We Can't Fix the World, So Now What?

[The Reverend Bob]

What constitutes 'affected?

Those living in a war zone. Those who face bomb, bullets and other dangers and violations daily.

Maybe this would help you understand:

Stop The War On Children

 

[The Reverend Bob]

it is not enough to consider oneself benevolent because we must assess and verify that we are actually being so.

I like that. So how do individual do such?

 

[The Reverend Bob]

That which causes an increased lack of rights and safety and health is evil.

This is where some can get trip up at. What if the policies that benefit you in regards to increasing your rights, your safety and health have the opposite effect on another group of people?

 

[The Reverend Bob]

Interesting. Yet, you cannot answer one simple question when confronted about yourself. Know thyself indeed.

I don't answer to you.

 

[charlie sc]

I don't answer to you.

You’re not answering to me. You’re answering to yourself. Your inability to answer me has made me important to you, in some way. There’s nothing to be ashamed of in honesty.

 

[The Reverend Bob]

You’re not answering to me. You’re answering to yourself. Your inability to answer me has made me important to you, in some way. There’s nothing to be ashamed of in honesty.

I really take no thought of you

 

[charlie sc]

I really take no thought of you

I hope you’re ok, my friend.

 

[The Reverend Bob]

I hope you’re ok, my friend.

We are not friends.

 

[Wandering Monk]

The emphasis is that there are 420 million children living in a combat zone. That's a problem, don't you say? We will get back to other statistics such poverty and food shortages but let's address the increase of populations living in war zones and the nature of these conflicts. Why are these wars becoming more intense and why are the populations affected by war increasing?

And yet child mortality figures continue to fall:

 

[The Reverend Bob]

And yet child mortality figures continue to fall:

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Not significantly in the last ten years. I am believing the UN on this one, not your rosy-colored pie in the sky optimistic bias.

 

[Wandering Monk]

Not significantly in the last ten years. I am believing the UN on this one, not your rosy-colored pie in the sky optimistic bias.

You don't believe the World Bank? Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) | Data

From the UN Data I looked at here, "Under-five mortality, (deaths under age five per 1,000 live births)" have been decreasing since 1950 with no uptick in the last 10 years.

World Population Prospects - Population Division - United Nations

1950-1955: 213
1955 to 1960: 193
1960 to 1965: 182
1965 to 1970: 156
1970 to 1975: 138
1975 to 1980: 124
1980 to 1985: 109
1985 to 1990: 96
1990 to 1995: 91
1995 to 2000: 82
2000 to 2005: 70
2005 to 2010: 57
2010 to 2015: 46

 

[The Reverend Bob]

You don't believe the World Bank?

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I am pretty much going to go with the UN

 

[Wandering Monk]

I am pretty much going to go with the UN

You don't believe the World Bank? Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) | Data

From the UN Data I looked at here, "Under-five mortality, (deaths under age five per 1,000 live births)" have been decreasing since 1950 with no uptick in the last 10 years.

World Population Prospects - Population Division - United Nations

1950-1955: 213
1955 to 1960: 193
1960 to 1965: 182
1965 to 1970: 156
1970 to 1975: 138
1975 to 1980: 124
1980 to 1985: 109
1985 to 1990: 96
1990 to 1995: 91
1995 to 2000: 82
2000 to 2005: 70
2005 to 2010: 57
2010 to 2015: 46

and here: Child Mortality - UNICEF DATA

 

[The Reverend Bob]

With no significant downtick for the last ten years.

 

[Wandering Monk]

With no significant downtick for the last ten years.

Let's see: from 23.8 per 1000 in 2008 (according to UNICEF) to 18 per 1000 in 2017. A 24% decrease in under 5 mortality in the last ten yeas is not significant?

Child Mortality - UNICEF DATA

 

[The Reverend Bob]

Let's see: from 23.8 per 1000 in 2008 (according to UNICEF) to 18 per 1000 in 2017. A 24% decrease in under 5 mortality in the last ten yeas is not significant?

Child Mortality - UNICEF DATA

Let us look at your chart once again please

 

[Wandering Monk]

Let us look at your chart once again please

OK. I was looking at the neonatal numbers. Under five went from 58.3 per 1000 to 39.1 per 1000. Sorry, that is a mere 33% drop in the same period.

 

[The Reverend Bob]

OK. I was looking at the neonatal numbers. Under five went from 58.3 per 1000 to 39.1 per 1000. Sorry, that is a mere 33% drop in the same period.

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No, the chart you showed before

 

[Wandering Monk]

No, the chart you showed before

Yeah, high uncertainty, but here is another UN Chart that puts the rate at 5%, not far off the one you object to.

 

[The Reverend Bob]

Yeah, high uncertainty, but here is another UN Chart that puts the rate at 5%, not far off the one you object to.

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Now let us apply raw numbers rather than percentages