@Bglauner, like I said, every comparison is subjective,...

@Bglauner, like I said, every comparison is subjective, personal. You cannot evaluate every situation from a first world perspective.

If you go and ask a child working in one of the cobalt mines out there, if he/she would work, eat, play or play and starve, what do you think would be his/her answer?

Growing up, I was often given a beating by my parents, sometimes for the right reason, sometimes not. But that didn't emotionally scar me or anything. Because out here, till a generation back, physical punishment was a given. Guess that was the norm in Oz too, say 3 generations ago. In DRC that might stop a generation later.

Just by seeing videos taken and put out of context by the media is a game I have seen often enough.

All the countries bordering DRC have had a bad past. If they have improved, I am sure given a chance, DRC will too. Instead of alienating the country, we should look at how it can be made more inclusive...