Abstract
I am quite surprised that the heart of Mr. Myers's response is that we need to slow down and ponder the circumstances of the poor more carefully. I find this stance troubling. We have allowed the global poor to twist in the wind for too long. To make matters worse, we often tell them that they need to wait even longer while "wise, caring Westerners" deliberate how best to "fix" them. I am simply not reconciled to this notion. The existences of today's poor are fragile indeed--so much so that they may not live to see the better day we are slowing down to create for them. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
