tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15483635.post116538368517537731..comments2023-11-02T09:50:39.527-04:00Comments on Hate, Hope & Human Rights: Stop dying and start livingDr. Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15652880358815392918noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15483635.post-1165417642392413232006-12-06T10:07:00.000-05:002006-12-06T10:07:00.000-05:00Mar-r, my statement to you then is to go fight in ...Mar-r, my statement to you then is to go fight in Darfur. If you think it is worthy of your action then by all means help out. There will be thousands that will thank you, including me. I certainly don't want injustice in the world any more than you do. However, there is no one that has the right to tell me what cause I must take up. I do not doubt that those who suffer would give anything to be in my shoes, which is precisely the reason that I'm remaining in them. I know that you fight so that there's less injustice, but your efforts stop there. Look at those around you. Do any of them have a life so wonderful that it's worth giving everything to maintain it? What's so grand about the 9-5 grind, the endless diapers to be changed, or paying the bills? Most people I see are busy trying to escape their lives through the minor indulgences to which they look forward. "Life" starts and ends on the weekends, when people can forget everything that's actually occuring (or not occuring) in there humdrum daily existence. They don't have it bad. But they're not living to their full potential. Before you head off for Africa (assuming you're even willing to make a significant change over there) ask yourself how those villagers that you save will live their lives. Will your saving of them be enough to give them an amazing life, one worth risking your own for? No one knows for sure, but you can have certainty over your own life. The choice is up to you, but I've made my decision and there's no one that's going to tell me otherwise. <BR/>-carterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com