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Slum clearance

joe_bloggs* — Sat, 29 Nov 2014 17:27:01 GMT

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/multimillionaire-bulldozes-slum-grew-up-4712480
What a good man

Re: Slum clearance

023mjc — Sat, 29 Nov 2014 18:31:05 GMT

It's so good to know there are still people in the world who care for more than money or power. In a world where it's difficult to find a news article about anything other than violence and corruption, this was good to read.

Re: Slum clearance

evoman3957 — Sat, 29 Nov 2014 20:16:10 GMT

It always amazes me, when People from the poorer Countries in the World; leave to make their fortunes elsewhere and never give their Countries of birth a second thought. A Country is only made great by its People and their sacrifices, if everybody took something out and put nothing back in; it would offer nothing to those less fortunate, who just work to make ends meet. Refreshing, to see a Man who thought enough of his Country; to want to do something to make it a better place to live in..........admirable !

Re: Slum clearance

upthecreekyetagain — Sun, 30 Nov 2014 21:23:07 GMT

@evoman3957 wrote:
It always amazes me, when People from the poorer Countries in the World; leave to make their fortunes elsewhere and never give their Countries of birth a second thought. A Country is only made great by its People and their sacrifices, if everybody took something out and put nothing back in; it would offer nothing to those less fortunate, who just work to make ends meet. Refreshing, to see a Man who thought enough of his Country; to want to do something to make it a better place to live in..........admirable !

Spot on.

As JFK said, "Don't ask what your country can do for you but what can you do for your country".

How rare it is to see people living by the latter and common it is to see the former whilst demanding that others abide by the latter.