8th May 06
Darfur: An area the size of France where ethnic cleansing of Black Africans continues
In three years:
- 200,000 dead
- 2 million displaced
- 7,000 African Union peacekeepers
And today, more women and children will be brutally raped and tortured - held as sex slaves by the militias. And more villages will be razed. And more people will cry, and cry… begging to be heard by the world.
The question is – do I have ears to hear them? Or are they plugged up with individualism, nationalism and consumerism?
cute_chelsea: Thinking of you! hope your loving life.4 years ago
theholyghostcorral: I hope the job is going well! I am often frustruated by my own futility and inability to act in effective ways in such situations. Oh, btw, this is lew829. I’m trying a new blog. We’ll see how it goes.4 years ago
runningnoodle: hey hows life in them thar parts? still dealing cars? hows nick? hows the stuff for your year away? you are very brave on all accounts to me!4 years ago
pb49r: Some times we cannot do anything. Darfur is a tragedy that does not need to happen: reminds me of Biafra, a breakaway province of another country back in the 1970s. For months the news magazines carried the pictures of the starving children. Man’s inhumanity to man is a constant in this evil world. To be able to do anything “but pray”, requires that we know what to do. 4 years ago
espinosa_baca:
“Apparently genocide does not count as “terrorism” and doesn’t fall under our war thereupon. The victims are not Western and no oil is at stake.”
So true. Hey, I got a great idea! Let’s nuke Iran!
Bush is already calling it WWIII, so I say bombs away. It’s what Jesus would do!
4 years ago
bethanyhartman: The ipod graphic is fitting. How’s the job?4 years ago
Eccentrique: Good comment by bsirvio. There’s another question, too: Do you honestly know what is going on over there? The more I read about it, the more difficult it becomes for me to discern who are the “good guys” and who are the “bad guys”? Are the bad guys the government, or those who are termed the “rebels”? Or are BOTH killing the innocent?4 years ago
bsirvio: It’s an unconscionable tragedy. At the same time, I fail to see how nationalism or consumerism keep you from hearing the cries. You’re obviously concerned about what’s going on, as we all should be. Your ears are unplugged. What, then, shall you do?
I’ll be honest: I don’t know if there’s anything I can do, other than pray toward justice for the violators and for the violated. Just because we have bills doesn’t mean our ears are stopped to the violence and terror that plagues our world.
There is something else that plugs the ears, “individualism, nationalism and consumerism” are only symptoms of deeper-seeded issues. There always is.4 years ago
RegularGoy:
Apparently genocide does not count as “terrorism” and doesn’t fall under our war thereupon. The victims are not Western and no oil is at stake.
Although you’d think the fact that the perpetrators are Muslim would sway our intrepid President’s sympathies.
4 years ago
presvlisa:
Amen! It is just a huge sin they way we look a way and take for ourselves while others suffer. Wake up world!
Lord Jesus Christ Son of God have mercy on us all!
4 years ago