hotel rwanda is an amazing movie.
the sad thing?
it's a true story.
it's not sad that paul rusesabagina saved the lives of 1200+ tutsi refugees.
not one bit.
that's the only redeeming fact here.
what i think is sad is that no one helped him.
america, france, belgium and various other countries knew about it and did nothing.
yeah, the U.N. was there but they hardly did anything to remedy the situation.
what was happening there made the evening news here.
WE DID NOTHING.
nothing.
that is so disgusting.
we sat by and watched this massive genocide go on.
we had the means to help them and save thousands of lives.
instead, we just said "oh my god....that's terrible" and went on eating our dinners.
we are a rich, powerful nation and we care more about who britney spears is marrying this week than we do about thousands of people dying.
and im not just talking about the rwandan crisis.
im taking about everywhere.
children starving. dying of aids and other diseases. drinking brown water. eating once a month. walking 10 miles every day to avoid being forced to become a rebel with a gun. families living under cardboard boxes and ripped tarps or garbage bags.
we are so wasteful.
so selfish.
so........uncaring.
i want to help.
i want to be less selfish.
i want to help.
im going to africa next summer.
to ghana, west africa.
how can you help?
help here.
or
help here.
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- Alison
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1 comment:
hi!
thanks for your comment. I guess i'm just at that point in life where I'm trying to figure out what i think about anything and everything. its rather frusterating at times
i liked your thoughts. especially on the part where you said "If 2 people of the same sex are allowed to marry, why can't people start marrying their dogs, their cats, or their apple pies?"
whats funny is that was exactly something i asked stephen (esteban) in email (we had been discussing this a bit). If we allow some rights, where do we draw the line? I still dont think homosexuals should be denied that right, but what about when somebody wants to marry six wives? or their dog or whatever? where do we draw the line? this is what he said:::
"i like your analogy on the dog etc. it definetly proved your point.
and yes i dont think no one knows where to draw the line. but what do
you suggest? you feel because of people should not be able to have sexwith dogs that two women should not be able to get married. i dont
know if your argument would hold much water with a homosexual."
so yeah I dunno. i guess we're all just trying to figure this out together!
sorry this was so long, but thanks for the comment!
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