I&#x27;m sorry you got downvoted. I&#x27;ve nothing to do with the people who make this toilet, or those who plan to sell it, or the site the article was published on (except of course that I&#x27;m a regular reader) so if there is some attempt at viral promotion I got nothing to do with it.<p>I don&#x27;t see the article as patronising, but then again I don&#x27;t live in Africa.<p>Also, for what it&#x27;s worth, until recently I didn&#x27;t fly. I&#x27;m an immigrant, living and working away from home; when I went home for the holidays I&#x27;d cross Europe by train and boat, which took me three days (and cost more than flying btw). I&#x27;ve had to relent recently, because I just don&#x27;t have enough holidays time anymore :(<p>I really hope I don&#x27;t just believe any old bs, but how should I know? I mean, if I did believe any bs, I wouldn&#x27;t know it was bs, would I?