Nowadays everyone wants to be an activist in one way or another, I do it by blogging, some hug trees and others donate to the homeless. While wanting to help others is a natural and I encourage it, one should get their facts strait.
Many organizations like PETA and Greenpeace are not fighting for what they say they are. PETA firebombs labs that provide vaccinations and teach doctors how to preform surgery, and Greenpeace funnels donations into private savings accounts (not to mention they try to scare the hell out of everyone by saying loggers are destroying the rainforest and that lumber companies are destroying natural habitats, which is false since farmers destroy the rainforests and lumber companies grow tree farms and only sometimes do they do very eco-friendly tree gathering).
But now more and more people are trying to provide support via food and clothing and even worse money to African relief.Now I ask you... how can you expect huge amounts of money to be delivered properly and safely to those who need it,when the nation you delivered the money to is currently undergoing genocide, and is led by leaders who spend 30 mil USD on a palace that will be used for only 2 days? Most of the money we send is captured by rebels and used to further worsen the situation.
Yet while we may want this money to be going to the poor people of Africa, is it our responsibility to act so holier than thou?It is patronizing for us to think that Africans aren't able to pull themselves up. At one point America was once the pawn of Europeans much like Africa, yet American's were educated and willing to die for freedom,which many did. Africans however were conquered and colonized when they were technologically inferior and not as advanced in the sciences, therefor Africans were never able to rise up until much later on and most have ties to their former European counterparts. But are circumstances like this able to excuse ethnic genocide and horrid greed? No. Only they are to blame when it comes to their actions, so we should not feel the need to give them support. At least not until they begin to stablized and show signs of trying to develop. It would be like giving support to the Pakistanies who riot when corrupted tribal leaders are "insulted"
Jacob
2 comments:
Hmm, I don't like Greenpeace or PETA (when It does that firebomb nonsense). But, how are we supposed to tell them and the Africa chartists that what they are doing isn't exactly a good thing to do (while they think it is so.
p.s. WAAGGGGHHHH
What if the Africans are trying to rise up, but can't? Because they come from poor familys from generations on and on that no one every had any money to support their own family nor themselves. They are trying hard, but are not successful with it only becasue their country sucks when it comes to handle money and job payments, if anyone really has a job. Isn't there also diseases or something or am I thinking of a different country? Lots of them must be dying, for if they don't have money to support for food, how can they for medicine?
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