22T15:57:34","slug":"most-seriously","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/2007\/most-seriously\/","title":{"rendered":"Most? Seriously!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What percentage of global population lives in indigence and poverty?<\/p>\n<p>So what&#8217;s with this BBC headline and story?<\/p>\n<table width=75% align=center bgcolor=pink border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=5>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/in_depth\/7075759.stm\">Most ready for &#8216;green sacrifices&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Most people are ready to make personal sacrifices to address climate change, according to a BBC poll of 22,000 people in 21 countries.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>I dare say most people on the planet have greater matters of more pressing concern regarding daily survival. I suspect they don&#8217;t know about or even care about global warming. They have nothing to sacrifice.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.anabaptistbooks.com\/catalog\/titles\/428.shtml\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.anabaptistbooks.com\/catalog\/titles\/covers\/littleonescry-t.jpg\" alt=\"Where Little Ones Cry\" \/ border=1 align=right align=texttop\/><\/a>But to those who have money to spend and fall in BBC&#8217;s &#8220;most people&#8221; category, an extremely practical and helpful suggestion for a green sacrifice:<\/p>\n<ul><i>Turn off your TV for a whole day. The time you would have spent watching TV use to read Harvey Yoder&#8217;s book <a href=\"http:\/\/www.anabaptistbooks.com\/catalog\/titles\/428.shtml\">Where Little Ones Cry<\/a>. Also donate to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.anabaptists.org\/places\/cam\/haiti.html\">Christian Aid Ministries<\/a>.<\/i><\/ul>\n<p>You&#8217;re welcome.<\/p>\n<p><i>Disclaimer: I didn&#8217;t interview and\/or poll anyone in any country. 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