tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2192250275749910298.post9189117270338833989..comments2023-06-27T01:16:53.309+10:00Comments on OBNOXIOUS OWL: Take my advice...I don't use it anyway SPECIAL EDITION: PerspectiveObnoxious Owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01925785178820217529noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2192250275749910298.post-48653688061672847262011-03-18T17:19:46.727+11:002011-03-18T17:19:46.727+11:00WORDWORDAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05015983329017326017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2192250275749910298.post-47912427178939232272011-03-16T04:21:07.084+11:002011-03-16T04:21:07.084+11:00Well said! No one could have said it better than y...Well said! No one could have said it better than you.<br />xxxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2192250275749910298.post-64090825459372613392011-03-16T03:39:08.079+11:002011-03-16T03:39:08.079+11:00As someone who is from Africa...albeit not Ethiopi...As someone who is from Africa...albeit not Ethiopia but still, A third world country none the less, I think that the difference between the situations within Africa and the Middle East are ongoing and seemingly, never ending. I think fundamentally, we are all good people, and I believe (well,I have to believe) that most would like everything to come right...not just the epic natural disasters in our more focal countries such as Japan and Australia, but the endless issues we have on our less fortunate continents.<br /><br />Basically, people become jaded. I've seen the tourists come to Africa...get shocked by the street kids, give them food, give them money, go back to their hotel and vow to sign up to one of those 'adopt a child' bollocking things. But as the saying goes...out of sight out of mind...they go back home and those kids become distant memories. When something as huge as the Japanese sitch happens, its like a big jolt and wake up call...its in your face and gets people talking. <br /><br />Africa on the news everyday? 'Oh in case you didn't know, there are people going hungry and ritual killings and rapes are happening' TELL US SOMETHING WE DON'T KNOW! <br /><br />I agree with you though. The situation in Zimbabwe is perfect example of what you are saying. But unfortunately, its the things that are out of peoples control like an earthquake or a flood that puts things into perspective thus *hopefully* causing them to think more and dig deeper into the sordid fuck show of the world we live in. Even the Bible tells us how God sent in plagues of locusts and got Noah to build a canoe or whatever because of the floods he was sending down to wash people of their immoral and sinful lives.<br /><br />Call me morbid, but the thought of the world ending makes me pretty excited.Obnoxious Owlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01925785178820217529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2192250275749910298.post-84679366859583440012011-03-16T03:24:04.274+11:002011-03-16T03:24:04.274+11:00No one "Prayers" or "is sorry and s...No one "Prayers" or "is sorry and sends their love" for the people in the Middle east or Africa, no one tries to stop what is happening or talks about what our own agenda has caused (MILLIONS of deaths), but when a Natural disaster happens suddenly everyone becomes a Humanist.<br /><br />People just hate taking responsibility for their actions, but they are ok with acknowledging death when it's beyond their control. <br />When you bring up man-made genocide well that is just politically incorrect. <br /><br />I suppose the real tragedies just never get shown on the news though do they.Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11271670200527315873noreply@blogger.com