YES, I like your comments Chick Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > From my niece who works in a hospital in Africa: > ? > > ?If two men in a world of more than 7 billion > people can provide ?300million to restore Notre > Dame, within six hours, then there is enough money > in the world to feed every mouth, shelter every > family and educate every child. The failure to do > so is a matter of will, and a matter of system. > > The failure to do so comes from our failure to > recognise the mundane emergencies that claims > lives all around us every single day. Works of art > and architectural history and beauty rely on the > ingenuity of people, and it is people who must be > protected above all else. > > Brick and mortar and stained-glass might burn, but > they do not bleed, and they do not starve, and > they do not suffer. Humans suffer. Everywhere in > the world, from Paris to Persepolis, people are > suffering. But their suffering is every day. It > does not light up a front page, and it does not > inspire immediate donations from the world's > wealthiest men.?