The Editor, Sir:
John Rapley's column on 'The G8 Summit' gives an excellent analysis, especially as to how certain issues may sway, consumption of goods and services and investment decisions by those heads in the G8 and G5. The G5 are beneficiaries of the G8 policies on economic and finance, but they will eventually be implementing the quality of decisions seeping out of each G8 member country for years to come due to the potential truth in numbers.
Too many persons having titles of authority in government find it convenient to dismiss the needs of the ordinary folk who come seeking advice as to what next to do when they are turned down by government agencies that are close to their con-
stituencies. Dishonesty by civil servants promotes terrorism against democratic countries.
Take, for example, the case where Tony Blair is spear-
heading the drive towards debt forgiveness for African states. I do not believe this approach is wise, as it will continue to set a precedent for co-dependency, in that region. Then there is the undefined nature of poverty. What is poverty? Can the core cause of poverty be illuminated and then eliminated? Poverty can be contained only by an internal will.
example of poverty
A perfect example of poverty is when a car breaks down and the driver has no clue as to what to do to solve the problem. Then through his own painstaking effort he learns the problem and its nature. Can you imagine his exhilaration when he discovers how to solve his problem and gets his car started again.
Africa needs to learn how to find the will to resolve its debt problems by its own methods. Terrorists need to stop using
violence against the innocent as a way to draw attention to their grouse against a perceived enemy; they are going nowhere with blowing up and using
so-called suicide bombers. Racism is not seen as terrorism in western civil society, but it is at the core of terrorism worldwide. John Rapley could handle these core issues in a cleaner approach than I just did. If only he could just say it.
I am, etc.,
BERESFORD A.
DAVIDSON
BUCScie@netscape.net
Infocus Systems
