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Originally Posted by uganduro
the comment that one does realize the importance of good transport infrastructure connecting countries, but nevertheless starts complaining about 'lost' motorcycle adventures,
does prove selfishness, doesn't it?
But it shows even more absolute hypocrisy...
And really, if one can't find bad unpaved roads in Africa for an adventure because the chinese paved a few hundred kms of MAIN roads, I wouldn't call that person intelligent.
Completely blind maybe.
So now you can start more topics: "Why is it hypocrite to get paid for infrastructure improvements in Canada, and complain about the same improvement (albeit on a much lower level) in some dirt poor countries?"
Or "Am I now blind or brainless when I am not able to find >99,99% of the road network in Africa? (both, but i am not sure I posted it in the right hubb section...it seems to matter a lot")
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I can understand and agree with the perspective that you initially aired in this other thread that then prompted this thread.
However, despite not reading the initial thread concerned, I get the impression you took Ekke's point a bit too literally, IMHO.
I would be both surprised and dismayed if there was anyone on this forum who would put a a few 100 KMs of laughs ahead of a country's/folk's well being. That does not mean they don't have the right to miss those few 100 KMs of laughs and perhaps even moan about it when they are gone...
If the powers that be told Ekke, "Ok, down to you Ekke ol' bean. We can leave as is, or cover it up... your fun, or a country's properity...What's it gonna be?"
Surely, you would agree that paving would be the outcome? Doesn't mean he can't be sad to see it go, does it....?
I'll be sad when the Argentine Ruta 40 is all paved, but I would not actually want Argentina to leave it as ripio for the sake of us travellers/tourists
I think it all needs to be seen in context...
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