Posted by Sigismund on June 30, 2009, at 18:21:53
In reply to Re: A nice little letter, posted by alexandra_k on June 30, 2009, at 5:41:52
people are too busy aspiring to what is 'their right'
(rights don't seem to entail duties for some)
people have rights to x and rights to y
(don't seem to think of how their having x and y entails others won't have z)
we have the right to buy heaps of crap that we throw in the trash
to drive our suv by ourself through the drive through
never mind island communities becoming submerged
>half a planet away
its got nothing to do with me
its my right
(we have no obligation to citizens of other nations according to some)
(unless of course we decide to 'lend them a hand' out of charity)i dunno
i feel sick
After the fall of communism and the embrace of the golden calf of market fundamentalism, the Western world seems to have had a rush of blood to the head and felt that anything we did was blessed by God, and we dehumanised the people we invaded, to the point that we chose not to count the dead. Here is a truly remarkable young woman from one of those countries. I was transfixed. Here is a lesson in courage and something I can't find words for but which I see in her face.
"Raising My Voice" by Malalai Joya
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