DOES ANYONE KNOW THE SOURCE FOR THIS "VIEW OF THE WORLD"? I'D LIKE TO USE
IT IN AN ECOCYCLE PUBLICATION, BUT WON'T UNTIL I CAN VERIFY THE SOURCE AND
ACCURACY. THANKS, ERIC.
On Mon, 28 Apr 1997 jennie.alvernaz@sfsierra.sierraclub.org wrote:
> [Forwarded from Jim McNelly]
>
> Greetings friends,
>
> Here is an enlightening view of the world "as it is" I found recently on
> one of the discussion groups I participate in.
>
> The original sender was "Bishop Raymond F. Kelly" <raykelly@erols.com>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~A Summary of the World~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >
> >
> > If we could shrink the Earth's population to a village of precisely
> > 100 people. With all existing human ratios remaining the same, it
> > would look like this:
> >
> > There would be 57 Asians, 21 Europeans, 14 from the Western
> > Hemisphere (North and South) and 8 Africans.
> >
> > 51 would be female; 49 would be male
> >
> > 70 would be non-white; 30 white.
> >
> > 70 would be non-Christian; 30 Christian.
> >
> > 50% of the entire world's wealth would be in the hands of only 6
> > people and all 6 would be citizens of the United States.
> >
> > 80 would live in substandard housing.
> >
> > 70 would be unable to read.
> >
> > 50 would suffer from malnutrition.
> >
> > 1 would be near death, 1 would be near birth
> >
> > Only 1 would have a college education.
> >
> > No one would own a computer
> >
> > When one considers our world from such an incredibly compressed
> > perspective, the need for both tolerance and understanding becomes
> > glaringly apparent........
> >
>