First, I haven't posted for a while because I was traveling back to Bozeman and because I just joined the Facebook world. If you are part of that world and I haven't contacted you already, go ahead and friend me. I think there's only one Richard Gianforte.
On with Africa...
July 3, 2008
"poverty makes all men criminals
"Dana, our in-country host, explained the moral dilemma a cleaning lady in Sizanani Villlage would encounter if we left our cash or ipod out in the open. Assume she is a single mom, trying to feed ten children she is raising because her siblings died - would it be wrong for her to take our things to keep those kids alive?" This discussion with Dana really began to open my eyes to why crime is so high in South Africa. Moreover, by the end of the talk I wouldn't blame the lady for stealing. Not all criminals steal from necessity, but in South Africa I am sure that it is an entrance into crime for many.
July 4, 2008
"Nothing much to report. The past few days have been spent doing evangelism training, team building, and playing during free time. Our favorite sports are ultimate frisbee, football, and soccer."
The epiphanies, rants, wonderings, and events in the life of a former student of Petra Academy, now at Caltech.
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- Richard Gianforte
- Bozeman, Montana, United States
- I am currently attending Caltech in Pasadena, though I will always be an alum of Petra Academy.
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Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind; and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.
-John Donne "Meditation XVII" in Devotions upon Emergent Occasions
Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind; and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.
-John Donne "Meditation XVII" in Devotions upon Emergent Occasions