@Ankara_inc@Lou_inc Nah. Children working on farms was natural, even deeply necessary, in Europe too. It was unthinkable to waste that resource -- but that changed with methods and equipment.
Africa is not different from Europe. Given affordable tech and more efficient methods, things will change.
@EdithSCarter@1Nicdar zero.
No high school teaches Youth; that's the hint that something isn't right with the statement, there's a trick to it. From then on it is just a matter of looking more closely
Reading "Perdido Street Station" by China Mieville and the question in the back of my mind is: Did McDowall read that before making Electric Bastionland, or did Mieville play Electric Bastionland before writing the book? Some connection MUST exist.
With a heavy heart, I tell you that my father, Donald Sutherland, has passed away. I personally think one of the most important actors in the history of film. Never daunted by a role, good, bad or ugly. He loved what he did and did what he loved, and one can never ask for more than that. A life well lived.
@alesscris@Vinod_r108@PicturesFoIder It was quite usual in many/most parts of Europe until the 1950ies; it ended because public/municipal services were introduced to do that. Now it is ingrained as "someone else's job".
…unerwarteten Ergebnis, dass meine Ehefrau halbwegs mitten in jenem Satz, mein Sohn hatte bereits aufgegeben und sich ins Smartphone versenkt, die Hände über dem Kopf zusammenschlug und mich bat, doch um Himmels Willen aufzuhören und es gut sein zu lassen.
Da mein Sohn ungern seine Sätze teilt und diese lieber fortführt in einer Serie von und - und - und - aber - dann, habe ich mich entschlossen, ihm einen ausgewählten Satz von Peter Handke vorzulesen, um ihm aufzuzeigen, wie so etwas, wenn schon, dann richtig gemacht würde, mit...