Watching a truncated Emmy's delayed telecast last night, the acceptance speech that resonated most with me was Sally's Field, which was unfortunately censored in the US because of her use the word "God" followed by "Damn". What she said was, "If mothers ruled the world, we wouldn't have those God damn wars in the first place." It is the ego of these power hungry men who rule our world, and as we grow richer, the disparity, not only between us these countries, but also between the rich and the poor grow wider, giving rise to more scenes like this, not only in the "Third World Countries", but possibly coming soon to our own backyards!
This makes me angry, and this photo makes me very sad, but the flip side of that is inspiration. So please exercise your voice and your vote and make sure that our collective voices get heard!!
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Blessings:
A great example of human apathy and exploitation. The photographer stopped to take the picture and could have picked up that little hitchhiker, but VERY MUCH like things that ALREADY ARE (not 'possibly coming soon' as Sally hints)in the western world, because that's not how we do things.
We form committees, who take polls, spend millions to conduct studies, form another committee, take another poll and then spend a few more million on another study in order to conclude that something needs to be done...raise money for the poor...But never give it to them.
your humble servant,
ancient clown
Dear Ancient Clown,
Thank you for the fruit for thought. Unfortunately, many of the rich are philantrophic for tax reasons or attend these functions for added exposure, so that they can openly congratulate each other.
It is indeed ironic but I guess the only good thing to come out of this is exposure for this cause, and everyone, even the less rich, can contribute in our little way.
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