Not trying to contradict anything you've said, but you're a bit ignorant yourself if you assume everyone who didn't post "I'd rather drink camel piss than die too" simply laughs at the guy ...
Obviously there are people out there who've got it far worse than we do. This is one of many examples, and certainly not the worst scenario people live in nowadays. Not saying it's good either. Because we all know it's not. People who laugh at this think the people there can help themselves, or that they can solve it by simply collaborating with each other for 5 minutes. They can't. If you're too stupid to realize that, just don't try realizing anything at all.
Simply put, I'm defending myself, as I don't think of myself as an ignorant ******, nor do I think my reply to that thread made me look like one. And I threw in my 5 cents on the matter while I was at it. K.